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Guess they want to limit traffic congestion and the drunk driving. I'm
all for this. Goddam boozers are the biggest drug problem we have.
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Forget your brats and beer: Tailgating is banned at the Super Bowl
By Jamie Malernee
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted January 26 2007
Fans who planned to show up at the Super Bowl this year to enjoy a little
tailgating are in for a nasty surprise: It's banned.
There's no grilling allowed. Forget about bringing a cooler full of beer.
If you don't have tickets for the game, you won't be able to get near
Dolphin Stadium.
A lot of local fans aren't happy about it.
"Tailgating is part of the whole football experience; it's one and the
same. I was very surprised and disappointed and didn't really even
believe it at first," said Bill Krawiec, a Cooper City resident and
lifelong Chicago Bears fan. "I mean, there aren't that many people who
follow the teams that can afford tickets. I guess they just want it to be
a corporate event where people drive up in their limos, go to the game
and go home."
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said the "no tailgating" policy has been in
place at the Super Bowl for several years, the result of tightened
security after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. This game day,
Feb. 4, only those with tickets for the championship match between the
Bears and Indianapolis Colts will be allowed near Dolphin Stadium and the
surrounding parking lots.
"The parking lot and traffic flow will look a lot different than it will
during normal season games," McCarthy said. "We're going to have a
security perimeter so we can screen people coming in." Among the items
banned: containers of any type, coolers of any size, backpacks, bottles,
banners, noisemakers and horns.
"We'll have security people out in the parking lots," McCarthy said. "If
they see something that's obtrusive to other fans, they'll say you should
put that back in your truck."
Traffic flow is another reason the NFL wants to limit the number of
people congregating at the stadium, McCarthy said. About 70,000 fans are
expected to attend, but only 11,000 stadium-side parking spots are
available.
If they want to park near the stadium, ticket holders should buy special
permits in advance. They range in price from $60 to $325 per vehicle.
Officials expect most people to use the cheaper Park and Ride option,
which allows ticket holders to park in remote lots and take buses to the
game. For more information or to buy a parking permit, visit
http://sbxli.clickandpark.com or call 866-330-7275. No private shuttle
drop-offs or pickups at Dolphin Stadium will be allowed.
Much of the stadium's usual parking area will be used to host the 1-
million-square foot "NFL Experience," billed as an interactive football
theme park and party. On Super Sunday, it will only be open to ticket
holders. It costs $15 for adults and $10 for children younger than 12.
"That's not tailgating; that's corporate sales," said Ray Bridges, a
Colts fan with tickets to the game.
The Indianapolis resident has already paid big money to be able to fly
down to South Florida with his wife and friends, stay at a Fort
Lauderdale hotel and attend the game. Now, he's scurrying to plan a
tailgating party for himself and his fellow Colts fans. He's thinking of
asking his hotel or local superstores, which have large parking lots, if
they would allow a tailgate party in Broward County the night before the
game.
Considering what he's already spent, Bridges said, it's a bit much to be
told that he won't be allowed to barbecue his own bratwurst before
kickoff.
"I understand they want to get their concession sales, but...when you are
paying two, three, $4,000 for a ticket, for them to say you can't bring
in a grill, I just don't understand the thinking," he said.
Krawiec, the Bears fan, is also scrambling to devise a Plan B. The past
two times Miami hosted the Super Bowl, in 1995 and 1999, the Cooper City
resident said he was able to party outside the stadium without having
tickets. A few weeks ago, he invited friends from Chicago to come,
assuming they could all do the same this year.
Now, he may go to Capone's Flicker Lite Italian Restaurant & Raw Bar in
Hollywood. His friend is a manager at the sports bar who, after hearing
about the ban on tailgating at Dolphin Stadium, decided to host his own
party for Bears fans.
Or Krawiec might tell his Chicago buddies to stay put, and instead fly up
to them -- something he never thought he'd have to do with the Super Bowl
taking place virtually in his backyard.
"It's not fair," he said. "We'd rather go watch with them since we can't
go to the stadium. It's all about the food and camaraderie."
all for this. Goddam boozers are the biggest drug problem we have.
http://tinyurl.com/26huxp
Forget your brats and beer: Tailgating is banned at the Super Bowl
By Jamie Malernee
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted January 26 2007
Fans who planned to show up at the Super Bowl this year to enjoy a little
tailgating are in for a nasty surprise: It's banned.
There's no grilling allowed. Forget about bringing a cooler full of beer.
If you don't have tickets for the game, you won't be able to get near
Dolphin Stadium.
A lot of local fans aren't happy about it.
"Tailgating is part of the whole football experience; it's one and the
same. I was very surprised and disappointed and didn't really even
believe it at first," said Bill Krawiec, a Cooper City resident and
lifelong Chicago Bears fan. "I mean, there aren't that many people who
follow the teams that can afford tickets. I guess they just want it to be
a corporate event where people drive up in their limos, go to the game
and go home."
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said the "no tailgating" policy has been in
place at the Super Bowl for several years, the result of tightened
security after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. This game day,
Feb. 4, only those with tickets for the championship match between the
Bears and Indianapolis Colts will be allowed near Dolphin Stadium and the
surrounding parking lots.
"The parking lot and traffic flow will look a lot different than it will
during normal season games," McCarthy said. "We're going to have a
security perimeter so we can screen people coming in." Among the items
banned: containers of any type, coolers of any size, backpacks, bottles,
banners, noisemakers and horns.
"We'll have security people out in the parking lots," McCarthy said. "If
they see something that's obtrusive to other fans, they'll say you should
put that back in your truck."
Traffic flow is another reason the NFL wants to limit the number of
people congregating at the stadium, McCarthy said. About 70,000 fans are
expected to attend, but only 11,000 stadium-side parking spots are
available.
If they want to park near the stadium, ticket holders should buy special
permits in advance. They range in price from $60 to $325 per vehicle.
Officials expect most people to use the cheaper Park and Ride option,
which allows ticket holders to park in remote lots and take buses to the
game. For more information or to buy a parking permit, visit
http://sbxli.clickandpark.com or call 866-330-7275. No private shuttle
drop-offs or pickups at Dolphin Stadium will be allowed.
Much of the stadium's usual parking area will be used to host the 1-
million-square foot "NFL Experience," billed as an interactive football
theme park and party. On Super Sunday, it will only be open to ticket
holders. It costs $15 for adults and $10 for children younger than 12.
"That's not tailgating; that's corporate sales," said Ray Bridges, a
Colts fan with tickets to the game.
The Indianapolis resident has already paid big money to be able to fly
down to South Florida with his wife and friends, stay at a Fort
Lauderdale hotel and attend the game. Now, he's scurrying to plan a
tailgating party for himself and his fellow Colts fans. He's thinking of
asking his hotel or local superstores, which have large parking lots, if
they would allow a tailgate party in Broward County the night before the
game.
Considering what he's already spent, Bridges said, it's a bit much to be
told that he won't be allowed to barbecue his own bratwurst before
kickoff.
"I understand they want to get their concession sales, but...when you are
paying two, three, $4,000 for a ticket, for them to say you can't bring
in a grill, I just don't understand the thinking," he said.
Krawiec, the Bears fan, is also scrambling to devise a Plan B. The past
two times Miami hosted the Super Bowl, in 1995 and 1999, the Cooper City
resident said he was able to party outside the stadium without having
tickets. A few weeks ago, he invited friends from Chicago to come,
assuming they could all do the same this year.
Now, he may go to Capone's Flicker Lite Italian Restaurant & Raw Bar in
Hollywood. His friend is a manager at the sports bar who, after hearing
about the ban on tailgating at Dolphin Stadium, decided to host his own
party for Bears fans.
Or Krawiec might tell his Chicago buddies to stay put, and instead fly up
to them -- something he never thought he'd have to do with the Super Bowl
taking place virtually in his backyard.
"It's not fair," he said. "We'd rather go watch with them since we can't
go to the stadium. It's all about the food and camaraderie."
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