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I don't think it has ever been open container. Edit: I think you might be right after a few google searches - but public consumption is not allowed, which seems to me to be the same thing at the end of the day.
That is why you see the yellow ropes around every tailgating lot - except lot 1. Pretty sure VT pays for some type of license to allow open containers public consumption inside the ropes.
Two Pitt guys got stopped by the police a few years back and I heard the police explain to them that they can drink from a bottle anywhere in the yellow ropes, just don't do it outside of them. They were carrying around a 12 pack of Corona and were indulging - but the cops were nice enough to give them a welcome and a warning.
These games are not for you to do as you please, consequences be damned.
HEY! Watch your mouth! I don't want my imaginary kid being exposed to that filth of verbal expression!
Anybody have a video of all of Lane booing the 5 year old Miami and UVA players on the big screen?
That program got shelved a few years ago didn't it? Trying to take all the fun out of the game was a Jim Weaver specialty i.e. The stick it in chant. If youre going to jack the price of the tickets up to 70 bucks a pop I doubt you're going to see very many small children.
I enjoyed it. Thanks for posting.
There's multiple parking lots less than 30 yards from to the stadium where you can binge drink. Alcohol consumption is not encouraged AT a game, but it is condoned before and after. While I hope/expect most people to drink responsibly, that doesn't always happen.
Any Uni Hokie w/ T-Mobile in it was a Great Hokie Uni!
Now would be a good time to step back and acknowledge the things that unite us rather than divide us. For instance, who else is excited that hokie football kicks off in just 26 days?
Looked great to me-
Shit happens :--)
Excuse me, poo poo occurs.
Well...
I was taken to Hokie games WAY before I was 5 years old, and I daresay that fact has a great deal to do with the Leonard that you see standing before you this very day.
Thank you Leonard Sr.
Virginia allows open container so not a big deal.
There are only 10 districts in the nation where open containers (meaning you can walk through a public area with an open can of bud light, take a sip in front of a police officer and it's okay) are allowed - none in VA.
I was being holistically sarcastic. I didn't drink often in college as I was the tailgate chair for my fraternity. I grilled for 100-150 people for an average game and a drunk cook cannot handle that.
Why are football games a no-kid environment?
Because it's a setting where alcohol consumption is condone/encouraged. The stadium may not be - but other parts of campus (parking lots) are literally roped off each home game to allow alcohol consumption/open container, when they otherwise would not.
Not saying this is necessarily a 'no-kid environment,' but I do think it's unfair/unwise to expect fans to behave differently in the stadium than they would after leaving TOTS. It's up to each parent to decide if their okay bringing their kid to that environment.
Disclaimer - I'm not a parent, and don't want to be for a while.
EDIT/Addition:
My point is, any adult who attends a game should know that alcohol consumption is condoned before and after the game right outside the stadium, and that, while not condoned, it often happens during the game. You also know how people act when they've had too much alcohol. If you're bringing a child, they need to be mature enough that they can correctly respond to 'inappropriate' behavior. Example - if they hear someone swearing, they need to be old enough to know that they shouldn't repeat those words.
For purpose of the law length of knife and how knife functions matters, for purpose of rhino security at Lane stadium I wouldn't bring any knife.
He's probably just happy he didn't have to kiss her.
she's probably just happy not to have to be kissed by a total stranger.
I hear hidden plastic bags with tubes coming out one's sleeve have worked quite well in the past, although back in the day my group had each of five members smuggle in an entire fifth bottle each at a Wake Forest game. (We're not talking airline bottles here). The return drive was very scary, and I basicly gave up drinking during games after that.
Most of that sort of depends on the behavior of the kids, and the expectations of the parents. Kids may well enjoy the game experience. If it's just because the kids have no place else to be, I'd prefer the parents hire a sitter/friend/other parent/grandparent/etc. Yes, it costs money, but the quality of the experience goes up for all involved (parent, toddler, the people who paid good money to attend the event).
If I go to a restaurant, movie, or sporting event I go to enjoy that activity, not to hear someone else's kid scream (unless they're cheering for VT). I think it's great to bring kids to sporting events. It's up to the parents to teach them correct behavior and monitor it at the event. Babies, not so much, which is how this conversation started (diaper bags).
Family restaurants are family restaurants, but if someone's kid is screaming, the parent should take them outside. If they're running around other people's tables, the parent should correct it. If kids are in a nice restaurant, they need to behave at the level of the restaurant.
And against that other school in Beamersville Va, I presume?
This thread was way more contentious than I expected it to be based on the title.
Somewhat related question, since I'll be attending my first game since the 2006 win over Clemson. The prohibited items list mentions weapons but doesn't define what is considered a weapon. I almost always have a pocket knife with me and don't really think of it as a weapon. If I wear athletic shorts I'm likely to forgo carrying a knife that day anyway, but wanted to check.
Also would someone be able to have a drawstring bag in their pocket to transfer items they are carrying in a ziplock bags, have in their pockets, hands, etc. to it after going through security?
As someone who is not a dad or even an uncle, in my head children are just constant pee/poop machines and require about 18 diapers a day. Nice to hear it's possible to make I through a football game with one spare diaper.