[Cory]

Originally Posted by Mike Schreiber

I was very frustrated when a friend living in the greater St Louis area came to the championships last year to see everything, but couldn't make it until Saturday afternoon due to a somewhat long drive and a work during the week. The badge desk had just closed and I was not able to show them the pits because the event staff would not let us through. Needless to say, not so inspirational. What is the purpose of this?

No inside information but I can't imagine it's anything other than a CYA to satisfy FIRST's lawyers/insurance policy.