[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by David Brinza

The rules for "At the Event" clearly state that saving seats is not allowed.

The teams in Archimedes (and I suspect Newton as well) that watched the opening ceremonies found that most of the prime viewing locations in the stands by those fields were occupied by "squatters" reserving blocks of seats for their teams. Some words were exchanged about the "no saving seats rule", but ultimately these folks stayed put and were able to capture seats for the rest of their team's fans.

Something like this happened to me at PNW regional. I sat in some empty seats with some of our students and someone told us that we were sitting in a section "reserved" for XYZ team. My suggestion to them was that they should find seats somewhere else, since these were now occupied. It seemed to work out OK. Being an old, grumpy adult probably helped, too.