FrankAnswersFridays: October 25, 2013: Safety at Championships

[brennanvhoek]

I like the idea of four lines and waves as well.

Originally Posted by Chris is me

The main challenge i see is how one handles a situation where one team member shows up at 4 AM to hold a spot in line and the rest of the team shows up at 7...

One way to solve this problem is to hand out one ticket per person as people arrive. You wouldn't need to start handing out tickets until 5 AM as the cutting doesn't happen 'til later. Then let people in by the order of tickets. This would also slow people down as they go through the door, as their ticket would have to be checked. Plus it would make it easy to do waves, "tickets 2014-0000 thru 2014-0100." Granted it would take some man power in the mornings but it would be fairly cheap, a roll of tickets is only $20 or so.

Another option would be to do something like the Portland Timbers do. They have a lottery system that gives a certain percentage of people special tickets. With those tickets they are let in an hour before everyone else. This takes a lot of the rush for good seats away as the best seats are already taken.