Bringing Food into Competition Venues

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

No, the rule was created to protect the interests of the vendors who are taking advantage of the thousands of hungry people who dont have the time or resources to leave the building to eat somewhere else.

Somehow taking advantage of hungy children just sounds SO wrong!

I'm no event planner, I'm willing to bet that the arena will get its money somehow. If they can't get it through their take of concession stand money, they'll get it through increased facility rental fees. Suddenly, regional organizers are paying more, which I assume isn't particularly good for regionals and their sometimes-strained budgets. Until FIRST is in a position to build thirty or forty arenas of their own, I view buying at the concession stand or making the hike up to campus as a necessary evil.

(Off-topic: would it be possible for FIRST to alter their no-external-food policy to allow food to be brought in after the concession stands close? The Dagnabbit-it's-one-hour-to-closing-and-we-still-have-five-pounds-to-lose-and-we're-starving Rule, anyone?)