red river valley fair hosting a tailgate party Oct 3rd
https://redrivervalleyfair.com/showcasegametailgating/
Wow just wow. Apparently NDSU had to choose between allowing tailgating and having 10,000 fans in the dome?
That was my thought. Anything you do carries some risk. So going into any event you are likely going to minimize risk where you can. It's similar to having teams play for 2-3 hours but skip the hand shake line after the game. The game itself is definitely much more risky than the hand shake line, but you can reduce an element of risk by not having the hand shake line. I would agree the tailgate itself if less risky than sitting inside the stadium for 3-4 hours. But you don't need to have the tailgate in order to have the game. So you still reduce the overall risk by not having the tailgate. Plus you aren't hiring additional staff to allow people in at designated times and monitoring them throughout. I'm not sure if our HS games allow tailgating before. We are usually in the building before any fans arrive and often have a locker room that goes directly to the field. I do know they announce all fans must leave the stadium immediately after the game. No lingering, loitering, etc. The general idea I get is they are already taking a huge risk by allowing fans for the games. Let's not let fans be here any longer than they absolutely have to outside the game. I don't necessarily agree with any of that, but I do understand what they are doing.
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