Are hockey fans trashy (Pittsburgh: home, disposal, parking)

[wpipkins2]

Originally Posted by UKyank

It's pretty much another example of how the city fails to prepare for large crowds.

How one can claim to know where the revelers reside & trying to turn this into a city - suburb argument is quite strange.

You don't build the church for Easter Sunday. How many times in the past 50 years has Pittsburgh hosted a potential championship game? The mess was cleared by 3 a.m. and had no impact on the Friday morning commute. What more could the city do for a crowd that large? No loss of life. No negative impacts to the city or its residents.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by MountainDewGuy

If we are attempting to compare this crowd as some sort of justification of the behavior of people attending (or not attending) the Kenny Chesney concerts let me remind you all of something...

- 17 minors cited for underage drinking (one criminal charge pending)
- EMS responded to 170 calls
- Police made 10 arrests
- One man attacked a police officer
- One charge of attempted homicide (+aggravated assault and ethnic intimidation) when an African American man was beaten unconscious and thrown on the T tracks by a concert goer and his band of drunk friends.

If the hockey game approaches anything even remotely close to any of those numbers, then we can have a discussion.

Not sure how far away these stats are from everyday issues in da 'burgh, but if it was a huge difference KC wouldn't be coming back next month.

Definitely a possibility there will be even more people if there's a game 7. I expect they'll be better prepared should that take place.

[MountainDewGuy]

Originally Posted by erieguy

Not sure how far away these stats are from everyday issues in da 'burgh, but if it was a huge difference KC wouldn't be coming back next month.

Definitely a possibility there will be even more people if there's a game 7. I expect they'll be better prepared should that take place.

There is a huge difference. I checked when I first posted these numbers.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by wpipkins2

You don't build the church for Easter Sunday. How many times in the past 50 years has Pittsburgh hosted a potential championship game? The mess was cleared by 3 a.m. and had no impact on the Friday morning commute. What more could the city do for a crowd that large? No loss of life. No negative impacts to the city or its residents.

Basically the same as any other event. All cleaned up before anyone even knew it happened.

[Merge]

Originally Posted by UKyank

The an 'out of towners' but not the suburbs vs city argument which is even odder.

Or do you believe people on the city don't support the penguins enough to go watch the game at the arena? Really the entire comment made no sense really.

Mea Culpa. After all, we've ALL been warned not to respond to troll posts and yet here I am in this very thread.

I take it back. You were right. Whatever your point was.

[Geeo]

They really chesneyed the place last night. I blame the parents, their upbringing and a lack of responsibility.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by MountainDewGuy

There is a huge difference. I checked when I first posted these numbers.

Please post.

I expect you took them from the same day of the week as the event?

[JoeP]

A very troll-y thread.

[gladhands]

Originally Posted by Geeo

They really chesneyed the place last night. I blame the parents, their upbringing and a lack of responsibility.

Some people don't pride in the city. It's a failure of their culture.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by JoeP

A very troll-y thread.

I don't see how a city report is trolling. Same as posting facts isn't trolling. Some may not like what they hear or see but facts are facts. As many have said, just don't read them if they bother you.