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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My favorite part was the $7 cover charge, the TSA-like bag searches for “contraband food/drink” time you entered the venue, and the $6 coffee (sludge). What a crappy tournament[/quote]

I agree ASA needs to work with AR to either not charge the fee or to allow outside F&B it may require them to pay more but it felt crazy as there wasn’t real food and if 2 kids were playing it wasn’t easy to leave the facility.  [/quote]

ASA parents didn’t have to pay. I also never had my bag searched and walked in with plenty of food. I have to pay to enter both the Richmond and AC tournaments so if I had to pay for this one I’d just think oh well.

The food issue is an AR thing and if you ever read their reviews they ALWAYS do this for whatever event is happening (volleyball, basketball, futsal, etc). What was super weird yesterday was the private security. Three separate black vehicles, tricked out to look like cop cars, with blacked out windows and windshields with fake cop lights pulled up in the afternoon and not come these guys that looked like swat team cosplay (bullet proof vests that said OFFICER on the back, guns, handcuffs, other tactical gear attached to their vests, ammo around their thighs, etc). They go inside and stand in the front by the doors for hours looking insane. My kid’s team made the finals and so we were there until almost 9pm and they were still there.

I am not sure what they were there for. I did see a few games where parents got heated and one where a coach got a red card and refused to leave but those fake cops were nowhere to be found. I guess they supervise the baggage checks and front windows???  Weirdest thing I’ve ever seen (and I’ve seen some insane stuff). [/quote]

At Atlantic City two years ago there was a melee during a match that included chair throwing.  Futsal intensity (not in10sity) sometimes brings out the worst in folks.  Maybe just being prepared for it.[/quote]

I was at that AC tournament when that fight happened. But those private security dudes yesterday at AR didn’t do anything when there was major arguing in a semis and finals. they never left the front. So again, what was the point? Plus they looked severely out of shape. They had handcuffs and guns. Why? Just bring the PG County police on all other days (they were there during practice earlier that week). [/quote]

Yeah I get it.  And didn't mean to dwell on the negative.  I thought it was a fun weekend and pretty well run.  Good to see folks from all over that my son has played with over the years.[/quote]

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