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Anonymous wrote: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

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.

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).

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.

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Anonymous wrote: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

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.

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).

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Anonymous wrote: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

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.

Anonymous wrote:2011 girls group is stacked with 4 great teams in the region!

Anonymous wrote:Alexandria entered 70 teams between both genders and all the age groups/bracket levels.
13 made semis
11 made finals
5 won their final

Anonymous wrote: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

Anonymous wrote:Alexandria entered 70 teams between both genders and all the age groups/bracket levels.
13 made semis
11 made finals
5 won their final

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of angry looking Alexandria parents walking around. Did any of their teams perform well?

Who cares?

Anonymous wrote:Lots of angry looking Alexandria parents walking around. Did any of their teams perform well?