Tailgating at BMO Field

**R.J** · 06-10-2016, 08:41 PM

Argonauts’ tailgate experiment takes flight Saturday
https://www.thestar.com/sports/argos...-saturday.html

**Neely2005** · 06-10-2016, 09:01 PM

Originally Posted by SnowRogue

Argonauts’ tailgate experiment takes flight Saturday
https://www.thestar.com/sports/argos...-saturday.html

"Fans will not be allowed to bring their own beer. The team will sell beer — Budweiser, Bud Light and Steam Whistle — for $4 a can."

Terrible beer choices! Out of those 3 I'll be forced to go with Bud as I hate Bud Light and Steam Whistle.

**PullTogether73** · 06-11-2016, 04:04 AM

Originally Posted by Neely2005

"Fans will not be allowed to bring their own beer. The team will sell beer — Budweiser, Bud Light and Steam Whistle — for $4 a can."

Terrible beer choices! Out of those 3 I'll be forced to go with Bud as I hate Bud Light and Steam Whistle.

Wow!
I'm not a beer drinker and even I know that those are poor options.
Can't wait to hear 1Argoholic's rant about this. He was right all along!

**Will** · 06-11-2016, 04:14 AM

Originally Posted by Neely2005

"Fans will not be allowed to bring their own beer. The team will sell beer — Budweiser, Bud Light and Steam Whistle — for $4 a can."

Terrible beer choices! Out of those 3 I'll be forced to go with Bud as I hate Bud Light and Steam Whistle.

Oy

That's not going to go over well.

**Gill The Thrill** · 06-11-2016, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by Neely2005

"Fans will not be allowed to bring their own beer. The team will sell beer — Budweiser, Bud Light and Steam Whistle — for $4 a can."

Terrible beer choices! Out of those 3 I'll be forced to go with Bud as I hate Bud Light and Steam Whistle.

This is the problem with not being allowed to have a spontaneous event where you can bring your own beer.

Let me just take a wild guess at who some of the corporate partners for the tailgate area are? I'll say Budweiser and Steamwhistle are two. That'll probably explain why the few options. Those beers are not even worth the $4, but I guess it's still a better price than inside.

As for the rules...lol. Not being allowed to bring your own booze and being forced to have security check your vehicle (which is private property) and allowing them the discretion to confiscate anything is enough to turn many, including myself, off. Sounds too much like the McGuinty/Gwynne gestapo along with City of Toronto.

Can this city not allow what they allow in Hamilton...loosely followed rules, allowing spontaneous, casual laid back tailgating and allowing fans to clean up and drink out of plastic cups without going "Tianamen Square" on them. I hope these rules are not going to be strictly enforced, but I remain skeptical. This city is just too focused and hard up for adding revenue tools and they'll use the fact that the CNE is city property to enforce all the rules to the tilt. I hope I'm wrong for those fans that just want to partake and chill, but I won't be surprised if I'm not. What's the saying, Toronto, the city that fun forgot.

**Neely2005** · 06-11-2016, 09:45 AM

I understand that at $4 a beer they're not going to be selling premium or imported beer but Sleeman and Moosehead are the same price as the 3 terrible beers that they're selling.

**Neely2005** · 06-11-2016, 07:37 PM

The tailgate was well organized and a lot of fun. Security did a quick check of vehicles. Aside from the beer selection my only suggestion for improvements would be to have the Tailgate start earlier for weekend and holiday games.

Beers are $11+ inside the stadium.

**Neely2005** · 06-12-2016, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by Neely2005

The tailgate was well organized and a lot of fun. Security did a quick check of vehicles. Aside from the beer selection my only suggestion for improvements would be to have the Tailgate start earlier for weekend and holiday games.

Beers are $11+ inside the stadium.

My wife says that they should have an ice cream truck on site too.

**jerrym** · 06-11-2016, 08:05 PM

Your First Look At Tailgating In Toronto at BMO Field!

June 11, 2016 Latest BMO Field, tailgate, Toronto Argonauts Max Rosenberg

Today marked the first game at BMO Field for the Toronto Argonuats and with that… tailgating!
We already looked at how tailgating will work at BMO and gave you a complete guide to it.
But Saturday marked the first time we got to see it in action! Cheerleaders, BBQ, $4 Beers. We #cosign all of this! Here are some of the best images from the first tailgate in Toronto!

http://www.thesnap.ca/first-look-tai...nto-bmo-field/

Was it as successful as it looks in the pictures?

**Treblecharger1** · 06-11-2016, 08:10 PM

Was a great day! They have the potential to make this huge! Took a off duty police office to the game and he said his only concern was the beer being so cheep that ppl would get to drunk. But outside of that everyone was awesome and was the closest thing to being at a proper tailgate. The genlemen I brought had already made plans to bring a car and fill it for the home opener! Awesome job!

**1argoholic** · 06-11-2016, 09:33 PM

Sorry but I knew it. At least Steam Whistle is a local craft beer, even though it's not to my liking. The others are total piss. Glad to hear that things went well.

**KCargosfan** · 06-12-2016, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by Treblecharger1

Was a great day! They have the potential to make this huge! Took a off duty police office to the game and he said his only concern was the beer being so cheep that ppl would get to drunk. But outside of that everyone was awesome and was the closest thing to being at a proper tailgate. The genlemen I brought had already made plans to bring a car and fill it for the home opener! Awesome job!

People getting too drunk tailgating? Surely not!

**Gill The Thrill** · 06-12-2016, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by KCargosfan

People getting too drunk tailgating? Surely not!

I'm not for getting drunk, but was TC1's buddy an off-duty cop or were they masquarading as Kathleen Wynne or John Tory...pretending to be the only people who can make responsible decisions for full grown adults.

With all do respect, he must really avoid the beer store because of all the drunks hanging around according to his analogy. A case of 2-4, a 12 and even a 6 pack is sold for much less than $4 a beer. This guy must be horrified when he goes to a grocery store in Montreal, where you can buy a 2-4 for $25. I'm sure he's a great guy TC1, but you don't make him sound like a fun guy to tailgate with when you quote him talking like he's still at work on his off day.

Not saying one should not be moral or advocate that police officers call each other to warn each other of where all the ride spot checks are, as has been known to happen. Heck, there's even been some who've run clubs that served booze to underagers in the past. I'm glad he cares, (as do I, and I'm not a cop) but I think the best run societies are societies that don't overegulate their citizens removing all personal responsibility. I respect police officers and have friends and close relatives that are/were cops. I hope everyone including TC1 and his off-duty buddy chilled out and had a good time at the tailgate. I just wish they had the personal responsibility of bringing their own beer and choosing what brand they wanted to drink, that's all.

**Brian45** · 06-11-2016, 10:40 PM

Never going to please everyone with beer selection. They are standard brands and I didn't expect anything else. Wasn't there but it looked awesome. Looking forward to the home opener.

**Will** · 06-11-2016, 11:31 PM

Everything seemed to go fine from my perspective. The lady at the front seemed to be confused about the rules at first, but that was quickly straightened out. The lot got pretty full by the end and all people were having a good time. Jim Barker came over and talked to a few people, the ArgoNotes came over. There was a lot of police/security presence, but everyone was well behaved and the police were particularly friendly I got to say. I think this has the potential to be a pretty good thing.

**Will** · 06-12-2016, 07:28 AM

http://www.torontosun.com/2016/06/11...ores-with-fans

Review in the Sun

**argofandave** · 06-12-2016, 11:39 AM

As expected, I wasn't allowed into the tailgate since I took the Go Train to the game. However, 2 of my friends who took the subway got in just by showing their game ticket.

**Will** · 06-12-2016, 06:43 PM

Originally Posted by argofandave

As expected, I wasn't allowed into the tailgate since I took the Go Train to the game. However, 2 of my friends who took the subway got in just by showing their game ticket.

The method of transportation you took to the game should not have mattered. I personally took the TTC, and when I attempted to enter the tailgate lot the attendant seemed confused about the rule. She asked if we had a pass, which we didn't and she then proceeded to tell us that we could not enter the lot. They were supposed to let you in if you knew someone who had parked there, and they didn't check a list or anything. I think by the end that many of the people inside were not associated with a vehicle.