As I understand them the new rules are you just can't tailgate in the lot once the game starts they are going to kick everyone out. i didn't think you needed a ticket to tailgate.
i don't know maybe they'll ask to see everyone's ticket at the gate of the south lot, who knows. Rule doesn't apply to me so I wasn't too worried about it.
you are correct C
No fun zone
TAILGATERS TRASHED | Fans can no longer party in parking lot during games
August 6, 2008
BY DAVE NEWBART Staff Reporter/dnewbart@suntimes.com
For years outside Chicago Bears games, countless fans have shunned Soldier Field for the surrounding parking lots, where they watch the game on 60-inch televisions plugged into generators, enjoy a food and cocktail spread that rivals any restaurant buffet, and often slip into the comfort of an SUV to keep warm, or in the case of an RV, use the restroom on board.
But the fun is about to end.
Under a new policy that starts with the team's first exhibition game Thursday night against the Kansas City Chiefs, fans will no longer be able to remain outside in parking lots during the games. Once the game starts, officials said, fans will have to cease tailgating.
It's a policy that has some Bears fans roaring mad.
"It's not fair. It's not right,'' said Dan Hunt, 27, a season ticket holder from the Northwest Side. "I have a real problem with this.''
Hunt said friends or family often join him to tailgate with hopes of buying a ticket outside the game. In the past, those who failed to get tickets outside the stadium could stay and watch the game on TV until everyone returned for more tailgating after the game. Because of Soldier Field's location on the lakefront far from bars, Hunt said, fans without tickets are basically "stuck there'' during the game.
But in an e-mail sent to season ticket holders Tuesday, the Bears said the move is part of a crackdown on unruly behavior. Dubbed "Help Stop UnBEARable Behavior,'' the campaign includes a new 10-person Event Services team that will wander the stands and parking lots searching for overly intoxicated fans to "proactively address'' problems and hotlines for fans to call or text to anonymously report unruly behavior. Fans who cause problems in the parking lots -- and not just in the stands -- can now lose their ticket privileges.
Officials said the move was not in response to more problem drinking but part of a leaguewide push to improve fans' experience at the games.
"These are proactive steps to make what we think is a great Sunday for football fans into a better experience,'' said Bears spokesman Scott Hagel.
Luca Serra, senior manager for SMG, which manages Soldier Field, said the policy wouldn't affect "huge numbers of people'' because most who come to the lakefront go into the game. Lots affected include all those near Soldier Field, including one at Adler Planetarium, where RVs park. The 31st Street lot and lots outside Michael Reese Hospital would not be affected because they are not controlled by the Bears or the Park District, he said.
