Cooper-Man
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I have attended every Home and away game the saints have played at anz this season. Before every game myself and Stel make contact with the stadium and inform them of the dragon army seating arrangement and also re confirm the banner registration for our flags, poles, banners and horns/musical instruments. We communicate with the events manager on a weekly basis and he gives us the run down of what we can and cant take in with us for the games.
NOW, we have been told on many occassions in the past, that only dogs games have a restriction to musical instruments. We were not informed of any rule against a horn at any other game.
Yesterday i arrived to the game with 6 banners and 3 big flags which have all featured at previous games this season. At every one of those games, we had a spread sheet located at the table of every gate with our names on it. This spread sheet indicates we have registered these items as per the condition of entry.
I arrive at gate M yesterday because my friends had tickets only allowing them to enter through that gate. When walking past the security, I am confronted with " is that banner longer than 1.4m" (dope) and my flag poles are nearly 2m long. I turn to him and advise him that they are registered and i bring them in to every game. He laughs at me like im lying and says "you cant take them in". At this point i have already lost my temper (doesnt take long to lose my temper) at the fact that i have been questioned regarding this. I confront him and say. I bring these in every week and have done so all year. I gave him the name of the contact I have been talking to from the stadium on a weekly basis and he laughs once more. He then says that the security company have strict orders and they dont deal with the anz staff. So i approach one the the anz staff and request she calls a supervisor to assist. The supervisor comes over and takes 20 minutes to look through her folder and doesnt find this magical spread sheet. I am lucky she remembered my face and said it was ok for me to enter.
I then approach the gate, all my friends are in and stuck outside. Why.......because my season ticket only allows me to enter through gate 'O' which is closed. Which means gate 'B'. This means I have to walk all the way around to the other side of the complex to enter. I requested they allow me to enter through the side gate as I have a season ticket and they once again laugh at me.
I finally get into the toilet bowl and the army is slowing gathering. Our horn specialist is getting his lungs gowing and a guy in a suit comes over and says "guys.........look.............you really sound great...........and your creating a great atmosphere............however.............you cant have the horn" i look at him and disbelief and inform him of the arrangement we have with the club and stadium. He says he will ook into it and come back. As soon as he walks off. SIX security guards come over to us and say get rid of it. We try to explian that the suit guy is coming back to us with the details but they wont even listen. They tell us he made his decision over the two way and start to get aggresive. So we put the horn away.
I think this stadium has some serious communication issues and they need to be addresses fast. I am sick of being treated like this. I am calling the club right now to inform them of these issues to avoid this happening next week.
thanks
a pissed of Cooper-Man
NOW, we have been told on many occassions in the past, that only dogs games have a restriction to musical instruments. We were not informed of any rule against a horn at any other game.
Yesterday i arrived to the game with 6 banners and 3 big flags which have all featured at previous games this season. At every one of those games, we had a spread sheet located at the table of every gate with our names on it. This spread sheet indicates we have registered these items as per the condition of entry.
I arrive at gate M yesterday because my friends had tickets only allowing them to enter through that gate. When walking past the security, I am confronted with " is that banner longer than 1.4m" (dope) and my flag poles are nearly 2m long. I turn to him and advise him that they are registered and i bring them in to every game. He laughs at me like im lying and says "you cant take them in". At this point i have already lost my temper (doesnt take long to lose my temper) at the fact that i have been questioned regarding this. I confront him and say. I bring these in every week and have done so all year. I gave him the name of the contact I have been talking to from the stadium on a weekly basis and he laughs once more. He then says that the security company have strict orders and they dont deal with the anz staff. So i approach one the the anz staff and request she calls a supervisor to assist. The supervisor comes over and takes 20 minutes to look through her folder and doesnt find this magical spread sheet. I am lucky she remembered my face and said it was ok for me to enter.
I then approach the gate, all my friends are in and stuck outside. Why.......because my season ticket only allows me to enter through gate 'O' which is closed. Which means gate 'B'. This means I have to walk all the way around to the other side of the complex to enter. I requested they allow me to enter through the side gate as I have a season ticket and they once again laugh at me.
I finally get into the toilet bowl and the army is slowing gathering. Our horn specialist is getting his lungs gowing and a guy in a suit comes over and says "guys.........look.............you really sound great...........and your creating a great atmosphere............however.............you cant have the horn" i look at him and disbelief and inform him of the arrangement we have with the club and stadium. He says he will ook into it and come back. As soon as he walks off. SIX security guards come over to us and say get rid of it. We try to explian that the suit guy is coming back to us with the details but they wont even listen. They tell us he made his decision over the two way and start to get aggresive. So we put the horn away.
I think this stadium has some serious communication issues and they need to be addresses fast. I am sick of being treated like this. I am calling the club right now to inform them of these issues to avoid this happening next week.
thanks
a pissed of Cooper-Man