Seattle, Washington, Safeco Field, July 19, 2013 - ARCHIVE
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That is not an overstatement.
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dappa-macca:
I didn't encounter any rudeness from the staff it just seemed like a lot of cluelessness going on with the two points to get wristbands. Unfortunately I had to wait for a babysitter so I couldn't get there early to to queue up in line waiting for the gates to open. Sounds like handing them out in line was smart and easy for everyone. I arrived about 20 minutes after gates opened and had no idea about the wristbands (never got an email). The security guy that checked us was great and let us in with the collapsable stepstool for my kid that I am pretty sure wasn't technically allowed. So yay for security! I got to the field entrance and was directed to the area to get wristbands. I don't know why the person who checked my ticket didn't tell me I needed one, but hey, it was busy. The line for the wristbands went up and down the stairwell six times with no clear barriers. So it was obvious that Safeco was not at all prepared for the amount of people that would need their wristband after entering (people that didn't get there before the gates opened). There were no Safeco staff manning the lines or checking on them, just a lot of people confused on where it ended and what to do. So after waiting 40 minutes and getting our wristbands we had to wait another few minutes for someone to punch holes in our tickets. Why?? I think the wristbands were to make it easier for the staff to wave people down to the field without having to check their tickets closely. Fine. But what made it easier for the staff to allow people down on the field made it awful for those with valid tickets who arrived a little later than when the gates opened. If there were more than two spots in the stadium to get the wristbands it wouldn't have been half as bad. But hauling to the location, standing in line, and then hauling back to the field entrance wasted huge amounts of time for us.
I'm going to guess that they punched a hole in your ticket, so that you couldn't pass it off to someone else, and they could use it. Which is actually a pretty smart system.