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Originally Posted by Average Guy
A post in an older thread gave this link to the policy:
FAQ - The Villages Entertainment * Special Events * Box Office
In that link, the last FAQ under the topic "Free Nightly Entertainment" addresses saving seats:
"Q: May we rope off a group of chairs prior to an event?
A: No. Roping or taping chairs together inhibits event setup. If you need to hold chairs, at least one person in your party needs to be with your chairs at all times." |
So evidently, the saving of seats is allowed as long as one person from your party is there. To me this means that I can go there when the chairs are put out, sit in the middle of a section and claim that I'm saving all the chairs in this section.
IMHO, this needs to be changed to one person is allowed to save one additional seat. This would accommodate someone who is waiting for their spouse who si coming later or a couple that is waiting for another couple.
This publication from the entertainment department does say however that roping off or taping chairs together is prohibited. If that is their rule, then I believe that it is incumbent upon the entertainment department to enforce it. If any off us see chairs roped off, we should call a member of the entertainment staff to remove them. If that person doesn't want to do it, they should be reported to the entertainment department for failure to enforce the rules.
It also states in this article that we are not allowed to bring alcoholic beverages into the squares because,
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Our liquor license is limited to the Town Square where you purchased your drink and only to beverages distributed by our bars. Any consumption of alcohol outside of these limitations is in violation of local laws and ordinances.
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Yet I see people with their own beer all the time. The announcements only that that coolers are not allowed. I have seen people and know people that keep beer in a cooler in their cart and walk back to their cart every so often to get a beer.
Do the state laws actually prohibit the drinking of alcohol on a public place or is the entertainment department saying this in order to keep the bar business going?