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I wonder if Knoxville keep record of reserved seats... I got a letter last year asking if I wanted the same ones. Maybe they could identify these fools & put them on a "No-fly list"

OKC Thunder has a number you can text , put in your section number & row number & the unruly fan/drunk is dealt with Very quickkly.

Cool, I didn't know the Reds had one too.

The Kings Royal crowd can get pretty sloppy as we all know, but this year I noticed a heavier police presence who were actually responding to incidents like these. I saw a few jackwads getting led out doing the walk of shame.

When my family and I first realized these clowns were going to be a problem with the constant loud swearing, I started to think I was going to handle it, but seeing how I do my best to refrain from violence and didn't want to get hauled out, I decided to get up and make a concession stop with my boy with the idea of locating a security person. While in line for water and soda I noticed a sheriff and talked to him about the group...I gave him a description of the guys, and their drunken behavior and he said he would check into it. My boy and I went back up, sat and continued on with the races. 15 minutes or so passed and the sheriff came up and said something to them (I don't know what was said since I didn't want to look like I knew what was going on). After the sheriff left, guys in the group said out loud, 'What the F*ck was that all about'....I never got back up with the big crowd and all, and felt like it was a waste to do that all over again...no idea if anyone else ever did either. Not sure how many sheriffs were there, but I bet if it was pursued, the sheriff would remember it and something could be done about this...I am thinking Knoxville has a record of the family that got puked on since they were there all week. I'm sure they would like some kind of justice.

The drunken pukers ruin it for everyone. Sad but true.

Hopefully, this incident will get track management to react. Good job on documenting these idiots and their disgusting behavior.

The fix to this issue is simple. Management, and a NO Tolerance Policy to public drunkeness or posing a threat to others. It is all about expectation and enforcing the rules. You have to put management and rules in place that can manage and enforce the rules.

Educate servers, ushers and police then enforce the rules.

Even beyond track tolerance rules police should do their job protecting the public.

Post the rules clearly to fans. Explain at the begining of the evening. Then enforce. It's simple.

You shouldn't need special sections, you should be able to go and have a great time!

I hadn't seen this mentioned, but if these guys were passing a bottle to each other throughout the night, that would have been grounds for immediate dismissal by security. Was this ever brought up to security by any of the people who had to put up with them?
It plainly says no outside cans, bottles, or coolers when you enter the grandstands.

Exactly, from what I can see the puking incident must have happened during the A main so I would guess that the poor family below was just trying to wait it out, see the finally and get out of there asap, which sounds like what they did.

I really like the option for the future of the track having a text # as an option (pretty inexpensive too I would think) to let them know someone is an issue and I know that they need to investigate how bad the actions are but at least the officer could walk down the stairs to the walk way and keep an eye on the situation for abit cause if he had he would of likely saw these guys start right back into being jerks. I would say that if everyone saw some people being hauled out for bad behavior it may make others think about just shutting their mouth and watching the races.

A drink limit would have likely did little to curb this as the guys were drunk when they came in I'm sure and they brought there own bottle, so that would just cut off the people who aren't an issue. I probably drank a 6 pack during the races but I also sat and visited with people around me and met several different people and even shared a couple beers with the people next to me who didn't know they could buy beer there. I had a great time and I don't think that people who aren't the problem (and the majority of people that are drinking during the race aren't a problem) should be punished because of these types of people.

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Now see, I could have been there stoned out of my gourd on that ILLEGAL weed stuff & enjoyed the races with everybody & there would have been no problems !!!!!

I'm pretty sure all, if not most, major league sports teams have a number/text line to report "unruly" behavior. This seems like a popular option to alleviate some of the more excessive problems. I've yet to see any real instances where the law was needed to get involved at the Nationals, however I'm not there with my family so I understand a lot of the points made here.

Maybe another solution would be to bring in some local charities or groups looking for fundraising opportunities to be a "crowd control" presence in the aisles/stands. I've participated in this before at NFL games and concerts, and could be a win win for everyone. It's surely cheaper than hiring actual security, and might make those that can't control themselves think twice. Just a thought.

I mentioned to the wife that the nationals have really mellowed out during the nationals with few drunks. It must be because everybody around us has been the same for 5 to 10 years with a few newbies once in a while.

Not sure how all this went down but there is strength in numbers. You get everybody in that area to rally against the 2 drunken idiots and they will back down or leave. Question for those that took the pictures did anybody stand up for or with the dad when billy badass was threatening him?

This is definitely a sad deal for the family and will not be surprised if they do not come back.

Guest Text Messaging Service will only work if the security folks respond in kind and enforce the rules.

Abusive, foul or disruptive language and obscene gestures are as sign of uneducated and immature people. Went to a NASCAR race (once) and the guy in front of me stood everytime Jeff Gordon came by and gave him the finger for yes 365 odd laps. I mean really dude...???

Intoxication or other signs of impairment related to alcohol consumption should be dealt with immediately.

Fighting, taunting or threatening remarks or gestures should result in instantaneous ejection from the racetrack.

Sitting in a location other than the guest's ticketed seat should also be looked at. Those guys may have seat hopped.

Witnessed some very drunk and rowdy fans at an Oriole playoff game back in the 1990’s. They were cuffed and dragged down the stairs by the collars head first. The whole section erupted in a standing ovation.

Hard to believe people pay good money to go to the Nationals, just to get drunk and probably not remember a thing about it the next day.

Sporting events are not real family friendly these days.