Roanoke Civic Center's Stance on firearms

The dumb ones are almost always cute.

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The dumb ones are almost always cute.

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Despite some errors and bias, at least Ms. Schon provided a fairly honest response and did not completely duck the issue. I actually think she did a good job stating the position of the management.



She clearly states that they don't want you to carry, but can't stop you.

At least she didn't spend a week modifying their website and then lying about it .






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The city received five responses to its request, which closed in July. The selection committee is negotiating with two finalists:

• Global Spectrum, an 8-year-old company based in Philadelphia that operates arenas, stadiums, amphitheaters, convention halls, ice centers and fairgrounds around North America. Its parent company is Comcast-Spectacor, which owns the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers and the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers.
• SMG, a 29-year-old company, also based in Philadelphia, which operates a similar array of facilities around North America and Europe. Its Virginia sites include the Richmond Coliseum and Charlottesville's John Paul Jones Arena, where it partners with Red Light Management.

Any sort of management contract would be subject to approval by the city council, said Roanoke Assistant City Manager Jim Grigsby.

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I was a little shocked to find the ACLU had contacted them. Since when did they become pro gun?

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Several years ago, when the word "illegal" was absent from the text, a gentleman with the Civic Liberties Union contacted me about the code because he has a concealed weapons permit and he interpreted our statements to mean that we would not allow him to enter our facility with a firearm.

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Repeater wrote:

The city received five responses to its request, which closed in July. The selection committee is negotiating with two finalists:

• Global Spectrum, an 8-year-old company based in Philadelphia that operates arenas, stadiums, amphitheaters, convention halls, ice centers and fairgrounds around North America. Its parent company is Comcast-Spectacor, which owns the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers and the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers.
• SMG, a 29-year-old company, also based in Philadelphia, which operates a similar array of facilities around North America and Europe. Its Virginia sites include the Richmond Coliseum and Charlottesville's John Paul Jones Arena, where it partners with Red Light Management.

Any sort of management contract would be subject to approval by the city council, said Roanoke Assistant City Manager Jim Grigsby.

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We should take SMG to the woodshed as an anti-freedom company that abuses the rights of Virginians. If we could cause them to loose this contract because of their conduct at the Glenn Beck show at the Richmond Coliseum, then we would really get their attention. Ban political stickers, then lie about it and try to cover up the facts after the incident. Not the reputable sort of management company that the city council should support.

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exELLENT IDEA THERE THUNDAH. that would certainly get their attention and probably a person or two in Richmond fired. Why is it, when ever I read one of your posts, I hear AC/DC playing in my head?

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Neplusultra wrote:

exELLENT IDEA THERE THUNDAH. that would certainly get their attention and probably a person or two in Richmond fired. Why is it, when ever I read one of your posts, I hear AC/DC playing in my head?

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:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

I also like Thundars comments:celebrate:celebrate

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Repeaters quote about the contract SMG is competing for was from Sept 2008, so we may be too late for that one, but I think we can see a chink in the armor of this private company.:idea:

SMG competes to be the management company for publicly owned arenas. We can have a loud voiceto public officials in not selecting SMG in the future based upon their un-american activities.:celebrate

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