People who don’t eat or drink at a concert basically are one of the reasons ticket prices will go up next year. Even the sound engineers are on union wages since the venue is “owned” by the city.

Though, the Orpheum staff obeyed the city workers’ demand for one concert.

My guess is, the city strike might have happened because Vancouver people haven’t been buying enough food and drink at concerts, sports events, and other events using city facilities. And possibly, people are not drinking enough at clubs.

This makes me wonder if Walmart and other places selling food and drink in large quantities (including restuarants, pubs, LCB stores, etc.) are actually paying enough licensing fees.

Ditto for other stores.

Hm, i need to show you the garbage bags I spotted at Joyce Station!

If so, then Chloe and Matt’s mom can complain to Brent about the food cop.

This policy supposedly is about ppl who pack $100 of food into their bags to sell at concerts.

In actual fact, it is a retconned policy based on lost sales at concession of overpriced food, some of which might be cooked by underpaid concession staff. It is the premium of junkfood, though.

The only time I would confiscate if told to be a bag checker at a concert are the following:

weapons – I’d probably want to see ID to pass this person’s info to the cops
opened bottles – we don’t know what else is in it, but you can go in if you empty the bottle.
drugs – never carry three prescription pills in an Altoid container. It will be mistaken for contraband. And make sure you bring all YOUR MEDS in their own containers, even if the concert is on for 3 hours and your next dose is in the middle of the concert. None of us are trained pharmaceutical professional who can guess whether a pink pill with Novartis is an illegal oxycodone pill – it isn’t – or a branded Pill.

I think of anything else that is actually contraband, but if a person who needs to eat a medically-prescribed meal at a concert, then it does help to bring the doctor’s note, mmkay?

Though, that person better do hir eating out of eye sight of concession.

I suggest if ICM’s food police did not do security that night, that you try to get a doctor’s note – or even a dietician’s note – if you are bringing in prescribed food and drink.

However, those poor concession staff will starve if you don’t pay for their premium junkfood.

But what a helluva show. And a great review.