Richmond_Bills Posted September 27, 2021 Posted September 27, 2021 How was the gate entry process? Did they match vaccine cards to ID's or anything?
RiotAct Posted September 27, 2021 Posted September 27, 2021 They did not. (At least at Gate 3). Entry was smooth, lines were longish at 11:50 when my uncle and I went in but we got through in about 10 minutes 2
WotAGuy Posted September 27, 2021 Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) A cursory glance by security as you passed through an outer entry. Took much longer to get the ticket reader up and running once we got to the gate. We were in line about 10:45 and they were letting people pass the vax check very smoothly and quickly. Then we waited the 15 minutes for the gates to open. Edited September 27, 2021 by WotAGuy 1
BillnutinHouston Posted September 27, 2021 Posted September 27, 2021 Funny you mention ID. After driving in from PA yesterday I woke up in the middle of the night in my hotel room in a panic because I brought my 85 year old Mom to the game and I didn't bring her ID with me. I checked emails from the Bills and no IDs were mentioned. Fortunately at the gate they were not even trying to match IDs to vax cards! 2 1
Richmond_Bills Posted September 27, 2021 Author Posted September 27, 2021 ok - sounds good. my group that is going next week is all vaxed, but didn't want to wait ridiculous amounts of time at gates. as a follow up - how was traffic? read for opener, if you weren't in a tailgate by 930 or 10, you may have been in traffic until game time/.
DasNootz Posted September 27, 2021 Posted September 27, 2021 At both the stadium today and Key Bank Center last night at the Eric Church concert, they only verified you had a vaccination card. They did not ask for ID. Just now, Richmond_Bills said: ok - sounds good. my group that is going next week is all vaxed, but didn't want to wait ridiculous amounts of time at gates. as a follow up - how was traffic? read for opener, if you weren't in a tailgate by 930 or 10, you may have been in traffic until game time/. We got to our lot at 8, and traffic was fine. By 830 traffic was growing, and after nine I imagine you waited a while. My preference is to always get there early because I’d rather wait with a beer in my hand by a grill, then stuck in traffic. 2
Vertig0 Posted September 27, 2021 Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) Whether your for it or against it, vax ID check was a total joke. You could have showed them a Sam's Club card or used a 20 year old putt putt pass and gotten thru that check point. They barely even glanced at my phone when I showed my "excelsior pass" - didn't even scan the QR code. Edited September 27, 2021 by Vertig0 2 1
davefan66 Posted September 27, 2021 Posted September 27, 2021 Process wasn’t bad. Had a huge crowd in front of us about 11:30. Vax check was very fast. Wonder if they were really looking. Have the excelsior pass, security person looked for a brief second and waved me on. Not scanned. In the stadium by 11:50. Seems crappy they’d do what they did and then be pretty lackadaisical about checking proof of vaccination.
716er Posted September 27, 2021 Posted September 27, 2021 55 minutes ago, Vertig0 said: Whether your for it or against it, vax ID check was a total joke. You could have showed them a Sam's Club card or used a 20 year old putt putt pass and gotten thru that check point. They barely even glanced at my phone when I showed my "excelsior pass" - didn't even scan the QR code. Saw 2 dudes get denied trying to use something fake on their phones 1
The Wiz Posted September 27, 2021 Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) Barely even glance at my card And they had no problem with me having a lighter but took a whole pack of cigs. Edited September 27, 2021 by The Wiz 1
SectionC3 Posted September 27, 2021 Posted September 27, 2021 It was a joke. Much easier to enter than opening day. Traffic was extremely light, too. Must have been an early crowd.
The Wiz Posted September 27, 2021 Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, SectionC3 said: It was a joke. Much easier to enter than opening day. Traffic was extremely light, too. Must have been an early crowd. What time did you get in line? The gate I went to had one guy checking the vax passes and took 40 minutes. Got there around 11:10. Edited September 27, 2021 by The Wiz
LeGOATski Posted September 27, 2021 Posted September 27, 2021 It's like people got worked up for nothing. Weird.
nato7412 Posted September 27, 2021 Posted September 27, 2021 3 hours ago, Richmond_Bills said: ok - sounds good. my group that is going next week is all vaxed, but didn't want to wait ridiculous amounts of time at gates. as a follow up - how was traffic? read for opener, if you weren't in a tailgate by 930 or 10, you may have been in traffic until game time/. Gates weren't too bad, Vax check didn't really add any time. Traffic not bad, we rolled in 930 without much of a hassle, getting out not too bad either. I was really worried about the traffic after hearing about week 1 but it was no issue
Gugny Posted September 27, 2021 Posted September 27, 2021 2 hours ago, 716er said: Saw 2 dudes get denied trying to use something fake on their phones I don't believe you.
GunnerBill Posted September 27, 2021 Posted September 27, 2021 I went to the European Championship Final at Wembley in the summer that had a vax or negative PCR standard for entry and the checkers were literally just glancing at your phone screen to see that you had something that looked like the UK's vax pass up and then nodding you through.
Chandler#81 Posted September 27, 2021 Posted September 27, 2021 8 hours ago, Buffalo619 said: All this hype for nothing. They didn’t check squat. No ID, no “vax” card. I was expecting a problem, was pleasantly surprised. Why were you expecting a problem? Not vaxxed and had a false card?
wjag Posted September 27, 2021 Posted September 27, 2021 We walked in at 1115a. Smooth. Quick check of CDC card and Id. No issues at that time whatsoever. Stadium was completely full by 1p start. So people heeded the warning and left tailgating early to get in.
SectionC3 Posted September 27, 2021 Posted September 27, 2021 8 hours ago, The Wiz said: What time did you get in line? The gate I went to had one guy checking the vax passes and took 40 minutes. Got there around 11:10. Gate 6 11:50a. Same thing. One guy checking at a choke point. 3 hours ago, GunnerBill said: I went to the European Championship Final at Wembley in the summer that had a vax or negative PCR standard for entry and the checkers were literally just glancing at your phone screen to see that you had something that looked like the UK's vax pass up and then nodding you through. That is exactly what happened yesterday at the stadium. 1
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