Gotta vent for a minute

[RPBrown]

Actually 2 vents . The CFO and I went to the new Dickies Arena in Fort Worth Sunday evening for a Mercy Me concert. For those that don’t know, Mercy Me is the Christian group that sings I Can Only Imagine.
Vent/rant #1. I could not find anything about them being posted. However, not wanting to make the long trip back to the car, I left my EDC locked in the safe in my car. Sure enough, no 30.06 or 30.07 signs but a sign stating they expressly prohibited any type of weapon including licensed firearms. They had walk through metal detectors at each entrance with security to send you packing (guy in front tried and received verbal notice).

Vent/rant #2- I was shocked to see beer, wine, and even hard liquor being sold at a Christian concert. Now, I am not a prude and I do like an occasional adult beverage but not at a Christian concert. IMHO only I feel it was wrong

[JustSomeOldGuy]

Consider the 'no weapons' sign a blessing in disguise, in this case;

License #: MB1049942
Trade Name: DICKIES ARENA
Owner: TRAIL DRIVE HOSPITALITY LLC
Location Address:
1911 MONTGOMERY STREET
FORT WORTH , TX 76107
Mailing Address:
115 W 2ND STE 204
FORT WORTH , TX 76102
County: Tarrant Orig. Issue Date: 4/5/2019
Status: Current Exp. Date: 4/4/2021
Wine Percent:
Location Phone No.: 817-402-9000
Subordinates: CB,LB,PE
Related To:
Gun Sign: RED

[Texas_Blaze]

As a prude myself, I take offense at serving of alcohol at a Christian event, shorts & sandals at church, Christian heavy metal, and Kanye/Olsteen tag team preaching.

[RPBrown]

Never thought about 51%. Don’t see how they sell 51% of their revenue in alcohol.
Average seat price of 55.00 x 14,000= 770,000. That’s a lotta booze sold, even at 10.00 a beer

[philip964]

Jesus’ first miracle was the wine at a marriage between a man and a woman.

Wine was served at the Last Supper.

I understand some get addicted to alcohol.

That is terrible.

But otherwise, like anything in moderation, I have never understood the belief that alcohol and Christianity cannot mix.

[Charles L. Cotton]

Never thought about 51%. Don’t see how they sell 51% of their revenue in alcohol.
Average seat price of 55.00 x 14,000= 770,000. That’s a lotta booze sold, even at 10.00 a beer

That may be a good one to question TABC regarding their "audit." As Steve has said before, it may be that the liquor licensee is not the building owner, thus they make 100% of their revenue from the same of alcohol for on-premises consumption.

Chas.

[03Lightningrocks]

Jesus’ first miracle was the wine at a marriage between a man and a woman.

Wine was served at the Last Supper.

I understand some get addicted to alcohol.

That is terrible.

But otherwise, like anything in moderation, I have never understood the belief that alcohol and Christianity cannot mix.

I personally know many Christians who occasionally have a beer or wine. The sin being when one over indulges to the point of drunkenness. That apparently is the thinking of modern day Christianity. Many years ago I was attempting to get a rise from my mom and told her that Jesus was a moonshiner. After all, he regularly made wine from water. She did not think it was funny... Haha.

[Flightmare]

Never thought about 51%. Don’t see how they sell 51% of their revenue in alcohol.
Average seat price of 55.00 x 14,000= 770,000. That’s a lotta booze sold, even at 10.00 a beer

That may be a good one to question TABC regarding their "audit." As Steve has said before, it may be that the liquor licensee is not the building owner, thus they make 100% of their revenue from the same of alcohol for on-premises consumption.

Chas.

Found one like that at Verizon Theater in Grand Prarie last year when I went to see Chad Prather.

[flechero]

I bet Mercy Me had no choice in the matter... it they wanted the concession stands open, the vendor offered the normal array.