No tailgaiting at super bowl, for "security reasons"

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MIAMI — Die-hard Super Bowl fans have to face the big game this year without one of football's favorite pastimes: Tailgating.

The revered pre-game ritual has been banned within a one-mile radius of Dolphin Stadium on Sunday before the Indianapolis Colts square off with the Chicago Bears, reported Miami's CBS 4 News.

"There is no tailgating allowed in the Dolphin Stadium parking lots," Sue Jaquez, a member of the Super Bowl XLI Host Committee, confirmed to CBS 4 News. "And there is no tailgating anywhere within a one-mile radius of the stadium … and there are no RVs allowed."

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Any fans seen tailgating could face charges, Jaquez added.

"This is part of the NFL, not the Dolphins," she said. "If the Dolphins are saying there's tailgating — or think it's going to be allowed — then they need to contact the NFL."

The no-tailgating rule was confirmed by Detective Nelda Fonticella of the Miami-Dade Police.

If caught grilling food or drinking alcohol within the one-mile radius of the stadium, fans "will be warned and asked to pick up their things and leave," Fonticella said.


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How in the world could these people be possibly more out of touch with the American public?