“It’s about making sure that people aren’t bringing in things that they shouldn’t,” he said, adding another reason being to improve wait times and the check-in experience.
“We start with the metal detectors and that we start checking the bags, but it just slows everything down,” Ohl said. “We’re trying to make things better for the patron in terms of getting them in quicker and not having them stand in lines.”Story continues below advertisement “Those won’t be coming for a couple of weeks [but] this new bagging policy will coincide with this change as well,” Ohl said, adding that “this will be a learning curve for everybody.”“For the first couple of events, we ask for your patience,” he said. “We think this will, in time, make things quicker, especially when you talk to all the major league venues that utilize the same sort of bag policy; People get used to it and find that they’re spending less time in lines and feeling safer.
Attendees will be asked to return all non-approved bags to their vehicles prior to entering as no check-in locations will be available for prohibited items at the venue.