The fight outside of Levi’s Stadium last week has Santa Clara City Council members asking what can be done to curb the violence.
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A Minnesota Vikings fan visiting Levi’s Stadium for his team’s opening season game against the San Francisco 49ers last week was attacked by a pack of 49ers fans after the game, a caught-on-video beating that has Santa Clara city councilors calling for a closer look at health and safety concerns at the stadium.
She said the council will explore several options, including increasing the number of police officers assigned to the stadium and halting alcohol sales after halftime.
Councilwoman Teresa O’Neill said they will take up the issue at the Tuesday night City Council meeting, and hopes to bring up some potential measures to quell booze-fueled violence at stadium events, particularly San Francisco 49ers football games.
Gillmor stated the movie “very disturbing” and said it was just one sample of evil behavior on game generations that has stadium neighbors troubled.
“There is an element that will still behave badly…It’s an individual choice”. Santa Clara Police Chief Michael Sellers doesn’t think shutting down alcohol sales before the second half would make much difference.
O’Neill said existing municipal codes may already apply in these cases, such as a prohibition on drinking in parking lots.
The three are accused of leaving the victim with a concussion after the alleged assault in the stadium parking lot on September 14. Maybe have a few drinks, then off we go off to the ballgame. “I know it’s the culture, but we don’t want it to be the culture in Santa Clara”. Police at the time said witnesses described him as being under the influence.
“This represents less than one half of one percent people that visit the stadium”.
“We could staff three to five times more officers, and it would still not prevent the fights we’ve had”, Sellers said.
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