A Drunken Fan Plunges to His Death at a Baseball Game. So Why Aren’t We Canceling Baseball Games?

August 29th, 2015.  A drunken fan plunges to his death at an Atlanta Braves game (vs. the New York Yankees).  The fan, Greg Murrey, fell from the upper deck while wildly screaming at Alex Rodriguez, who was stepping up to plate.  Murrey died almost instantly after hitting his head directly on concrete stairs 50 feet below, one of several deaths that have occurred at Turner Field over the years.<!–/*
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Result: The Braves game is momentarily delayed, then resumed after Murrey is stretchered out.  The next day, members of the Braves observe a moment of silence for Murrey.  Nobody even mentions cutting back on baseball games, much less restricting alcohol sales at the stadium itself.

August 1st, 2015.  Two women in their young 20s die at HARD Festival in Pomona, CA, one of cardiac arrest and the other from seizure-related symptoms.  Drug overdoses are strongly suspected in both cases.

Result:

(a) September 10th’s ‘HARD Presents…A Night at the Fairplex’ is outright canceled.

(b) ‘HARD Day of the Dead,’ which starts October 31st, is scaled back from a 65,000 capacity to a 40,000 person show.

(c) ‘Day of the Dead’ is also changed to a strict 21-and-over admission policy, hours are scaled back, and both cooling stations and drug education centers are mandated.

(d) Further measures are threatened, including additional cancellations.

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Source: Industry News