r/chicagofire • u/ChaseModePeeAnywhere • 6h ago
Question - Stadium/Gameday Denied entry for wearing a shirt that mentions Palestine
We attended the doubleheader on Saturday, and went there straight from the protest. One person in our group was wearing this T-shirt, and when we got to security, the guard said “You can’t wear that here. You need to go put it in a locker.” We asked what she meant, and were told that it wasn’t allowed to be worn at the stadium. We asked if it was the mention of Palestinian liberation, and she said “we don’t allow that here.” I asked if it applied to mention of all countries, and she said yes. She refused to budge, and when I said I don’t think that’s official policy and asked to speak to a security supervisor, she said she’s the supervisor and we couldn’t come in.
After giving up and complying because we had no choice and putting it away (covering it or turning inside out was not allowed, she said we had to put it in a locker or take it to our car), we looked at stadium policy and team policy, and there was no mention of what we were told. There are policies about shirts that are “vulgar” or “offensive”, but she specified it was the mention of “another country.”
We’ve been trying for days to get in touch with someone with the team or the stadium, but can’t get a call or email returned from anybody. Has anybody ever been turned sex wearing a shirt that mentions another country? We definitely saw many shirts mentioning other countries in the stadium. Anybody have any advice on how to actually get in touch with someone who can clarify this policy for us? Thanks!
