[Fan Code of Conduct]
Ralph Engelstad Arena and the University of North Dakota are committed to providing a safe, comfortable and enjoyable event experience for all fans and event participants. The Fan Code of Conduct is designed to set clear expectations and encourage an event environment that is enjoyable for all. Ralph Engelstad Arena and the University of North Dakota strive to encourage good sportsmanship, and that includes appropriate fan behavior.
We ask all fans to adhere to the following Fan Code of Conduct in order to meet these goals:
• Abusive language or disorderly conduct is unacceptable and unwelcome. Profanity, racial or sexist comments or intimidating actions directed at the student-athletes, coaches or officials will not be tolerated.
• Fans shall not interfere unduly with anyone else's right and opportunity to enjoy the event.
• Fans shall refrain from throwing objects and/or possessing prohibited items.
• Fans who consume alcoholic beverages shall do so in a responsible manner. Intervention with an intoxicated or underage guest will be handled in a prompt and safe manner. Fans appearing intoxicated will be denied entry and/or subject to ejection.
• Offensive or obscene messages on signs or clothing will not be permitted.
• Fans will be courteous to visiting teams and guests. We will cheer for the Sioux, not against our opponents.
• Fans shall comply with the directions and instructions of Ralph Engelstad Arena staff regarding Arena operations and emergency response procedures.
• Season ticket holders are responsible for their conduct as well as the conduct of their guests and/or persons occupying their seats.
Fans shall be treated in a professional and courteous manner by all Ralph Engelstad Arena staff and University of North Dakota personnel.
During games, contact the nearest Ralph Engelstad Arena staff member or text or call our Guest Help Line at (701) 740-5495 if another fan is interfering with your enjoyment of the game. Following the game, please contact us at fans@theralph.com if you would like to report
inappropriate fan behavior.
Fans not adhering to the Fan Code of Conduct provisions may be subject to ejection without refund and may also be subject arrest and prosecution.
Ralph Engelstad Arena and the University of North Dakota thank you for your commitment to creating a safe and enjoyable experience for all fans.
- Go Sioux -
What is happening to our right of FREE speech!
ReplyDeleteI do agree with a couple of "the rules" the throwing of objects onto the ice, and if you are really intoxicated that you can maybe removed.
Its the first step in the right direction.
ReplyDeleteFree speech also includes the freedom to take the consequences for your actions. The REA is a private establishment and can set their own rules if they want to.
ReplyDeleteSeejowski, did you mean me?
Whoops!
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize we had a Charlie and a Charles on here. I thought the same person who was a BSU fan (Charles) was also the Gopher apologist (Charlie). My apologies to both Charlie and Charles. Makes more sense now and my previous question is obviously not-applicable now so I deleted it.
I am a dummy.
I was confused at first at the Charlie and Charles monikers. It took me a while to figure out which one was which. Charlie is cheer leader for everything minnesota :) and Charles is a BSU fan.
ReplyDeleteI am a huge GOLDEN GOPHER fan, not an apologist. On extremely rare occasions the facts need to be presented here alongside the green-lensed misrepresentations! :)
ReplyDeleteCharlie some might think it is a matter of definition. :)
ReplyDeleteSo theoretically we can be kicked out for booing a cheap shot thrown by an opposing player.
ReplyDelete"We cheer for our team, not against the other team."
"Fans not adhering to the Fan Code of Conduct provisions may be subject to ejection without refund and may also be subject arrest and prosecution."
Idiots.
And I would agree that UND has been the biggest supporter by far of BSU and I am proud to have attended one year of school there and yes they have a great tradition, great team, great city, now if we could just do something about those fans . . . . j/k
ReplyDeleteAnd one of these years, BSU is going to stomp UND too! (I'll probably be dead and gone when that happens though)
Bemidji has more going for them at this point of joining the WCHA than Mankato or St Clown did.
ReplyDeleteYou couldn't be more wrong there Whistler. Mankato perhaps, but not St Cloud. The Huskies were introduced to the WCHA and the D-1 era by the legendary Herb Brooks. And since joining the league 20 years ago, they have a Broadmoor Trophy and 8 trips to the NCAA tournament - not bad by any means (although they are 0-8 in the NCAA tourney, granted). If you really think that Bemidji is going to experience that kind of success in its first 20 years of playing in the ultra-competitive WCHA, you are dead wrong. They will be doormats in the league for years and years go come.
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