Didn't think this one through, did you?

[smileyeagle1021]

Well, this guy was special.
Guy came in yesterday at 3am asking about who hired our entertainment... umm, I have no clue, it's 3am, the person who does that is here from 8am to 5pm... this falls under day shift knows stuff I don't and I know stuff they don't.
Okay, so I know the person's name, but that's it.
Now in small talk I asked what type of band he was promoting.
Oh, he's not promoting a band, he leads an acting group that does old west gun fight reenactments.
Umm... we don't allow any pyrotechnics on our stage... EVER.
Oh, that isn't a problem, they weren't planning on doing it on a stage, they wanted to stage the gun fights out front of the building.
Umm... yeah, let's go over just how many ways this can go wrong, starting with who the hell thinks that management wants it to look like there is an armed fight going on in front of the building?
Also, let's review, Nevada allows loaded conceal carry, I can see this ending badly for the actors when someone shows up and doesn't realize this is a show (you know, because it's not on a stage or other entertainment venue, they want to just do it on the lawn in front of the hotel) and intervenes.
Now, in fairness, staged gun fights are a somewhat popular form of entertainment in Northern Nevada. I don't know if they still do this, but it used to be a regular fundraiser for the Nevada Railroad Museum to stage train robberies on the old V&T. I actually rode on the trains they robbed several times, it was great fun, they storm on the train in their old west costumes, demand your money, which is when you give them your donation for the Railroad Museum, and flee the train only to be stopped by the sheriff, also dressed in old west costumes, gun fight ensues and of course the sheriff wins. Of course, everyone on board the train is informed up front what is going to happen and in fact bought tickets specifically for the experience... and they have armed guards there to make sure that real armed robbers don't take advantage of the show to make an actual armed roberry.
That said, we aren't a museum or historical society looking to have a reenactment... we're a casino resort looking for entertainment that is going to draw in guests, not scare them away. Most importantly, we want to draw them into the casino, not in front of the building... and unlike Treasure Island which can afford to put on massive shows to merely get people out front because they know it will draw enough of a crowd that even if only a fraction of them come inside they will make money, we can't afford gimmicks like that up north.

[fireheart]

Yeah....that's just idiotic. I would also bet that they were unlicensed or uninsured as well.

Although you've reminded me of my boyfriend's experience on a bus one time. He was coming back from medieval training and had left most of his kit on the bus (at the time he had to catch 2 buses to get from training). He called up the bus company, who weren't willing to stop a bus that was STILL going because of lost property. Then he mentioned that among the missing items were swords (blunt).

Cue the bus being stopped immediately, a search was conducted and they found the kit. The bus driver kept it near him until someone could collect it and he was able to pick it up the next day.

Now he keeps it in his car

[Pixilated]

The train robbery gunfight sounds like great fun ... and also sounds like it's well-organized. Not so sure about the guy wanting to stage Wild West shootouts on front lawns ...

Fireheart, that was hilarious. I can well imagine that they stopped that bus immediately.

[fireheart]

Fireheart, that was hilarious. I can well imagine that they stopped that bus immediately.

Oh they did. When he told me the story, I couldn't stop laughing.

You also reminded me of something else: when I was in Year 10, they had this program that was being run by my university called "Chemical Murder Mystery" and looked at forensics (which I love ). A whole bunch of us were there from different schools.

We all get shepherded into one of the lecture theatres and start listening to a lecture on forensic science, then this guy storms in, dressed like something out of Dragnet (the older B/W and colour ones) claiming that there was a murder on campus the other night!

Basically, that was our introduction to the activities for the day. The whole thing was staged and we were assigned to be the forensic team for the day, determining who the murderer was. We got to do all these awesome things relating to forensics, then each group came back and presented a portion.

I still have the t-shirt from it somewhere. (we were all given t-shirts on the day indicating our groups)

[Cia]

The guy sounds like someone who should help out at "The Trial of Jack McCall" up in Deadwood. At least everyone knows that is staged.