Keybank Center Bag Policy

[GreenDice]

My wife and I are going to the season opener. I found the following in the emails from TicketMaster:

"Important Event Info
KEYBANK CENTER BAG POLICY: ALL BAGS, BACKPACKS, AND PURSES ARE PROHIBITED"

We have not attended a Sabres game for several years. Is this a new policy and do they enforce it? Thanks in advance.

[LabattBlue]

  On 10/7/2023 at 6:37 PM, GreenDice said:

My wife and I are going to the season opener. I found the following in the emails from TicketMaster:

"Important Event Info
KEYBANK CENTER BAG POLICY: ALL BAGS, BACKPACKS, AND PURSES ARE PROHIBITED"

We have not attended a Sabres game for several years. Is this a new policy and do they enforce it? Thanks in advance.

Expand  

The purse thing is idiotic and just another reason to watch at home. 

[SDS]

Bag Policy

All bags, backpacks and purses are prohibited. Clutches no larger than 4 x 6 x 1.5” are permitted and will be subject to visual inspection. Exceptions will be made for medically necessary items and diaper bags after they go through a thorough security screening.

[tom webster]

  On 10/7/2023 at 6:37 PM, GreenDice said:

My wife and I are going to the season opener. I found the following in the emails from TicketMaster:

"Important Event Info
KEYBANK CENTER BAG POLICY: ALL BAGS, BACKPACKS, AND PURSES ARE PROHIBITED"

We have not attended a Sabres game for several years. Is this a new policy and do they enforce it? Thanks in advance.

Expand  

I’m pretty sure this is standard at most venues throughout the country since 9/11.

[LabattBlue]

  On 10/7/2023 at 6:59 PM, tom webster said:

I’m pretty sure this is standard at most venues throughout the country since 9/11.

Expand  

Really?  Did not know that. 

[tom webster]

  On 10/7/2023 at 7:00 PM, LabattBlue said:

Really?  Did not know that. 

Expand  

I’m really not sure it still is but everywhere I’ve gone there has been a strict policy of some sort.

[LGR4GM]

  On 10/7/2023 at 6:37 PM, GreenDice said:

My wife and I are going to the season opener. I found the following in the emails from TicketMaster:

"Important Event Info
KEYBANK CENTER BAG POLICY: ALL BAGS, BACKPACKS, AND PURSES ARE PROHIBITED"

We have not attended a Sabres game for several years. Is this a new policy and do they enforce it? Thanks in advance.

Expand  

The policy is enforced.

[GreenDice]

Found what @SDS said.  https://www.keybankcenter.com/page/arena-guide

Thanks. 

[SDS]

What I don’t see is that you used to be able to bring in transparent bags that were larger than the small clutches mentioned. 

[#freejame]

Without security theatre, the theatre would die out. 

[Taro T]

The policy is strictly enforced.

With ONE exception.  If you buy something in the Sabres store and go directly from there to the security/entry point, they will let you through security with the bag you get with your purchase.

[PerreaultForever]

is this why it was instituted?

 

[Claude Balls]

At least at Highmark you can bring stuff in. Just has to be in a clear bag. You can bring any food that they don't offer there. They guy next to me brings in peanuts and a tuna fish sandwich every game. 

[sabremike]

  On 10/7/2023 at 7:46 PM, SDS said:

What I don’t see is that you used to be able to bring in transparent bags that were larger than the small clutches mentioned. 

Expand  

If you take medication put it in the bag and you will be allowed in with it because of ADA. 

[Zamboni]

  On 10/7/2023 at 6:37 PM, GreenDice said:

My wife and I are going to the season opener. I found the following in the emails from TicketMaster:

"Important Event Info
KEYBANK CENTER BAG POLICY: ALL BAGS, BACKPACKS, AND PURSES ARE PROHIBITED"

We have not attended a Sabres game for several years. Is this a new policy and do they enforce it? Thanks in advance.

Expand  

It’s enforced. But if you think about it, you and your wife can both wear jackets or coats with a few pockets. And bring in a few things from her purse. Just make sure they are not metal items and you’ll breeze right thru security. 👍🏼
 

[bunomatic]

  On 10/7/2023 at 6:37 PM, GreenDice said:

My wife and I are going to the season opener. I found the following in the emails from TicketMaster:

"Important Event Info
KEYBANK CENTER BAG POLICY: ALL BAGS, BACKPACKS, AND PURSES ARE PROHIBITED"

We have not attended a Sabres game for several years. Is this a new policy and do they enforce it? Thanks in advance.

Expand  

Went to our first game last march and took the train from our hotel and when we got there saw the sign that said no purses. That was a kick in the gut. We scrambled to get back on the train and back to our hotel so the wife could shelve the purse. I wondered at the time how many people does this happen to ? Its moronic but I suppose had I read the back of the ticket I might have seen that info. Not sure its there.

[Zamboni]

  On 10/8/2023 at 2:51 PM, bunomatic said:

Went to our first game last march and took the train from our hotel and when we got there saw the sign that said no purses. That was a kick in the gut. We scrambled to get back on the train and back to our hotel so the wife could shelve the purse. I wondered at the time how many people does this happen to ? Its moronic but I suppose had I read the back of the ticket I might have seen that info. Not sure its there.

Expand  

No. It’s all Ticketmaster terms and conditions on the back.

[LTS]

  On 10/8/2023 at 3:43 PM, Zamboni said:

No. It’s all Ticketmaster terms and conditions on the back.

Expand  

That said, before the Peter Gabriel concert I received an email each from KBC and TicketMaster telling me of the policy.  That did not happen last year so I suspect they heard some complaints.

The newest joy is them taking the plastic caps from the bottles if you buy something to drink (water, etc.).  I guess it's to allow the bottle to empty a bit should you want to throw it?  No idea.

[Getpucksdeep]

It's ridiculously strict and comical. Walk of shame for Dads, husbands, boyfriends, every game.  We park up by the baseball stadium and average is 5-6 faces of fast paced wrong direction frustration per game.  

And didn't sabres fail some federal audit on this last year?  Secret shopper got fake stuff in I think.

Feels like their could be some middle ground here.  In fact I think the policy is different for non Sabres events.  

[Taro T]

  On 10/8/2023 at 8:15 PM, LTS said:

That said, before the Peter Gabriel concert I received an email each from KBC and TicketMaster telling me of the policy.  That did not happen last year so I suspect they heard some complaints.

The newest joy is them taking the plastic caps from the bottles if you buy something to drink (water, etc.).  I guess it's to allow the bottle to empty a bit should you want to throw it?  No idea.

Expand  

That was the policy before Covid.  Guy that sat next to us for years brought his own lid into the buiding with him.  Silly that he had to do that, but it worked.

[Zamboni]

  On 10/8/2023 at 8:25 PM, Taro T said:

That was the policy before Covid.  Guy that sat next to us for years brought his own lid into the buiding with him.  Silly that he had to do that, but it worked.

Expand  

Great idea. 
My wife and I brought in collapsible water bottles and filled them up at the drinking fountains. At $5.00 for a bottle of water … yea, I’ll save a few bucks on water thank you.

[Taro T]

  On 10/8/2023 at 8:44 PM, Zamboni said:

Great idea. 
My wife and I brought in collapsible water bottles and filled them up at the drinking fountains. At $5.00 for a bottle of water … yea, I’ll save a few bucks on water thank you.

Expand  

One step further than I.  When getting H2O at the rink, buy one and then refill it at the drinking fountains.  

[LabattBlue]

So a woman with very large coat pockets can load them up with all kind of crap they put in their purse, but the same crap cannot be brought in via a purse?

Just dumb.  Some kind of ridiculous legal department liability decision, when the metal detectors are all that are needed.  

[LTS]

  On 10/8/2023 at 8:25 PM, Taro T said:

That was the policy before Covid.  Guy that sat next to us for years brought his own lid into the buiding with him.  Silly that he had to do that, but it worked.

Expand  

Hmmm.. I never recall this happening until this past time I was there.  Granted I did not buy much water, but my kid did.

  On 10/8/2023 at 8:44 PM, Zamboni said:

Great idea. 
My wife and I brought in collapsible water bottles and filled them up at the drinking fountains. At $5.00 for a bottle of water … yea, I’ll save a few bucks on water thank you.

Expand  

And there's a great idea right there.  Not only that but I really hate single serve bottles.

[spndnchz]

  On 10/8/2023 at 8:44 PM, Zamboni said:

Great idea. 
My wife and I brought in collapsible water bottles and filled them up at the drinking fountains. At $5.00 for a bottle of water … yea, I’ll save a few bucks on water thank you.

Expand  

Drinking fountain water at the arena tastes like recycled piss imo