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An Arlington Heights man needed 15 stitches after a brawl at Ravinia last weekend.
After setting up their blankets, chairs and a tarp, a group of concertgoers from Arlington Heights left for a restaurant. Returning an hour later, they found their belongings displaced by a Chicago group, which they confronted.A woman in the Chicago group tried to attack a woman from the returning group, police said. A 40-year-old Chicago man then punched a 49-year-old Arlington Heights man, prompting a wine-and-cheese splattering melee, police said.
We know people lug crazy-huge spreads to Ravinia, but since when can you call dibs? It's weird enough when people bring table settings more elaborate than the ones I use in my home, even on special occasions, but setting your stuff up and then leaving for an hour? Not that that makes it OK beat the shit out of someone at a Donna Summer concert, but still. [Trib]
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The article didn't mention whether they left for one of the indoor dining options within Ravinia or if they left the premesis entirely... I'd assume it's common for people to stake out a place on the lawn before heading inside to eat. The restaurants close around the time the concert starts, and who wants to be indoors during the show anyway. But on the other hand, who wants to get a crap spot or none at all because they chose to eat at one of the restaurants?
And I've never heard of anything like this in regards to "dibs" at Ravinia before. In addition to the aforementioned dining situation, I know many people -- myself included -- who have blankets down ahead of time. My parents live across the street so I almost always have then go over when the park opens and grab us a spot. Now I have seen some people go and rope off a spot that'd accommodate 50 for 6-8 people, and that's not cool... take only what you need.
I've never actually been to Ravinia, but if you're going to go away and eat for an hour, that's an hour where that spot outside is not yours. No matter if your shit is there or not.
Sounds like these folks need to say her name as it appears in a phone book.
There's too little information in this article to form any opinion. How big was the space? How many were in the Arlington Heights party? How did the Arlington Heights people confront the Chicago people? How did the Chicago people react? My guess is that there will be no media follow-up on this story, and people will be left to speculate. Some (like those on the Trib site) will let their prejudices color their opinion while others will liken spreading out a blanket at Ravinia to marking a parking space with plastic lawn furniture. More info needed.
Nice one, Slaphappy!
JHop: I'm glad someone got the joke.
@Slaphappy: Oh man, it took me a second, but damn. I wish Cheri Oteri was doing something these days.
"Wine and cheese spalatterred melee"
If I had a dollar for every time this has happened to me...
Also I didn't get it...
Shit, if I was at Ravinia for the Bodeans I'd be in a fighting mood too.
It's from Saturday Night Live, the "simmer down now" sketch.
Take THAT Arlington Heights! Chicago keepin it real!
This is the perfect start to the soon-to-fail tv show "Action Heights."
I would suspect Chicago cub fans, but they have horrendous taste in music so they would not be at Ravinia
Straight outta Ravinia, crazy motherfucker named White dude
From the gang called Yuppies With Attitudes
When I'm called off, I got a cork off
Squeeze the pate, and caviar is hauled off
You too, boy, if ya fuck with me
The police are gonna hafta come and get me
Off yo blanket, that's how I'm goin out
For the punk motherfuckers that's showin out
Yuppies start to mumble, they wanna rumble
Mix em and cook em in a pot like gumbo
Goin off on a motherfucker like that
with a Magnum that's pointed at yo ass
So give it up smooth
Ain't no tellin when I'm down for a glass of rouge
Here's some Yanni to keep you dancin
with a crime record like Charles Manson
Corkscrew is the tool
Don't make me act the motherfuckin fool
Me you can go toe to toe, no maybe
I'm knockin yuppiez out tha box, daily
yo weekly, monthly and yearly
until them dumb motherfuckers see clearly
that I'm down with the capital A-O-C
Boy you can't fuck with me
So when I'm in your lawn area, you better duck
Coz Yuppie MC is crazy as fuck
As I leave, believe I'm stompin
but when I come back, boy, I'm comin straight outta Ravinia!
Awesome.
Hey Matty, you stole that from me boooy!
Well, yea I didn't actually write it......but I was sure finna!
Another article says that they went to the restaurant at the Ravinia. I don't really see anything wrong with putting you blankets, chairs, etc. down and then going to eat. Are you expected to take all that stuff into Ravinia's restaurant with you?
"prompting a wine-and-cheese splattering melee"
That is hilarious...a mess would happen anywhere else, but at Ravinia, it would be a melee...did the police actually say that? Too funny.
Props to Matty.
This is why you leave a guard dog behind....you know, the person who watches your spot. That's how you do it. You leave your spot, your spot is open to 'revision'.
Hilarious Fun!
Slaphappy, I am truly impressed! :D
I think I might be in love with Matty.