Ravinia Fans Gone Wild

By Margaret Lyons in News on Sep 4, 2008 7:01PM

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]