DO TELL!
As a longtime Telluride festivarian, I'd love to hear how the tarp lines work at RG. I'm ALL for improving the way we get our daily spots.
After the show we'd throw our chairs down outside the gate and wait until after midnight (as late as 3am one year) for them to hand out numbers. They use to have 2,3,4 people handing out numbers from back, middle to rear. Often times if your number was in the upper stratosphere you could get back in line and get another. I'd seen some people with 4 numbers and still hadn't even got one yet. Sleazy F*ckers!!
The rules have changed. We still throw our chairs down and wait, but... now WE walk thru the venue entrance to get our numbers. They now mark your wristbands with permanent marker so you can't do a double lap. Obviously if you have a large crew it makes sense to have everyone wait and get a number to better your chances. Spreading out thru the line seems to make sense, as the randomness sometimes doesn't seem to be there. Seems to be a fairer system.
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