Thread: Bengals: Let us cut the poop

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BY JANE PRENDERGAST AND MARK CURNUTTE | [email protected] AND [email protected]

Operators of Paul Brown Stadium want permission from the city to kill birds that have been pooping on Bengals fans.

Pigeon droppings have been falling on patrons and into their food and beverages, according to a letter to the city from Eric Brown, managing director of Paul Brown Stadium Ltd., which runs the stadium for Hamilton County, which owns it.

He asked in his letter that stadium employees who are familiar with firearms be allowed to shoot birds a few days prior to an event, adding that company officials believe the shooting to be a “cost-effective way to get this problem under control.”


City officials are working with stadium officials on both the legalities of killing the birds as well as the means by which they might be killed, said city spokeswoman Meg Olberding.

The bird issue becomes public just as Cincinnati is preparing to again be center stage as the home of a Monday Night Football game. Mayor Mark Mallory is touting the game as a way to highlight the positives of Cincinnati, asking employers to encourage their workers to wear orange and black Monday. Downtown office buildings will be lit up, and 17 downtown restaurants promise food and drink specials.

The bird problem solved itself initially, with fan noise on game days driving the birds away, said Bob Bedinghaus, the Bengals’ director of development. But the birds apparently have adapted. In fact, pigeon poop has become such a big problem around the National Football League, he said, that officials have discussed it at league meetings and stadium management meetings.

"Like every other big building in the city, pigeons make their way to our building,” Bedinghaus said Thursday. “In three of the four corners of the club level, they land and are an irritant during the week. We have to clean up a lot of bird poop. We’re looking for options to rid ourselves of these little critters.”

Brown, in his letter, wrote that any shooting “would be done discreetly during times when there is little activity in the stadium.”

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With the Patriots coming to town they might not have enough fan noise to scare the birds away.
The Pat's are going to put a whipping on them.

"Zeus" wrote:

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070927/NEWS01/309270023/-1/CINCI

[size=10pt]Bengals: Let us cut the poop[/size]
BY JANE PRENDERGAST AND MARK CURNUTTE | [email protected] AND [email protected]

Operators of Paul Brown Stadium want permission from the city to kill birds that have been pooping on Bengals fans.

Pigeon droppings have been falling on patrons and into their food and beverages, according to a letter to the city from Eric Brown, managing director of Paul Brown Stadium Ltd., which runs the stadium for Hamilton County, which owns it.

He asked in his letter that stadium employees who are familiar with firearms be allowed to shoot birds a few days prior to an event, adding that company officials believe the shooting to be a “cost-effective way to get this problem under control.”


City officials are working with stadium officials on both the legalities of killing the birds as well as the means by which they might be killed, said city spokeswoman Meg Olberding.

The bird issue becomes public just as Cincinnati is preparing to again be center stage as the home of a Monday Night Football game. Mayor Mark Mallory is touting the game as a way to highlight the positives of Cincinnati, asking employers to encourage their workers to wear orange and black Monday. Downtown office buildings will be lit up, and 17 downtown restaurants promise food and drink specials.

The bird problem solved itself initially, with fan noise on game days driving the birds away, said Bob Bedinghaus, the Bengals’ director of development. But the birds apparently have adapted. In fact, pigeon poop has become such a big problem around the National Football League, he said, that officials have discussed it at league meetings and stadium management meetings.

"Like every other big building in the city, pigeons make their way to our building,” Bedinghaus said Thursday. “In three of the four corners of the club level, they land and are an irritant during the week. We have to clean up a lot of bird poop. We’re looking for options to rid ourselves of these little critters.”

Brown, in his letter, wrote that any shooting “would be done discreetly during times when there is little activity in the stadium.”

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Sounds like a job for.....DAVE WINFIELD!!!


http://alexreisner.com/baseball/docs/AlexReisnerBirdKillers.pdf

Or one of the others in that article.

OR maybe THIS guy:

http://ballhype.com/story/n_a_637/

Operators of Paul Brown Stadium want permission from the city to kill birds that have been pooping on Bengals fans.

Pigeon droppings have been falling on patrons and into their food and beverages, according to a letter to the city from Eric Brown, managing director of Paul Brown Stadium Ltd., which runs the stadium for Hamilton County, which owns it.

ain't it a bummer when you find that the concession food tastes better after this happens?

He asked in his letter that stadium employees who are familiar with firearms be allowed to shoot birds a few days prior to an event, adding that company officials believe the shooting to be a “cost-effective way to get this problem under control.”

Given the Bengals criminal connections, then they could probably raise a small army of people familar with firearms...

City officials are working with stadium officials on both the legalities of killing the birds as well as the means by which they might be killed, said city spokeswoman Meg Olberding.

The bird issue becomes public just as Cincinnati is preparing to again be center stage as the home of a Monday Night Football game. Mayor Mark Mallory is touting the game as a way to highlight the positives of Cincinnati, asking employers to encourage their workers to wear orange and black Monday. Downtown office buildings will be lit up, and 17 downtown restaurants promise food and drink specials.

sounds like an ideal plan to deal with the excess bird population - pigeon pie anyone ?
;D

Mayor Mark Mallory is touting the game as a way to highlight the positives of Cincinnati

Honestly, In all the time I've liveD here and I go to Cincinnati on a monthly basis and been to Reds and Bengals sporting events, I have not found one "positive" for the city of Cincinnati. NOT ONE!
Oh wait, I forgot about Bass Pro being there.
;D

"COJOMAY" wrote:

Mayor Mark Mallory is touting the game as a way to highlight the positives of Cincinnati

Honestly, In all the time I've liveD here and I go to Cincinnati on a monthly basis and been to Reds and Bengals sporting events, I have not found one "positive" for the city of Cincinnati. NOT ONE!
Oh wait, I forgot about Bass Pro being there.
;D

course there is .... isn't the city motto " We'll at least it's not Cleveland " ?

"AngloVike" wrote:

"COJOMAY" wrote:

Mayor Mark Mallory is touting the game as a way to highlight the positives of Cincinnati

Honestly, In all the time I've liveD here and I go to Cincinnati on a monthly basis and been to Reds and Bengals sporting events, I have not found one "positive" for the city of Cincinnati. NOT ONE!
Oh wait, I forgot about Bass Pro being there.
;D

course there is .... isn't the city motto " We'll at least it's not Cleveland " ?

ROTF!!!