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With the super bowl coming to Houston in two weeks, does anyone know if events like the NFL experience, which is held at the George R Brown convention center and an open party at discovery green , would be off limits to conceal carry? Is it best to look for 30.06/30.07 signs. Not 100 percent if any laws come into play because it's NFL events.

For the authentic NFL experience, you need to hold the gun sideways, wave it around with your finger on the trigger, and then stick it in your pants.

I think the answer to your question is situational dependent. Outdoor events at public parks like Discovery Green are not posted, but inside GRB can be another story.

No it is not a sporting event in itself it is in a government owned building. They can not legally post 30.06/30.07 at discovery Green or the G.R. Brown for this event.

To do so would be illegal, immoral, and despicable.

Liberty wrote:No it is not a sporting event in itself it is in a government owned building. They can not legally post 30.06/30.07 at discovery Green or the G.R. Brown for this event.

To do so would be illegal, immoral, and despicable.

You forget there's a new police chief in town. He had no problem posting signs in Austin.

I would still carry, and wouldn't sweat it.

Liberty wrote:No it is not a sporting event in itself it is in a government owned building. They can not legally post 30.06/30.07 at discovery Green or the G.R. Brown for this event.

To do so would be illegal, immoral, and despicable.

Have you met the new police chief?

Liberty wrote:No it is not a sporting event in itself it is in a government owned building. They can not legally post 30.06/30.07 at discovery Green or the G.R. Brown for this event.

To do so would be illegal, immoral, and despicable.

Yet not impossible. Just sayin.

Mxrdad wrote:

Liberty wrote:No it is not a sporting event in itself it is in a government owned building. They can not legally post 30.06/30.07 at discovery Green or the G.R. Brown for this event.

To do so would be illegal, immoral, and despicable.

Yet not impossible. Just sayin.

Not only not impossible; quite likely.
I was there last weekend for the Houston marathon packet pick up... a decidedly not professional sporting event. There were 30.06 and 30.07 signs all over the place.

KC5AV wrote:

Mxrdad wrote:

Liberty wrote:No it is not a sporting event in itself it is in a government owned building. They can not legally post 30.06/30.07 at discovery Green or the G.R. Brown for this event.

To do so would be illegal, immoral, and despicable.

Yet not impossible. Just sayin.

Not only not impossible; quite likely.

I was there last weekend for the Houston marathon packet pick up... a decidedly not professional sporting event. There were 30.06 and 30.07 signs all over the place.

Unfortunately, I agree. Mind you, I know nothing about detailed plans and preparations--did a couple minutes of Googling, which helped not at all--but considering it's the NFL and a very Blue city government, I fully expect 30.06/30.07 signs to be everywhere, and for metal detectors or wanding to be at many facility and venue entrances.

I hope I'm wrong. But the fact is, it's a one-time, very-high-profile event that will span only a few days, is being conducted at a time of heightened terrorism awareness, and it is being planned, managed, operated, and enforced by anti-gun, anti-freedom authorities. Add to that any potential infractions of Texas codes with respect to prohibiting licensed carry would have to be reported to the AG's office and would likely not be investigated for months--long, long after the Super Bowl is over and everything is back the way it was--and there is literally no downside (in their minds), not even a slap on the wrist, for Houston's mayor and city government to apply as much no-carry enforcement as they can to any associated events that they can.

Again, I hope I'm wrong. But I bet I'm not.

The biggest question about the Super Bowl is..."How will they keep the Patriots from cheating?"

If I were the Falcons , I'd have a security guard stationed at every fire alarm in the hotel.

Skiprr wrote:

KC5AV wrote:

Mxrdad wrote:

Liberty wrote:No it is not a sporting event in itself it is in a government owned building. They can not legally post 30.06/30.07 at discovery Green or the G.R. Brown for this event.

To do so would be illegal, immoral, and despicable.

Yet not impossible. Just sayin.

Not only not impossible; quite likely.

I was there last weekend for the Houston marathon packet pick up... a decidedly not professional sporting event. There were 30.06 and 30.07 signs all over the place.

Unfortunately, I agree. Mind you, I know nothing about detailed plans and preparations--did a couple minutes of Googling, which helped not at all--but considering it's the NFL and a very Blue city government, I fully expect 30.06/30.07 signs to be everywhere, and for metal detectors or wanding to be at many facility and venue entrances.

I hope I'm wrong. But the fact is, it's a one-time, very-high-profile event that will span only a few days, is being conducted at a time of heightened terrorism awareness, and it is being planned, managed, operated, and enforced by anti-gun, anti-freedom authorities. Add to that any potential infractions of Texas codes with respect to prohibiting licensed carry would have to be reported to the AG's office and would likely not be investigated for months--long, long after the Super Bowl is over and everything is back the way it was--and there is literally no downside (in their minds), not even a slap on the wrist, for Houston's mayor and city government to apply as much no-carry enforcement as they can to any associated events that they can.

Again, I hope I'm wrong. But I bet I'm not.

Very good points, some I didnt even think about till you mentioned it.

and there is literally no downside (in their minds), not even a slap on the wrist, for Houston's mayor and city government to apply as much no-carry enforcement as they can to any associated events that they can

Even if they were hit with a penalty by the AG's office, compared to a superbowl's or the city's budget, that cumulative penalty is nothing. Probably falls into the +/- x% discretionary spending error of the overall project. I almost wonder if the penalty shouldn't have instead been linked to the local government's annual budget as a percentage amount. What would be a crippling fine for a small west Texas town is the catering budget for a meeting in a large metroplex.

bblhd672 wrote:The biggest question about the Super Bowl is..."How will they keep the Patriots from cheating?"

If I were the Cardinals, I'd have a security guard stationed at every fire alarm in the hotel.

Or maybe an air compressor or two on hand? Oh the Humanity!

All I know is the Patriots are not playing the Cardinals. I do know they are playing some birds. Pidgeons maybe?