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Originally Posted by Rich Klein
A couple of notes. I can tell you that I (we) spent $55 per hour to have an Plano Police Officer on site during our synagogue show right after the Allen Outlet shooting. And that was a small 20 table show and we absorbed all the costs because of the short notice to dealers/customers. We could afford that cost because since I was not paying rent for the room we had some extra financial room.
After 10/7 we now have security at any our synagogue (including the card show) events. Better to be safe than sorry. But there is a real cost and we're lucky as a show we could absorb those costs. Not every promoter/table holder could absorb the true costs of extra security
I forgot to add we now require everyone to sign in to our show. I have not yet asked for ID's (I do know many of the people who attend) but that's also a safety issue for our show and I suspect many other shows as well. Has to do with liability. Many years ago I was giving a quick tour of the Beckett building to two very trustworthy people and they insisted on signing in to our guest list. Why? If something happened as they were not signed in I would be responsible. If something occured then Beckett would be responsible. it's actually protects the promoter to have sign ins. I wonder if we're ever going to get to that point at shows.
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What liability is there in asking for IDS?