The Southern has the arrest figures for last week's event. Based on the estimated attendance of 6000 I heard, the figures indicate a fairly well behaved crowd, with a fraction over 2% of the attendees receiving citations and an equivalent percentage arrested. The seven bars in the area received a total of 105 citations, averaging 15 per bar, with Pinch Penny receiving the most, 40.
The city put an extra 8 officers on duty over the weekend. From what I have heard, in several cases officers parked just outside Pinch Penny, waiting for attendees to stagger out, then arrested them.
With nearly every hotel room in town filled by the event, Polar Bear generated a lot of tax revenue for the city. However it flies in the face of SIUC's desire to eliminate the "party school" image it has worked towards for the last dozen years (thought the university appears much less concerned about that in recent years as fall break has moved away from Halloween weekend).
The city put an extra 8 officers on duty over the weekend. From what I have heard, in several cases officers parked just outside Pinch Penny, waiting for attendees to stagger out, then arrested them.
With nearly every hotel room in town filled by the event, Polar Bear generated a lot of tax revenue for the city. However it flies in the face of SIUC's desire to eliminate the "party school" image it has worked towards for the last dozen years (thought the university appears much less concerned about that in recent years as fall break has moved away from Halloween weekend).
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