Con Artistry

(1) college students cannot afford to just dish out money. (2) Some stadiums think its fun to overcharge for their track meets (30 dollars a day). That being said, I do not feel bad running a scam to avoid paying for tickets.

Last year, it was not that hard to get into the stadium because they used plastic wristbands and ppl would cut off the extra bit and leave it on the ground. All you had to do was pick one up, situate it on your wrist so that part of it sticks out of your sleeve, and then lazily flash it to security on your way in the gate.

This year, they upped the anti. The athletes had credentials and the fans just had paper tickets. That meant no little wristband clippings to get people in. The stadium had officially challenged us to become more creative.

First we had to study the blueprints of the stadium and memorize the schedule of the security guards. We knew when they had shift changes, when they took their coffee breaks, and which guards would be most forgiving to hardcore felons if we got caught. After months of preparation and getting a tattoo of the blue prints on my body, it was go time. Commence operation "Storm the Stadium".

Mission: Get 5 fans into the stadium for free. Lets call them agents D, K1, K2, H, and J for security.

1201 A trusted contact with an athletic credential enters stadium through gate 1

1202 Contact pockets credential and is thus disguised as a fan

1204 Contact approaches gate 2 and asks for a paper reentry wristband since tickets become invalid once scanned at the initial entry.

1204 Contact meets agents at rendezvous point, slips off wristband and puts on athlete credentials. Agent D slips on wrist band.

1205 Agent D and Contact enter gate 3. A guard asks agent D to see an original ticket. D feigns being rushed and not understanding the demand and just says "Yeah." and hurries through the gate.

1206 Agent D slips off band, heads to gate 2 and gets another band. Contact heads to gate 4 and gets a band there. Agents K1 and J receive these bands and are admitted into the Stadium.

Process is repeated until all agents are in.

It was almost too easy. Bring it on Stadium.