Chicago: Classy Clash

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Although a Vin et Fromage Melee may sound like a tasty appetizer, it’s actually quite violent. The Tribune reported some unclassy events going on at the picnic-and-a-show venue, Ravinia, earlier this month:

A dispute over lawn space erupted into a turf war that sent one man to the hospital before a sold-out Donna Summer concert Saturday at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, police said.

After setting up their blankets, chairs and a tarp, a group of concertgoers from Arlington Heights left for a restaurant. Returning an hour later, they found their belongings displaced by a Chicago group, which they confronted.

A woman in the Chicago group tried to attack a woman from the returning group, police said. A 40-year-old Chicago man then punched a 49-year-old Arlington Heights man, prompting a wine-and-cheese splattering melee, police said.

The Arlington Heights man was taken by ambulance to Highland Park Hospital, where he received 15 stitches, while the Chicago man was charged with battery.

Sorry Arlington, I think the Chicago Donna Summer Gang is in the right here… you can’t just stake claim on a concert lawn, leave for hours and come back and expect it not to be fucked with.  That’s just not how it works.

There’s also something great about 40-somethings getting in a wine & chees brawl to the disco bliss of Donna Summer.  It’s almost surreal.

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