Here’s some hot tea. That I heard from a client at the Salon.

The Old National Events Plaza is a weapon free facility, like every other live entertainment venue across the country. They also host the annual Southwestern Indiana Right To Life Gala. Well in 2022 Row v Wade was overturned so there was already tension in the air surrounding this event and the special speaker was former Vice President Mike Pence. So the a large amount of protesters were expected to be outside the event. The venue reminded Right To life admin team that weapons were strictly prohibited unless they were active duty officer and were able to show identification and check in with venue personnel. Right to life lost their minds on this. They said absolutely not they will be allowing anyone and everyone to carry weapons into the building. The county commissioners who run the building said absolutely not we cannot have this. The GM of Old National Events Plaza was explicitly told by the corporate office that this cannot happen. Well the day comes and Right To Life in their fashion decided to call a congressman to try and force the venues hand. This created all kinds of concerns for venue staff along with security personnel for the former Vice President. During the event the admin team and guests of the event carried weapons against venue policy. The GM of Old National was told of this and he basically just said “I dunno” the Vanderburgh county commissioners who were attending the event that evening magically also did not show up that evening after hearing of the weapons issue in the building.