In chessboxing, contestants match moves on the board one round, in the ring the next. Checkmate is as good as a knockout.
--"It's kind of tough for (vendors) to see 15 guys sitting in the food court eating food they brought in from the outside," Bersin said.---
The food court is there for customers to eat food they bought from the vendors.
Not to provide a place for people to play chess inside.
Find a community center if you want to sit at a table all day and play chess inside.
The crime rate was what killed the Irondequoit mall before. somehow kicking out the folks who DON'T cause trouble seems exceptionally stupid.
Gosh!
But I'm old and entitled to whatever I want.
It was free, warm/cool and convenient. I don't blame the chess players to try and be there for as long as they could.
I also don't blame the mall for removing them for most of the day. They are their to do business, not be a free retirement center for cheap chess players who don't pay rent or patronize the food court.
Worse even yet, they are loud and more than likely are crass at times. Women with the kids shopping don't need that.
Let them go to the hall of some park and do their thing.
Or go to some city rec center for free.
Good for the mall.
I hope that he remembers making them old men leave when he gets OLD and it happens to him.
so what they play chess maybe if he would not be sooo uptight he would see that it adds character to the MALL.
He should "ADOPT" them as grandparents and communicate with them he would probably change his mind.