• Unless the City picks up the entire tab, it looks like the Sideline Safety Zone used during the Florida-Georgia game may be history. University of Florida President Bernard Machen has taken the time to analyze the effectiveness of the Sideline Safety Zone and said the number of fans served was 350. While Machen says the area for intoxicated or lost fans is working, “given the financial reductions experienced by UF and the city’s initiative to expand the program by providing their own staff, the University of Florida would like to transition the responsibility of the program to the city of Jacksonville.” Machen said the school will help some this year and not at all by the 2011 game.
