Some really odd information going on in this thread.
If we're going to go 100% FPD now I'm okay with that.
We need to realize that police and medical services used on FPD are greatly benefiting only one area of town. Its absurd to make the entire town pay for services when they are used by only a few. Bars are making hundreds of thousands of dollars on that one day. The city isn't making money of FPD because of the massive increase of police and material needs to secure and service those in that area. The city is footing the bill, not the ABA. While I don't know specifically about the porta potties, I know the city is paying for the police, fire, and personnel to run the event. The amount of crime and damage makes it a net loss for the general community.
There is a reason why many groups want to shut down FPD like they did at Penn St and many other universities across the nation. Its too expensive, especially when no one wants to pay for it. Too many people are coming into Manhattan just to cause chaos, not to enjoy a fun time, because the city has let the situation get out of reasonable control.
All the "problems" associated with FPD are greatly exaggerated. How many people show up to it? 7,000-10,000? That's being pretty generous too. Yes, drunken behavior is more prevalent during daylight hours on that day, but the idea that a massive presence from police/EMS etc. is perpetrated by those groups who really, really like to find reasons for overtime.
And those workers love FPD because it's so compact that all the "problems" are easy to spot and they're great targets because they are most likely just going to pay whatever fine/bill they receive without creating a fuss. There's two or three times as many "lawbreakers" at any home football game as there are during all of FPD. The only difference is there would be a huge political cost if the police chief instructed officers to go around busting shirt tucks in the west parking lot for consuming alcohol on state property. That simply doesn't exist at FPD.
Even if FPD is a net loss for the community (it's not, by a long shot), that's 1 rough ridin' day that students might cost the city a negligible amount of money. Compare that to the other 364 days where students are continually mumped over by the city despite being responsible for more than half the city's population. And I say this as a resident of Manhattan.
