All Patrons will have to enter the base via the BLUE GATE 200 yards passed the main gate off of Belle Chasse (Highway 23), Louisiana. All Cooking Teams will still enter thru the front gate with their parking passes. Parking will be on the Tarmac. All patrons will have to have valid driver's licenses, registration, and proof of insurance upon entering the gate. All patrons will pass through security checkpoints prior to entry to the hanger.

Cooking Teams will be allowed ONE vehicle pass only for parking near the hanger. Entry to the base will be from the front gate of the base off of Highway 23 Belle Chasse, LA.

Cooking Teams MUST set up on Friday February 15th. No team will be allowed to bring in their cooking equipment and supplies (except meat) on Saturday morning. Meat used in the cooking of your chili can be brought in on Saturday in a cooler.

Patrons WILL NOT be allowed access to the event with backpacks, coolers, cans, glass, alcohol, pets, tents, bicycles, roller blades, skates, skateboards, cooking equipment (except for cooking teams on Friday February 15th) or weapons of any kind.

Folding chairs, blankets and handheld umbrellas will be permitted.

Still and video cameras will be permitted during the event, but film should not be loaded prior to entering the base. Security may require these compartments to be opened at checkpoints prior to entry. Photography will be restricted to the event only.