FAYETTEVILLE, AR — Local authorities had no idea what to expect when they learned that the Joe Frances’ infamous Girls Gone Wild bus was going to pull into town and look for young, thrill-seeking women. Whatever their wildest fears may have been, the reality has proven to be far less worrisome.According to Fayetteville authorities, the weekend’s hijinks largely centered around a Saturday night birthday party that company representatives had been invited to attend by a local man who’d been willing to pay for the privilege.
Although police did make an appearance in the Meadowlands neighborhood, it had little to do with the famed drunken revelry associated with the DVD series and more to do with the fact the part of town in question has a reputation for trouble all its own.
“There’s so many college kids over there that there’s a tendency to have block parties,” explained Fayetteville Police Department sergeant Shannon Gabbard. “There’s usually issues with parking, noise, disturbances, loud booming car music, and underage drinking.”
Gabbard admitted that the arrival of the film crew didn’t make things better, but since the department had already expected large crowds in the area, it was prepared.
Other than traffic congestion, parking problems, some stray trash, and a broken mailbox, there wasn’t much for the local police to deal with. In fact, Girls Gone Wild representatives had posted signs in the party area discouraging attendees from engaging in fights or disorderly conduct, banning guests under the age of 18, and requiring all women who wanted to participate to sign a contract and get on board the bus where, presumably, the real action was taking place.
