Pokémon Go game frustrates Nebraska cemetery officials [View all]

The Grand Island City Cemetery is among the latest locations of hallowed ground asking to be removed from the Pokémon Go game.

“I just emailed the company and asked that they take us off the map,” said Mark Sands, cemetery superintendent.

Since the smartphone game came out in early July, Sands and his staff have noticed an increase in visitors to the cemetery. Before school started, there were lots of kids walking through the cemetery with their phones. More recently, vehicle traffic has been up, but only in certain locations.

That’s because there are 16 PokéStops and three Pokémon Go gyms in the cemetery, staff said. PokéStops are locations where players can collect items used to capture Pokémon. Gyms are battle locations that can be taken over by Pokémon teams.

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