Beer at Kroger on the way???
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Looks like a cold beer or 2 will be available this September. Extra boost to season tix sales for 2023.
The dumbest part about MB’s quixotic efforts was that it was always doomed to fail. This was always going to happen.
Secretly he wants people to drink at these bball games, misbehave somehow, so he can say "see! We can't have this with 60000 fans at the Kroge!"
If that's what it takes for a person to buy tickets/season tickets ...they need help.
Can’t wait for $8 craft beer night!
Amazing what happens when nobody shows up to games! Our baseball team is awful
Oh cool. Mitch is what, three years too late on this decision and now he's testing BBN so we don't all become rabid savages as if beer sales would turn the stadium into Lord of the Flies? I love the idea of a trial period first like alcohol is something brand new and he's not sure the fanbase can handle the experience.
Oh man, now that fans can pay 10 bucks for mediocre beer there’s gonna be one less thing to complain about. We all know the best part of being a UK fan is finding things to fake outrage about.
You must not know any of them there professional beer drinkers! Never drink till after work then put down a case by bedtime and nobody even notices. They exist. I know a few. Ill bet this does put a few more through the gate.
Lexington has some good breweries. UK ought to patronize those along with $1 16oz PBRs.
Yes I do...family members like this. Got a BIL that is suffering severely from years of living this way.
He wants to have incidents in the stadium according to this fraud who knows Mitch Barnhart’s inner thoughts.
IMO alcohol sales at The Krog would have happened years ago if not for the POS UK frat boy who DUI killed a little kid after a football game in 2018
I love a good beer, but that’s what tailgating is for. I’m fine if they want to sell it in the stadium, but I won’t pay the $9-$10 or whatever they will charge for one. I’ll get my fill of adult beverages out at the tailgate and use the game to sober up for the drive home. I prefer to watch the game with a clearer head anyway. Or at least one that’s actively clearing. LOL.
Based on what? Not aware of any data showing more drunks at stadiums with beer sales. Please share your data source. Thanks.
Or is this an unfounded judgment? I never noticed more drunks in the club areas or suites, have you?
Clearly there will be less drunks at games with beer being sold. That’s just basic common sense. 😳
The rich have had alcohol in their corner trailer home lux boxes since 1999
Even larger number of rich got access to alcohol with the improvement additional sideline lux boxes & new club level/makers mark section in 2015
Not letting Joe Farmworker, Jim Factoryworker, Jon Garbageman have access to an adult beverage in his $40 bleacher spot during that same time is such insulting anti working class, pro wealthy policy by Barnhart
Even larger number of rich got access to alcohol with the improvement additional sideline lux boxes & new club level/makers mark section in 2015
Not letting Joe Farmworker, Jim Factoryworker, Jon Garbageman have access to an adult beverage in his $40 bleacher spot during that same time is such insulting anti working class, pro wealthy policy by Barnhart
I tell you what. Sit through a game with some foul mouth GD ing and MF ing every other word with kids around. Thats my data.
Are you in the club or suite area? If so, guess beer sales in Kroger are probably no problem to you.
Listen , America’s a free country. I don’t need any stooge telling me Papa John’s founder getting hammered in his playpen or some random person in blue seating areas behind the team, or a special paddock label is any different. The crowd has always been drunk , drinking and bringing it in since Bear Bryant walked the sidelines with his Chesterfield’s.
I drink occasionally because it’s a long day weather it’s a night game or early. But the thought of some guy forcing his act on thousands of people is insulting. As anyone with a pompous well rehearsed act is. The Bible says let every man work out his own salvation. And I truly believe that, so I don’t need a Mormon Dick-tater always shoving his opinion in 55,000 faces. Crefflo Dollar or Kenneth Copland might need a provost to acquire the new G7 jet,…. just saying if you wanna help run something religious and shout from rooftops
how virtuous thou art go do that. Focus on the brand new reality of pay for play etc. and leave the choice to drink to our free citizens.
I drink occasionally because it’s a long day weather it’s a night game or early. But the thought of some guy forcing his act on thousands of people is insulting. As anyone with a pompous well rehearsed act is. The Bible says let every man work out his own salvation. And I truly believe that, so I don’t need a Mormon Dick-tater always shoving his opinion in 55,000 faces. Crefflo Dollar or Kenneth Copland might need a provost to acquire the new G7 jet,…. just saying if you wanna help run something religious and shout from rooftops
how virtuous thou art go do that. Focus on the brand new reality of pay for play etc. and leave the choice to drink to our free citizens.
There's already beer sold. How many drunks are there in those areas vs. in areas where beer isn't sold? Data is better than common sense. And you don't have either, just bias.
$10 beer may actually keep people less drunk than all the bourbon that gets imported currently.
BS excuse, that kid wasn’t even at the football game or tailgate. He was at a frat house driving home.
I assumed that too when I saw it was a pilot program. They had to contract this out so I'm curious what they have in the contract in the event it's cancelled.
If this does make it, ill be curious to see the revenue. I'm guessing security is about to get a lot more interested in you emptying pockets before going in
As usual, a thoughtful and deliberate approach. While people on both sides of this were hyperventilating as if drinking or not drinking at games was going to end the world and/or save humanity, Barnhart sat back and watched what other programs were doing and built a plan.
It’s time. He’s learned enough. Perfect way to introduce it. Softball will host NCAA games and will have sellouts. So a good way to gauge what a football game would be like. On a smaller scale, of course.
And hopefully the beer sales can help find mingione’s small buyout. *just kidding: sort of
It’s time. He’s learned enough. Perfect way to introduce it. Softball will host NCAA games and will have sellouts. So a good way to gauge what a football game would be like. On a smaller scale, of course.
And hopefully the beer sales can help find mingione’s small buyout. *just kidding: sort of
True. But it happened after a home football game, by the stadium, and the young child & his family had attended the game. The entire football team attended the funeral.
Pretending the tragedy had zero connection to UK football is denying reality.
I'm sure it's a favorable contract to UK. Every beer vendor would jump at the chance to get their foot in the door up front on something like this.
Probably although I don't think working with UK is quite as lucrative as you make it seem. Otherwise they wouldn't end up with partners like hunts brothers pizza.
From a vendor standpoint, there is a ton of cost in ramping up for something like this. My main curiosity was the language in the contract giving UK an out if they didn't like the trial period. Maybe vendor gets to keep all or at least increased percentage of revenue for the first 30-60 days?
It will be a couple of beer stands in both stadiums. Virtually no upfront cost.
The marketing exposure is why vendors do this. Not for the direct revenue. But for the marketing aspect.
Alcohol sales are not nearly the windfall that some seem to think they would be. but being the beer company inside CWS is a big deal. Same with Rupp.
Marketing exposure? It isn't like bud light will send employees there to sell beer. It will be a vendor like Aramark or someone else with the special abc license and the ability to consistently staff these events which could be large if/when we get into football season.
Staffing in that industry is extremely difficult right now. That alone is a challenge. Then add in product (depending on the contract) and the liability insurance, there is no shortage of up front cost.
The positive from their side is these initial softball and baseball games will likely be one or two employees, so I agree with you there. The insurance side will be interesting but that will depend on several things
It is Aramark and they’re doing it make money. I’m not sure what they have to market.
True but at least we'll be able to relax comfortably drinking a few brews while watching the action on the field
Couple of thoughts:
First, as I recall (am 99% sure) the "frat boy that killed the kid after a game" was actually acquitted at trial, in case that fact is of any interest.
Second, there are literally dozens of venues that must sell 1000s upon 1000s of beer and other alcohol all across the country nearly every day, and although drunk driving is deadly serious, and rightly carries severe criminal penalties, I can't believe selling beer at one more football or baseball stadium is going to make one iota of difference. Most serious drunk driving crashes seem to happen late at night or real early in the morning, and as often as not the perps are people that are blind drunk, not football fans heading home after a game.
Third, I will certainly buy beer at both stadiums but I do see one practical problem, everyone in the center sections at the baseball stadium has a chair back seat with a cup holder. That is definitely not true at CWS, I have 20 yard line seats in the lower bowl, but the aisles are pretty narrow and no place to park a drink, they need to add cup holders or there will be a lot of beer spilled and a lot of PO'ed fans for no reason. It is a little thing which could be added pretty easily I would think and would avoid unnecessary arguments.
First, as I recall (am 99% sure) the "frat boy that killed the kid after a game" was actually acquitted at trial, in case that fact is of any interest.
Second, there are literally dozens of venues that must sell 1000s upon 1000s of beer and other alcohol all across the country nearly every day, and although drunk driving is deadly serious, and rightly carries severe criminal penalties, I can't believe selling beer at one more football or baseball stadium is going to make one iota of difference. Most serious drunk driving crashes seem to happen late at night or real early in the morning, and as often as not the perps are people that are blind drunk, not football fans heading home after a game.
Third, I will certainly buy beer at both stadiums but I do see one practical problem, everyone in the center sections at the baseball stadium has a chair back seat with a cup holder. That is definitely not true at CWS, I have 20 yard line seats in the lower bowl, but the aisles are pretty narrow and no place to park a drink, they need to add cup holders or there will be a lot of beer spilled and a lot of PO'ed fans for no reason. It is a little thing which could be added pretty easily I would think and would avoid unnecessary arguments.
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