Cheers...Texas to serve Beer & Wine starting in 2015

[The Public Enemy]

LSU is also looking into this but the SEC doesn't allow it...

From the article:

Texas fans will be able to enjoy a cold beer inside Darrel K. Royal Stadium this fall during Longhorns games. The decision to permit beer and wine sales at football games follows an expiremental stage that included alcohol sales at men's and women's basketball games.

New UT president Greg Fenves voiced his support for beer sales earlier this month. This week, chancellor Bill McRaven gave the "OK" to expand the alcohol sales to football games.

"Fan safety and enjoyment remains our number one priority as we work through the process of expanding beer and wine sales into all seating areas of the stadium," athletic director Steve Patterson said in a school-released statement. "During our extensive pilot, we found fans and staff handled the situation responsibly and we had no negative issues or situations."

Texas joins West Virginia and Kansas State as some of the first Big 12 schools to offer alcohol for sale at football games.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...xas-will-serve-beer-at-football-games-in-2015

 

[BigBluePhantom]

What did joining the ACC do to UofL's ability to sell alcohol? I know the Yum and Papa John's both have very elaborate bar setups.

 

[The Public Enemy]

Nothing...Louisville, Miami and Syracuse also sell Beer in the ACC and Minnesota in the B1G also sells Beer. The SEC and the Pac 12 for some reason doesn't allow it...i see Texas doing this as opening the flood gates

 

[Grumpyolddawg]

Nothing...Louisville, Miami and Syracuse also sell Beer in the ACC and Minnesota in the B1G also sells Beer. The SEC and the Pac 12 for some reason doesn't allow it...i see Texas doing this as opening the flood gates

Do you really not understand why the SEC doesn't sell beer in stadiums? Beat Bama at home in front of 100k drunks and no telling how many people would be hurt. I don't think LSU fans can get any crazier but they might. Bama fans shoot each other over games, football is serious in Alabama.

 

[The Public Enemy]

Do you really not understand why the SEC doesn't sell beer in stadiums? Beat Bama at home in front of 100k drunks and no telling how many people would be hurt. I don't think LSU fans can get any crazier but they might. Bama fans shoot each other over games, football is serious in Alabama.

You're right about Bama fans being crazy but it makes no sense because as a matter of fact Alcohol Related incidents according to WVU Campus Police at their Football games have declined shapely since they started selling it back in 2011.

I see it going well at Texas and since they along with the Bama, Notre Dame, USC etc..etc. are the Tent Pole programs in College Football and with declining attendance it will happen sooner rather then later for the SEC.

 

[How Blue Can You Get?]

strong charlies been in the ad's ear!

 

[The Public Enemy]

strong charlies been in the ad's ear!

No more like Now Former WVU AD Oliver Luck-(now the #2 Man for the NCAA) was in the Texas AD, President and Chancellor Ear ...I'm surprised they went the further step of also selling Wine

 

[footballfanatic77]

It's a mistake for schools to not do it. It's why a lot of people, like myself, stay home. I like to drink a beer while I watch the game. I don't like getting wasted before the game in the hopes that I will get drunk enough for it to last the entire game. If schools really cared about people being drunk they would ban tailgating not alcohol sales.

 

[FickusDuckus]

Do you really not understand why the SEC doesn't sell beer in stadiums? Beat Bama at home in front of 100k drunks and no telling how many people would be hurt. I don't think LSU fans can get any crazier but they might. Bama fans shoot each other over games, football is serious in Alabama.

I think it has more to do with religious beliefs than safety. Lets be honest there are PLENTY of people drunk at LSU games. Hell years ago when I went down there I could smell the bourbon as I walked into the stadium. I think what we have here is the Bible belt mentality in full swing. Those same folks are the ones hurling obscenities at the opposing team, but hey they were sober when they did it In this day and age of the arms race known as college football its just a matter of time before every school sells alcohol, sells naming rights and whatever else they can do to turn a penny. I am approaching 60 and its never been clearer to me that the Ozzie and Harriet days in America are LONG gone and not coming back. I think our future looks more like Idiocracy than anything else.

 

[Cefiro]

I don't understand it....the people who plan on getting dangerously drunk are going to do it anyway (ie drink extra before the game or just sneak it in).

 

[CatDaddy4daWin]

I actually believe alcohol sales would reduce the amount of drunken people at the stadium. Instead of bringing in bourbon and other hard liquor, most would just drink beer.

 

[The Public Enemy]

I actually believe alcohol sales would reduce the amount of drunken people at the stadium. Instead of bringing in bourbon and other hard liquor, most would just drink beer.

That is exactly what happened at West Virginia when they started selling it in 2011

 

[vhcat70]

Trouble with beer at the games is you have to keep getting up to stand in line to buy another & then go stand in line to get rid of it, so you miss a lot of the game. Bourbon is much more efficient.

 

[LordEgg]

I carry bourbon into every game. I assume they would buckle down on that if they were competing for my dollars. More power to prohibition.

 

[How Blue Can You Get?]

It's a mistake for schools to not do it. It's why a lot of people, like myself, stay home. I like to drink a beer while I watch the game. I don't like getting wasted before the game in the hopes that I will get drunk enough for it to last the entire game. If schools really cared about people being drunk they would ban tailgating not alcohol sales.

Not difficult to bring a couple beers or a flask in...just be low key and nobody will say a word...no reason to stay home.

 

[Steelers2012]

Trouble with beer at the games is you have to keep getting up to stand in line to buy another & then go stand in line to get rid of it, so you miss a lot of the game. Bourbon is much more efficient.

PJCS has beer vendors selling in the stands; no need to stand in line. But, I have no answer for your urinating quandary. I know how I do it in the deer stand; just not sure you want to carry a piss jug with you to a game.