Stadium & Beer

UNTexas · October 18, 2012

Anyone know if our stadiums (football & bball) will sell beer in the future. Several stadiums are going that route and it would help get bodies in the stadium. I heard a rumor we may. The El Paso Times online has an article out about the Sun Bowl starting to sell beer to everyone in the future. We would be smart to do the same.

UNT 90 Grad · October 18, 2012

Club level and hospitality suites are where it's at in the mean time. (Stating the obvious)

LakeTravis · October 18, 2012

Rick V and Eric Capper are for it.

Most likly next season they said

Cougar King · October 18, 2012

I'm calling it now, somebody will complain about it in the near future.

aztecskin · October 18, 2012

Would love this. My non-sports lovin buddy said he would come to more games if he could drink. Tailgate buzz wears off mid-game.

trussbussdad · October 18, 2012

Need to have a "special stash" of GOOSE for post game for DMAC.

UNTcrazy727 · October 18, 2012

I heard beer will be sold on the alumni side of Apogee next year, but will not be allowed to be brought over to the student side.

UNTexas · October 18, 2012

I'm calling it now, somebody will complain about it in the near future.

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin

They can't argue with Ben Franklin.

Mean Green 93-98 · October 18, 2012

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin

They can't argue with Ben Franklin.

Except that Ben Franklin never said that.

UNTexas · October 18, 2012

Except that Ben Franklin never said that.

Geez. If I am drinking I may tell you I am Cobra Commander. If it makes you happy then here is another...

"To alcohol! The cause of - and solution to - all of life's problems." - Homer Simpson

Bibliography: Episode - "Homer vs The Eighteenth Amendment", aired on March 16, 1997

Edited October 18, 2012 by UNTexas

adman · October 18, 2012

Except that Ben Franklin never said that.

He did say it about wine though. So close enough for me.

Booze is fun.

UNTLifer · October 18, 2012

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin

They can't argue with Ben Franklin.

I think that was actually Homer Simpson.

golfingomez · October 18, 2012

'Abraham Lincoln, Marilyn Monroe and I once got so wasted in Vegas, we had to bury a hooker in the desert' - Teddy Roosevelt

Greenhorn · October 18, 2012

I heard beer will be sold on the alumni side of Apogee next year, but will not be allowed to be brought over to the student side.

students won't like that.

Harry · October 18, 2012

I'm all for it but the only thing I would ask they consider is setting up some type of free ride to the train or taxi services so people who have had too much to drink don't get in a wreck or get a DWI. I know that not everyone will take them up on it but it would lessen the liability and finger pointing that will occur if something bad were to happen. The last thing we need is to have a student tragedy occur and find out that drinking took place at the stadium and there were no options available to prevent it.

The Fake Lonnie Finch · October 18, 2012

Amazing how people clamor for overpriced concession beer. Crazy alcoholics.

GangGreen · October 18, 2012

Amazing how people clamor for overpriced concession beer. Crazy alcoholics.

Who you calling crazy?

The Fake Lonnie Finch · October 18, 2012

Who you calling crazy?

People who clamor for overpriced concession beer...people who can't live for three hours between tailgate and end of game for beer...people who knowlingly and willingly buy and drink Olympia...etc.

The Fake Lonnie Finch · October 18, 2012

forevereagle · October 18, 2012

I heard beer will be sold on the alumni side of Apogee next year, but will not be allowed to be brought over to the student side.

That seems enforceable.

The Fake Lonnie Finch · October 18, 2012

With Olympia, you have no one but youself to blame. Right there on the product it says, "Good Luck."

The next morning, when you're huddling on or near the crapper, you've already been told why, "It's The Water."

UNTP1 · October 18, 2012

students won't like that.

Speaking for myself and my group of fellow students we wouldn't mind it at all. We often sit on the alumni side for most of the game to avoid the sun and we figure they could use a few more bodies over there to fill in all those empty seats, haha

Baby Arm! · October 18, 2012

I'm all for it but the only thing I would ask they consider is setting up some type of free ride to the train or taxi services so people who have had too much to drink don't get in a wreck or get a DWI. I know that not everyone will take them up on it but it would lessen the liability and finger pointing that will occur if something bad were to happen. The last thing we need is to have a student tragedy occur and find out that drinking took place at the stadium and there were no options available to prevent it.

Im no lawyer but they don't do this at any other stadium that serves so I wouldn't see the need at Apogee. As long as we take resonable precautions, train all the vendors in the required TABC courses, and stop serving in the 4th quarter we would be covered liabillity wise.

That being said, I'd like to see some kind of shuttle to and from the stadium on game days. College kids today are lazy and will use the long walk as an excuse not to attend games. We need to remove every excuse people give for not going to games. The bridge is a good step but we can do more.

Edited October 18, 2012 by Baby Arm!

Baby Arm! · October 18, 2012

'Abraham Lincoln, Marilyn Monroe and I once got so wasted in Vegas, we had to bury a hooker in the desert' - Teddy Roosevelt

Did you hear that Craig James killed 5 hookers while at SMU???

oldguystudent · October 18, 2012

Either you're responsible with your booze or you're not. There are about zero restrictions on consumption prior to the game and the enforcement against bringing in flasks of Emmitt juice is laughable. If we're going to worry about dram shop rules and tort, I'd almost be more worried about some tailgater hauling ass out onto 35 than I would be someone getting served by a TABC licensed employee.

I know that I'm sometimes not at all moderate about my booze consumption, and that includes buying overpriced concession beers in the club. But I've never driven home drunk from a game. I've always either got a prearranged ride or a room at the fine accommodations of the Lone Star motel and love shack. In fact, shocker, I haven't bought a beer during a game in over a year because I like to get home at night.

We're adults. Most of us are going to take proper precautions. For those of us who don't, whether beer is sold openly in the stands or not is going to have very, very little bearing on out decisions and subsequent actions.

The only viable reason to not allow beer sales in the stadium is that people are worried about drunken vocabulary around their kids, and that's a somewhat valid concern, but again, I refer you to the tailgates and rampant imported flasks roaming the stands.