Would you be in favor of alcohol sales at Michigan Stadium?
PSU just approved alcohol sales today at Beaver Stadium. It seems inevitable that Michigan will sell alcohol in the near future with the professionalization of college sports at hand. I feel like this doesn't really change a lot. Students already sneak drinks into the game so the university might as well make some money on it.
September 23rd, 2022 at 9:23 PM ^
Only if alcohol sales keeps my season tickets and PSD cost from going up
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:18 PM ^
It won't. They'll pocket the money. If anything, they'll raise prices to hire "additional security."
September 23rd, 2022 at 9:27 PM ^
Yes. The school has hosted "hash bash" for decades, why not sell some brew at the football games?
September 23rd, 2022 at 9:50 PM ^
pretty sure hash bash was not “hosted by the school.”
September 24th, 2022 at 4:14 AM ^
Because alcohol is way more dangerous than cannabis
September 23rd, 2022 at 9:29 PM ^
No. "If I want to get high, I slam my head against a wall a few times. " Lenny Dykstra before his cocaine fiesta.
September 23rd, 2022 at 9:31 PM ^
Yes.
Michigan needs to not be high and mighty about this. Michigan not selling alcohol doesn’t make it a cut above everyone else who is otherwise doing it. I’m all for cutting off sales at the end of the third quarter, carding anyone who isn’t obviously of drinking age, limiting two drinks per person, but there is really no good reason not to do this. Every other possible excuse that could be conjured up has been addressed and solved by other schools doing it.
If you don’t like it, that’s fine. No one would be forcing you to drink.
Besides, with a 16 oz Bud Light that would end up costing at least $10, probably more, I don’t think you have to worry about the stadium devolving into a bacchanal. A sizable majority of the student body that is of legal drinking age will be priced out of buying more than one anyway.
September 23rd, 2022 at 9:32 PM ^
I'm with Bo, and say no. Sell it outside at the tailgate areas etc and get the NIL... but inside is sacred ground.
September 23rd, 2022 at 9:45 PM ^
Ok, Don Zaluchi. "I don't want it sold in the stadium. That's an infamia. Keep it among the tailgaters. They're animals anyway. Let them lose their souls."
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:20 PM ^
Well done. Watch out for that Barzini though. "Tattaglia is a pimp. It was Barzini all along."
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:22 PM ^
Logged in to upvote only to realize that I couldn’t upvote. Nice one, moose.
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:52 PM ^
Should be good to go now, Tony!
September 23rd, 2022 at 11:35 PM ^
OMG... TonyInLA... is that Tony Rocky Horror?!? I heard he developed a bit of speech impediment after falling out of that 4-story window.
September 24th, 2022 at 5:51 AM ^
Sticking your tongue in the holiest of holies isn't the same as a foot message.
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:56 PM ^
See this is a reason, I can get with. Just old school and considers it sacred. Like ads in the stadium.
I get it, I respect it.
The folks who say no because they think it's going to increase the number of drunks and people acting like idiots are misguided.
But I can't hate on anyone who just likes the tradition side of things.
September 23rd, 2022 at 9:43 PM ^
Yes! Won't need to sneak pints of bourbon into the stadium anymore.
Actually, maybe I'll still do that.
September 23rd, 2022 at 9:53 PM ^
Let’s wait to see what happens at the Beaver before we pass judgment.
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:23 PM ^
i’m not sure i would use what happens at penn state as the foundation of any policy, on literally any level.
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:34 PM ^
Are you suggesting we should be on beaver watch?
September 23rd, 2022 at 9:55 PM ^
No plz
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:00 PM ^
Yes, next question
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:07 PM ^
Yes. And let there be a smoking section
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:47 PM ^
Smoking, what exactly?
September 23rd, 2022 at 11:32 PM ^
A side of brisket. What else could he be talking about?
September 24th, 2022 at 12:04 AM ^
Butt... lots of butt.
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:15 PM ^
No thanks. Too high of a societal cost.
But I’m sure it’s just a matter of time. Too much money to be had.
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:20 PM ^
Absolutely not
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:22 PM ^
Hell no. It will just multiply the number of drunken assholes spewing vomit on your shoes by a factor of 3.
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:46 PM ^
No it won't.
For a night game, maybe.
For everything else, just the opposite will happen. You'll deal with the same number of drunks, but far less people who are blackout hammered.
Studies show fewer people pound 10 beers before entering the stadium if they can buy in the stadium and keep the buzz rolling.
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:50 PM ^
right. “studies.”
September 24th, 2022 at 7:26 AM ^
This a million times. I've had enough disgusting people puke around me in the stadium, this will make the problem so much worse.
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:25 PM ^
No. I hate being around drunk people.
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:44 PM ^
Then don't go to football games. You're not avoiding that either way.
Statistics show that there is little to no impact, and if anything, it's safer to serve in the stadium where people don't pregame ridiculously hard because they know they can't drink once inside the gates.
Binge drinking down when stadiums serve beer and wine.
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:30 PM ^
I hope they do. I'll probably never buy one but it would probably make the other concession lines shorter.
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:39 PM ^
$12 Bud Lights? Won't see any of my money
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:42 PM ^
Absolutely, but not for night games.
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:48 PM ^
I don’t care, as long as it’s not like msu where alcohol is only permitted in the suites. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:48 PM ^
Students already sneak drinks into the game so the university might as well make some money on it.
wait, are we worried about revenue streams for the university? that’s the least compelling reason to do it.
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:49 PM ^
Young obnoxious drunks will still be drunk and sneak in shooters like I used to, and still see every weekend, and they won’t afford many 12$ beers
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:52 PM ^
Yes.
We could buy each other beers.
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:56 PM ^
No. Incidentally, I feel the same way about alcohol on planes: there are way too many people in way too tight quarters for alcohol to be a good idea.
If you can't go four hours without alcohol (or other intoxicants -- Good God! Everyone in your whole section has to smell what you're lighting on fire, and sharing is definitely not caring), stay home, or hang outside at the tailgate, or whatever.
Nothing ruins the game experience quite like a drunken fan.
September 23rd, 2022 at 11:11 PM ^
Fucking absolutely hell yes is it even a question. All I want is a cold beer and watching football.
September 23rd, 2022 at 11:19 PM ^
Not only students.