Should there be beer sales at Michigan Stadium?

I'm old enough to have gone to the games when you could bring your own cooler in with your own refreshments. Seems to me you may have seen a few more fights in the student section back then, but overall I don't see any problem with it. There has always been people drinking in the stadium... and I've almost always been one of them!

That said, I don't see it happening.

I'm of the opinion that drunkards will be drunkards either way, and as an attendee of the futbol match that got a chance to drink a beer in the big house I gotta say that it was a pretty magical experience. The extra revenue isn't a bad thing either. Count me in.

a standard home schedule of noon or 1 p.m. kickoffs was to ensure that there was little time for the fans to get too much tailgating time in and keep his team on schedule, of course. This was a family atmosphere consideration and it also allowed for fans to enjoy the night before and then enjoy the game with plenty of time for the trip home. 

My answer would be no. But actually I think the Michigan fan base is pretty good about behaving itself even if this changed and alcohol were sold. I just don't think it's a good idea for night games or even late starting games given the time element and allowing yourself to engage in problems that this will undoubtedly bring. Michigan has operated well financially for its lifetime without this kind of revenue, why does it need this new stream of income which would surely invite unforseen problems that you don't need to be a part of. 

so I don't think it's that far fetched.  I would expect nothing less than an exhorbitant sum to purchase one. . .

I live in Louisville and I can tell you, without a doubt in my mind, that them selling beer at the stadium is a wonderful thing.

I should also tell you that I am an alcoholic, so take my word with a hefty grain of salt.  

We have relative civility compared to almost any pro football venue.  Even as DB wants to blur as much of the line between those two experiences as possible, I'd prefer we keep it the way it is.  

How often do you see people getting tossed from the Big House?  I've seen some students carried out esp. on hot days because.. yeah, college students gonna college... but the difference in atmosphere is part of why the Big House experience is better than any pro stadium.

I haven't been there since 2011 (24 hour drive between me and the stadium.  If it was ten, I'd be there for every home game).

If not, no.

Isn't it?  Well, isn't it?  The gameday experience and tradition is no alcohol in Michigan Stadium, put me down as firmly on the side of tradition.

I don't like the idea of alcohol sales in the Big House.  In a stadium that big, with that many people inside, when one idiot frat boy comes into the Big House hammered and then has a few more in the stadium and gets alcohol poisoning, it could be too difficult/take too long to get him the help he would require.  

Besides, as has been mentioned by others, The 3:30 hour game is probably what prevents most of the fans from being drunk when they get back in their cars to head home after the game.  Drunk drivers in Ann Arbor = Do not want.

if we're getting our arse kicked

It depends . . . 

Are you

• For tradition, or doing something new?
• For DB, or against?
• For more profit, or believe there is enough money pouring in already?

I frankly don't care . . . it will not impact me either way. I'll merely observe that anyone who has been against advertising and upset with Dave Brandon and what he has done to maximize profit and the loss of time honored traditions would be ridiculously inconsistent and hypocritical to support beer sales at Michigan in the stadium.

will they use some of the profit to make it possible to go to the concession stands if you're in the endzone?  It takes like 30 minutes to leave your section with only one exit.

Its amazing the reaction from some that thinks if they start selling beer, suddenly 110,000 people will be drunk, vomiting and getting into fights all game, maybe even at the same time. 

Just logistically, I can't imagine it would have that big of an impact.  Probably 90% of the people buying beer would get one beer on their way to the seats and that's it.  I mean it takes like 5 minutes of game time just to get out of your section to take a leak.  I can't imagine that many people would miss so much of the to grab a beer.

Syracuse sells beer at the Carrier Dome.  I was at the Michigan Syracuse game there in 1999.  It was the single worst sporting experience in terms of drunken, beligerent a-hole fans I have experienced.  Far worst than trips to State and Ohio State.  

In general, I don't think it would be as bad in Ann Arbor.  And i would rather that the AD try to grab more dollars by providing something rather than squeezing even more profits out of the product they currently sell.  

If we could have a one year trial, in a year like this with an awful schedule and the worst of the barbarians not coming to Ann Arbor (looks over one shoulder towards East Lansing and the other shoulder towards Columbus), it would be an interesting experiment.

End thread.

But since I don't really have that power...does anyone remember when they did sell beer? I was too young to pay attention, but did they have a 3rd quarter cut off?

...or did they never sell beer and people were just able to get away with sneaking six packs into the stadium?

Regardless, I definitely don't recall a DUI epidemic in Ann Arbor or a rash of unprovoked violence in the streets surrounding the stadium...at least nothing beyond what would be expected on a typical Michigan football Saturday.

I hope they sell it. And I hope people are responsible with it.

If they're going to sell beer, I want a pot smoking section. 

Imagine a world where there are bongs built into the seats of Michigan Stadium. I want to live in that world.