OT: Map of college stadiums that sell alcohol

I never drank myself into a drunken stupor before or during a Michigan game while attending as a student.  I wanted to soak in every snap.  I wanted to revel every high stepping band routine with clarity.  I wanted to remember the experience.   I also didn't want to run to the restroom three times.    So alcohol sales at games does not register on my priority list.

Post-game?  That's a different story.

I was at a US Men’s soccer friendly held in Nissan Stadium in Nashville. Concessions were short staffed for this special event so lines were very long. While I was in line, the workers started announcing that there was no more alcohol as they ran out. One man became furious and started yelling to the point that police had to wrestle him to the ground, cuff him, and carry him off.

Honestly, why does anyone care much about alcohol. If someone cannot make it through a sporting event without a drink, there might be a problem with addiction. As one poster on this thread pointed out, why would you want to leave the event to pee so often?

“But if you sell alcohol during the game then it’s less incentive for people to brown out before the game and pace themselves”

Discuss.

This list is not complete and you are wrong. They do sell beer at EMU football games.

This list is not complete and you are wrong. They do sell beer at EMU football games.

Unless you plan to use it on that soapbox. Plenty of Michigan fans have been getting themselves into an "inebreiated frenzy" for years on end, in and out of the stadium, and I proudly count myself among them  So have college football fans (and, gasp, students) across the country. Alcohol isn't new.

By the way, Maryland's alcohol vending policy (the only one I've tested) sells one beer per person per kiosk visit; if you think that'll lead to mass-steria, you probably thought pool was a threat to our nation's youth.

wishy washy with this subject.  On one hand I think its pretty bad form for a major college or university to associate itself with any kind of alcoholic brand.  Its just a terrible overall message.

OTOH, I think most schools should be able to offer alcoholic drinks as long as they go by what seem to be pretty standard rules now of not over serving to individuals.  On top of that most places make beers so damn expensive only an idiot would actually over consume at $9 a pop inside a stadium.  Drink heavy before or after, during for such a price is just silly and those people will overconsume regardless of if its available in the stadium.  There are plenty of people who love a nice cold beer during a game and could handle it fine.

 

But, I also remember the bad ol'days at UM when you could literally haul a cooler in and tuck it under your seat (ie right in the middle of the aisle) and walking around the stadium after a game you couldn't take two steps without kicking a beer can or whiskey bottle.  But that was people making their own poor choices not a university selling them the alcohol.

 

Its a revenue stream, and I guess I'm ok with it but I don't want to see the block M on a billboard next to a  bud light bottle or something worse.

I agree with the Big House policy.

My comment is less about booze in stadiums. (There already is a ton of bootleg booze in the stadium, espically in the student section) I hate the US’s alcohol laws. They are very Purtanical compared to the rest of the world (not counting certain dry nations who follow religious laws) in ways that encourage binge drinking in the shadows. The 21 year old restriction is laughable and bad. If your wondering, I am well over 21 at this point. Legalize responsible drinking everywhere. Open container and MIPs and the like are nothing crimes that hurt no one, cost money, give people a record, and often dissporportionalty hurt the less well off. Leave it up to Parents until 16/17. Fully legal after. (Edit: This pushes politics, but as you might guess, I think the two are related and think we should not just have booze sales in the big house, I think we should be able to bring our own. If you act poorly, eject and/or arrest.)

Damn, the MAC goes hard in the paint. Ohio U sells the local Jackio's beer at their games, which is great.

I still keep my college tradition of drinking several Keystone Lights before I walk into the stadium 10 years after graduation. I don’t need anymore once I get into the stadium. I’m always sobered up by halftime. The hungover drive home I barely notice anymore

It seems to be highest in SEC States like Florida, Georgia ,Alabama, Louisiana, Ohio!

I think it would be pointless. People get hammered before/after games for cheaper anyways. As said, universities selling alcohol just doesn't seem to send the right message.

The thing I have to add though and that Brian has mentioned before: It's not necessarily just a safety issue, but a convenience issue. Drinking at a sporting event is a process, you have to get beer, go to the bathroom, get more, etc.

As a season ticket holder, I would rather not let you pass my seat a million times so you can make beer and bathroom trips while I'm trying to watch and cheer on our team!

Drunken assholes are going to get drunk and be assholes regardless of whether they drink their alcohol before or during the game. I was at the OSU game in 2012 (pre-alcohol) and 2016 (post-alcohol) and honestly it was the same. Beers are like $10 for 12 oz so it's not particularly easy to get drunk on stadium beers anyway.

Not to mention you used to be able to bring freakin' kegs into Michigan Stadium back in the glory days. Somehow the place didn't burn down. I don't really care whether Michigan chooses to ever sell alcohol in the stadium, but the idea that it'll cause the stadium to devolve into drunken revelry is frankly puritanistic. It's just beer, not magic maniac juice. I would hope our fans can manage to drink beer like normal adults. It annoys me to no end when people act like the university would make itself look bad by selling beer. As if Michigan can't trust their fans to handle their liquor responsibly.

I'll see your unpopular opinion and will raise you a very unpopular one.  I too am glad that Michigan Stadium doesn't sell alcohol.

I further wish that alcohol didn't exist at all. I don't understand the attraction... it turns otherwise enjoyable people into reduced versions of themselves, and often brings out the worst traits in folks, and that's all before crossing into more serious problems like health concerns, alcoholism, and threatening people's safety.

I wish they would sell it. As others have said, it won’t make much of a difference. People that want to get drunk will get drunk regardless. Very few people if any will go in sober and decide to get hammered just because beer is sold there. Hell, it could reduce the amount of drunks as it is way easier to sneak in hard liquor bottles than beers. I’d probably stick with beer if it was available in the stadium as opposed to airplane bottles of the hard stuff.

Just saw this today;

Division I Council Approves Alcohol Sales at NCAA Championship Events

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2771313-division-i-council-approves-alcohol-sales-at-ncaa-championship-events?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=college-basketball

But ya gotta love the pic that they had as part of the article.....

 

 

Beer available at osu makes experience better when watching Wolverines come to town. The biggest problem with beer being sold in ohio stadium is they only let you buy two at a time. Will be toasting that beer to a sweet UM victory this november.

Beer available at osu makes experience better when watching Wolverines come to town. The biggest problem with beer being sold in ohio stadium is they only let you buy two at a time. Will be toasting that beer to a sweet UM victory this november.