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Alcohol @ Ford?

PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 12:42 am
by MrMustang1965
From time-to-time there have been posters on this board who have said that alcohol should be served at Ford Stadium to increase attendance.

Last night there was plenty of beer being imbibed by those who were sitting in Sections 301 - 311. (We could see the bottles behind the windows from our seats in Section 205.)

Has this always been the practice?

If so, then those who want their alcohol during the games need to buy season tickets in those sections. ;)

PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:40 am
by RE Tycoon
Club Level has a bar, suites have alcohol in them. They can serve alcohol because it is a "private club" where you pay for a membership above and beyond the ticket purchase.

PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:48 am
by Special_Delivery_Smu_Fans
I seriously doubt it could ever happen at a private Christian school.

President Turner would never go for it.

PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:49 am
by couch 'em
Solution - charge $1 surcharge to get a "Mark of Peruna" chip implanted in the forehead or hand, good for whole season, as membership in stadium "private club". Chip required to buy alcoholic goods. Long live Peruna, our Dark Lord.

PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:55 am
by jtstang
Special_Delivery_Smu_Fans wrote:I seriously doubt it could ever happen at a private Christian school.

President Turner would never go for it.

Turner spearheaded the way for the Boulevard, including alcohol. Doubt if he'd stand in the way of stadium sales.

PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:19 am
by BrianTinBigD
You would think that we could go the UNICARD route or add a nominal surcharge to every ticket purchased making every ticket owner a "member" of The Mustang Drinking Club or something stupid.

PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:22 am
by Pony_Fan
Kids sneak in bottles of jack, no big deal.

I could be wrong but I don't think you can have alcohol at NCAA games? The only place I have seen it was at the Superdome when we played Tulane a long time ago.

PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:26 am
by BrianTinBigD
Tulsa just brought it back. Also, a quick google showed Hawaii, CSU, and many other schools allow it as do most Bowl Games.

http://www.kfor.com/Global/story.asp?S=5329918

PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:29 am
by The PonyGrad
Well the "Private Christian School" supports insurance for domestic partners so alcohol would be so bad why? :?

PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:34 am
by rjhiii
I have heard that when it gets cold you can fit an entire six-pack in your coat and the yellow shirts wont stop you. :wink:

PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:38 am
by Bergermeister
If you get caught, you might have to give them one.

PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:41 am
by rjhiii
Sounds like a perfect trade to me 8)

Oh, and I now have two horseshoes. Excellent...

PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 10:01 am
by SMU Football Blog
Good luck getting UP to approve it.

PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 10:10 am
by smupony94
Pony_Fan wrote:Kids sneak in bottles of jack, no big deal.

I could be wrong but I don't think you can have alcohol at NCAA games? The only place I have seen it was at the Superdome when we played Tulane a long time ago.


The Yellow Jackets did not catch Duke Blue Blood and I with a large bottle of rum sticking out of one of his boots.

Isn't a major problem that Ford is in University Park which is a dry town?

PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 10:25 am
by Pony_Fan
Looks like I was VERY wrong -- A recent survey of 119 Division One schools found that 54 allowed the sale of alcohol either in public concessions or private suites.