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LA Times. Yahoo Sports. Draft Wire. Hoops Hype. The Independent. Green Bay Press-Gazette. Golf Channel. NBC Sports. NBC Sports Chicago. Conversely, the participants of a bowl game could probably make some arrangements regarding whether or not alcohol is to be served. Maybe some bowls decide to not sell alcohol for whatever reason they deem fit. Beer sales at college bowl games Factual Questions. Do they sell beer at BCS games?
The SEC is one of few conferences around the country with these requirements. Normally schools create their own parameters. He takes a more cautious view of a move celebrated by many. Some of us experienced that in life, which makes it a lot less flippant and a lot more serious.
Sensitivity is important here, but so are facts. Schools serving stadium wide see significant decrease in alcohol-related incidents. How is this possible? People sneaking it in was really starting to be a real problem for our security around here.
Revenue is only a small part of the move, administrators will tell you, but money is money. The biggest benefit might be an attendance draw, those in the industry say. While revenue increase and incident decrease are easily measured, determining whether alcohol sales increase attendance is hard to quantify, but officials who have made the move say they did so for attendance.
Maybe not coincidentally, the SEC lifts a ban that dates to at least the s after a year in which it drew 73, on average to home games, the lowest mark since Maybe, but there are more benefits.
SEC administrators for the move expect it to diminish the mad rush into the stadium at kickoff as fans chug beers until the last minute, and lengthen the time fans stay for games. SEC leaders have discussed their alcohol policy since , Sankey said, so why did it take so long to change? State law in Mississippi prohibits the selling of alcohol on college campuses. In fact, Mississippi State and Ole Miss football suite holders store liquor and beer that they purchased off campus in lockers at the stadium other SEC schools are allowed to sell such in premium areas.
For Ole Miss, making the change to stadium-wide sales will be easier than in Starkville. Will presidents get pushback for depriving fans of an amenity that neighboring conference schools supply? Stubborn SEC schools likely need to ease into a change. Some are ahead of others.
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