The doyt will sell beer in the stands this year!

[bgbrandon]

Sorry if this has been posted, but I just read that the Doyt will now sell beer in the stadium this year. Maybe this will bring some student in from the tailgating area.. even though tailgating will be a huge mess now with the famous spot by the hill taken away..
http://bgsufalcons.com/sports/2010/9/15 ... spx?id=219

[Redwingtom]

At $5 a beer? Students? Doubtful!

[VDub26Falcon]

Depends on the size of it...I assume it will be Miller Lite or Bud Lite...if it's a good size beer (20 oz. or larger) $5 isn't that bad.

[Falcon137]

I love it. Students will pay $5 for a Miller Lite.

[VDub26Falcon]

16 oz...nevermind.

[BGDrew]

This sort of kills one of the benefits to join the Falcon Club. Hopefully this will be more of a moneymaker than a headache.

[Redwingtom]

Personally, I believe this is a horrible idea. What possible upside does it have? And no, I don't count making money as an upside.

[Falcon137]

Personally, I believe this is a horrible idea. What possible upside does it have? And no, I don't count making money as an upside.

Why not? I have gone to hundreds of Dayton basketball games where they sell beer and have rarely seen a problem.

Those who are going to drink to get drunk already did, for 7 hours before the game started. I don't see a problem with trying to make a few bucks.

[hammb]

This is the MAC. Anything that makes money for the Athletic Department is a HUGE upside.

I'm inclined to agree with 137 too...nobody is going to be getting drunk to the point of disruptiveness on $5 beers. Those of us who get drunk and unruly will do so before we go in the stands

[factman]

........and I'm sure certain members of the athletic administration will be patrolling the stands to immediately throw anyone out that says "boo" about anything!

[ktrain]

whatever you gotta do to fill the stands

[musicman2343]

They said they were capping it at 2 beers per person, but how will they enforce that?

The only way I see it is marking the wristband they give you with a sharpie, but even then people will try and find a way around it.

It'll be interesting to see how this turns out.

[BGDrew]

Depends how much they invested in the system. Most arenas now swipe your ID and keep track of how many you've bought.

[falconman]

I think they mean two beers per transaction. That's the way a lot of NFL stadiums are now.

[daspollak]

If they want to bring in students, allow them to charge the beers to their meal plan. Its a win-win for BG. Every student 21 and up will get a meal plan, and they make a killing on selling overpriced beer.