Beer, maybe wine coming to the LNC (other sports)

[SoonerBounce13]

Hopefully, they will include an Autumnal Mead on the menu.

Dilly Dilly

 

[mict085]

We’re going to need a lot of alcohol to watch this season.

 

[hoopsaustin]

We’re going to need a lot of alcohol to watch this season.

Come on....

 

[WTSooner]

We’re going to need a lot of alcohol to watch this season.

You may be on to something. If ever there was a season to introduce alcohol, this is probably it (for hoops).

 

[WTSooner]

I'm against it, but more for football than the other sports. We'll see how it goes. Not a week goes by that you don't see grown men fist fighting in the stands of NFL games, IMO, in large part due to alcohol.

Some will say fans already show up to games lit, but I've been a season ticket holder for 20 years now, and that isn't really something I've seen much of. Matter of fact, since the campus went dry, I don't see much of it at all. We'll just have to wait and see how it plays out, but I could see this creating an atmosphere that some fans simply won't like. Will it kill OU football attendance? Of course not. But it's pretty silly to make all of these stadium improvements with the "family atmosphere" and "fan experience" in mind, then turn around and start serving alcohol. JMO.

 

[WaymanFan]

We’re going to need a lot of alcohol to watch this season.

I certainly needed it for the last two months of last season...I hope we're not worse than that.

 

[sperry]

I'm against it, but more for football than the other sports. We'll see how it goes. Not a week goes by that you don't see grown men fist fighting in the stands of NFL games, IMO, in large part due to alcohol.

Some will say fans already show up to games lit, but I've been a season ticket holder for 20 years now, and that isn't really something I've seen much of. Matter of fact, since the campus went dry, I don't see much of it at all. We'll just have to wait and see how it plays out, but I could see this creating an atmosphere that some fans simply won't like. Will it kill OU football attendance? Of course not. But it's pretty silly to make all of these stadium improvements with the "family atmosphere" and "fan experience" in mind, then turn around and start serving alcohol. JMO.

They sell alcohol at freaking Chuck E Cheese. Let's get out of here with the idea that you can't sell alcohol at a place that is kid friendly.

I mean responses like this are mind-boggling. People are able to sit around and drink all day before the game because open container laws are suspended, but the ability to stand in line for 20 minutes to by a 9 dollar bud light is somehow going to be the thing that turns all of our fans into drunken savages fighting each other in the stands? Just take a step back and read the nonsense that you're typing.

 

[skyvue]

They sell alcohol at freaking Chuck E Cheese. Let's get out of here with the idea that you can't sell alcohol at a place that is kid friendly.

I mean responses like this are mind-boggling. People are able to sit around and drink all day before the game because open container laws are suspended, but the ability to stand in line for 20 minutes to by a 9 dollar bud light is somehow going to be the thing that turns all of our fans into drunken savages fighting each other in the stands? Just take a step back and read the nonsense that you're typing.

And you and others keep posting the nonsense that sporting events and restaurants are remotely similar.

 

[mict085]

I’m not against alcohol sales at OU games. I think it’s past time to do this and responsible adults should be afforded the opportunity to indulge if they so choose.

I also believe that OU should have a zero tolerance policy on behavior. Even tho you pay for a ticket, it is still a privilege to attend games. Any unacceptable behavior should be immediately and severely dealt with. Your drunk ass misbehaves and you’re banned for the season.

Treat bad behavior severely and others will understand that you can pay hundreds of dollars to attend games and still be kicked out if you act like an ass. Buying a ticket doesn’t give anyone the right to be an obnoxious drunk.

 

[sperry]

And you and others keep posting the nonsense that sporting events and restaurants are remotely similar.

No, I was refuting the claim that family friendly atmospheres can't sell alcohol. They can and do.

You are entitled to your opinion, but society is overwhelmingly against you on it.

 

[BoulderSooner]

I'm against it, but more for football than the other sports. We'll see how it goes. Not a week goes by that you don't see grown men fist fighting in the stands of NFL games, IMO, in large part due to alcohol.

Some will say fans already show up to games lit, but I've been a season ticket holder for 20 years now, and that isn't really something I've seen much of. Matter of fact, since the campus went dry, I don't see much of it at all. We'll just have to wait and see how it plays out, but I could see this creating an atmosphere that some fans simply won't like. Will it kill OU football attendance? Of course not. But it's pretty silly to make all of these stadium improvements with the "family atmosphere" and "fan experience" in mind, then turn around and start serving alcohol. JMO.

the campus "going dry" had 0 impact on drinking at tailgates or walking with beer pregame outside the stadium so not sure what that changed

 

[coolm]

maybe so, but the campus going dry contributed to a general ideological uniformity that is killing the academic environment of our universities. we keep trying to sanitize our world for our offspring and it's hampering them. check out the new book "The Coddling of the American Mind". I think it should be on campus and if limited at all then limit it at games.