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Beer sales at Nippert
Article in today's WSJ about increasing numbers of schools selling beer at college football games. Just curious, as far back as I can remember going to games (mid 70's) they have sold beer at Nippert. Anyone remember a time when you could not get beer there?
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RE: Beer sales at Nippert
When it's closed.
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RE: Beer sales at Nippert
There were no beer sales at Nippert during Prohibition.
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RE: Beer sales at Nippert
Need to have a $5 beer at the games...
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RE: Beer sales at Nippert
Beer is on tap at more major college football games than ever, and universities are not going to be calling off their keg orders anytime soon.
A decade ago, the number of top-tier Division I schools selling booze to the masses at their football games was less than a dozen. Heading into the 2018 season, 52 out of 129 Football Bowl Subdivision programs have turned on the taps at either on- or off-campus venues.
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RE: Beer sales at Nippert
I still remember going to the Great Midwest Conference basketball tournament in Memphis and hearing the old geezer alumni complaining that you couldn't get a beer at the game there (as they were downing a few in the hotel bar before going to the game).
UC used to be one of the few universities to have beer sales at their athletic events. Not so much these days.
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08-18-2019 11:56 AM |
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RE: Beer sales at Nippert
And yet the penalties for underage students caught drinking on campus keep getting more and more onerous.
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08-18-2019 04:28 PM |
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RE: Beer sales at Nippert
I remember hearing, as UC joined the Big East, that we had to get a special waiver from the league to sell beer at our football games.
I am not sure how true that was. However, as I remember the WV fans in our stands, I can believe it. Most of them sitting near us were using the game to sober up. They were in awe that beer was actually sold in the stadium.
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08-18-2019 04:49 PM |
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RE: Beer sales at Nippert
(08-18-2019 04:49 PM)ucbandguy Wrote: I remember hearing, as UC joined the Big East, that we had to get a special waiver from the league to sell beer at our football games.
I am not sure how true that was. However, as I remember the WV fans in our stands, I can believe it. Most of them sitting near us were using the game to sober up. They were in awe that beer was actually sold in the stadium.
Most of the WVU fans I saw at the games were unable to see the game.
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RE: Beer sales at Nippert
It’s Cincinnati. There is beer sold everywhere. We know how to handle it. Unlike those hillbillies from the holler.
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08-18-2019 06:45 PM |
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RE: Beer sales at Nippert
Bring back Pabst Blue Ribbon on tap!
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RE: Beer sales at Nippert
(08-18-2019 04:49 PM)ucbandguy Wrote: I remember hearing, as UC joined the Big East, that we had to get a special waiver from the league to sell beer at our football games.
I am not sure how true that was. However, as I remember the WV fans in our stands, I can believe it. Most of them sitting near us were using the game to sober up. They were in awe that beer was actually sold in the stadium.
I remember hearing that as well.
I found this article from 2016 which says that in the Big 10, only Minnesota and Maryland allow beer sales to general seating. Surprised Wisconsin isn't in that group. Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Nebraska, and Northwestern are dry in the whole stadium.
The whole stadium makes some sense because it's at least consistent. But I always thought it was odd to make it only available in luxury suites. For workers, it's a fireable offense to have alcohol on campus. For students, it's a huge fine and potentially getting kicked out of school. For middle class patrons, you'll get escorted off campus & arrested. But if you're wealthy, then it's ok.
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RE: Beer sales at Nippert
(08-18-2019 08:53 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote: (08-18-2019 04:49 PM)ucbandguy Wrote: I remember hearing, as UC joined the Big East, that we had to get a special waiver from the league to sell beer at our football games.
I am not sure how true that was. However, as I remember the WV fans in our stands, I can believe it. Most of them sitting near us were using the game to sober up. They were in awe that beer was actually sold in the stadium.
I remember hearing that as well.
I found this article from 2016 which says that in the Big 10, only Minnesota and Maryland allow beer sales to general seating. Surprised Wisconsin isn't in that group. Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Nebraska, and Northwestern are dry in the whole stadium.
The whole stadium makes some sense because it's at least consistent. But I always thought it was odd to make it only available in luxury suites. For workers, it's a fireable offense to have alcohol on campus. For students, it's a huge fine and potentially getting kicked out of school. For middle class patrons, you'll get escorted off campus & arrested. But if you're wealthy, then it's ok.
Really, its a fine and potentially getting kicked out of school for students these days? When I lived in Calhoun, we used to have pony kegs in our room with great regularity. Other students would stop in a get a glass when on a brief study break.
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08-18-2019 09:31 PM |
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RE: Beer sales at Nippert
(08-17-2019 08:24 PM)mptnstr@44 Wrote: There were no beer sales at Nippert during Prohibition.
My guess is someone like George Remus had a speakeasy within close proximity of Carson Field/Nippert. I’ve seen all the yearbooks from that period and some other pics— those people partied pretty hard at UC during that era.
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RE: Beer sales at Nippert
(08-18-2019 09:31 PM)Bruce Monnin Wrote: (08-18-2019 08:53 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote: (08-18-2019 04:49 PM)ucbandguy Wrote: I remember hearing, as UC joined the Big East, that we had to get a special waiver from the league to sell beer at our football games.
I am not sure how true that was. However, as I remember the WV fans in our stands, I can believe it. Most of them sitting near us were using the game to sober up. They were in awe that beer was actually sold in the stadium.
I remember hearing that as well.
I found this article from 2016 which says that in the Big 10, only Minnesota and Maryland allow beer sales to general seating. Surprised Wisconsin isn't in that group. Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Nebraska, and Northwestern are dry in the whole stadium.
The whole stadium makes some sense because it's at least consistent. But I always thought it was odd to make it only available in luxury suites. For workers, it's a fireable offense to have alcohol on campus. For students, it's a huge fine and potentially getting kicked out of school. For middle class patrons, you'll get escorted off campus & arrested. But if you're wealthy, then it's ok.
Really, its a fine and potentially getting kicked out of school for students these days? When I lived in Calhoun, we used to have pony kegs in our room with great regularity. Other students would stop in a get a glass when on a brief study break.
Ok, I'm exaggerating that one. It's not that way for everyone. But it is that way for fraternities on a lot of campuses nowadays (including my undergrad alma matter Case Western). When I was an undergraduate in the early 2000s, it was a $1000 fine for having a keg on campus property but pretty much anything else was winked at. But a few years ago, a fraternity got kicked off campus when a drunk non-affiliated freshman showed showed up during a party & was denied entry. They were a byproduct of misguided zero-tolerance policies - now the party scene has moved off campus where it's completely unregulated.
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RE: Beer sales at Nippert
In 1985, we had a party on our floor of Calhoun. The rule was no more than two kegs were allowed on any floor (honestly, or RA said that was the university rule), so we had two on our 5th floor, and had friends store two more kegs on the 6th floor and two on the 4th floor.
When one keg would blow, we would roll the empty to the elevator and exchange it for a full keg from one of the other floors.
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RE: Beer sales at Nippert
I spoke to a guy who lives near me who played UC Football in the mid 50s. He said they always sold beer at Nippert as far as he can recall, even before he came to campus.
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08-21-2019 08:08 AM |
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RE: Beer sales at Nippert
(08-21-2019 08:08 AM)CliftonAve Wrote: I spoke to a guy who lives near me who played UC Football in the mid 50s. He said they always sold beer at Nippert as far as he can recall, even before he came to campus.
Thank you...sort of what I was looking for
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08-22-2019 05:54 AM |
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RE: Beer sales at Nippert
(08-22-2019 05:54 AM)cmhcat Wrote: (08-21-2019 08:08 AM)CliftonAve Wrote: I spoke to a guy who lives near me who played UC Football in the mid 50s. He said they always sold beer at Nippert as far as he can recall, even before he came to campus.
Thank you...sort of what I was looking for
My guess is, having read a lot of the old Cincinnatian yearbooks a few times the past couple years, is that aside from the Prohibition era, booze was always available at Carson Field/Nippert Stadium. Goes back to city's heritage and the fact that at the turn of the 20th century they were hosting violent events like Flag Rush and Mat Days on the same grounds.
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08-22-2019 08:18 AM |
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RE: Beer sales at Nippert
(08-19-2019 09:05 AM)Captain Bearcat Wrote: (08-18-2019 09:31 PM)Bruce Monnin Wrote: (08-18-2019 08:53 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote: (08-18-2019 04:49 PM)ucbandguy Wrote: I remember hearing, as UC joined the Big East, that we had to get a special waiver from the league to sell beer at our football games.
I am not sure how true that was. However, as I remember the WV fans in our stands, I can believe it. Most of them sitting near us were using the game to sober up. They were in awe that beer was actually sold in the stadium.
I remember hearing that as well.
I found this article from 2016 which says that in the Big 10, only Minnesota and Maryland allow beer sales to general seating. Surprised Wisconsin isn't in that group. Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Nebraska, and Northwestern are dry in the whole stadium.
The whole stadium makes some sense because it's at least consistent. But I always thought it was odd to make it only available in luxury suites. For workers, it's a fireable offense to have alcohol on campus. For students, it's a huge fine and potentially getting kicked out of school. For middle class patrons, you'll get escorted off campus & arrested. But if you're wealthy, then it's ok.
Really, its a fine and potentially getting kicked out of school for students these days? When I lived in Calhoun, we used to have pony kegs in our room with great regularity. Other students would stop in a get a glass when on a brief study break.
Ok, I'm exaggerating that one. It's not that way for everyone. But it is that way for fraternities on a lot of campuses nowadays (including my undergrad alma matter Case Western). When I was an undergraduate in the early 2000s, it was a $1000 fine for having a keg on campus property but pretty much anything else was winked at. But a few years ago, a fraternity got kicked off campus when a drunk non-affiliated freshman showed showed up during a party & was denied entry. They were a byproduct of misguided zero-tolerance policies - now the party scene has moved off campus where it's completely unregulated.
If students were kicked out for having alcohol on campus and getting busted by their RAs, half my floor during freshman year would've gotten the boot.
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