Dry Season
By Mitch Berg
The U of M Board of Regents bans alcohol at all U of M athletic events
In a separate measure, the board voted 10-2 in favor of a ban on alcohol at TCF Bank Stadium, set to open on campus in the fall.
I’m trying to remember the last time anyone told me it was possible to watch GoGo football without being hammered.
The move comes after lawmakers passed a measure requiring the university to sell alcohol throughout the school’s new football stadium, or not sell it at all. The university’s original plan was to sell alcohol to fans in premium suites.
That’s right – it was our DFL legislature who decided that if students didn’t have access to booze, then they’d be damned if the people in the skyboxes would!
Thank you, legislature, for looking out for that key liberty!
June 25th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
It will probably be like days gone by at the old brickhouse….55 gallon drums at the entrances for the deposit of liquor confiscated from people trying to smuggle it in. Ahhh…..the good old days!
June 25th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
With all the 11 a.m. games that the Gophers will be playing, you’ll see a lot of liquid breakfasts in Dinkytown on game day. That should work well.
June 25th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
On a related note, they also decided to raise tuition 15%.
June 25th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Here in California we have these things called “ID’s”. If you want a beer someone looks at it and if you’re not 21, you don’t get the beer. Novel concept, huh? Rumor has it this system has even been tried at the Metrodome since 1982.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:38 am
Note to self: check on wholesale price of flasks.