stonecrest
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They just need to add 10 more minutes to halftime......
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Beer in the Stadium
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grizcountry420 said:
I'm not about to change my game day activity to make the mambypambys happy. You dont like people in Montana drinking, go home to where ever you came from. And I will remind you what Norman Maclean said, no one in Montana considers drinking beer as drinking.
grizcountry420
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NorthEndZoneDan said:
You are a bad fan and I'm sure you're not the only guy in the North Endzone named, Dan..
grizcountry420 said:
Good comment 420 but the truth is I take 5 minutes to find and drink a 3.2 beer and 35 minutes is spent trying to find a restroom to get rid of the 3.2 beer.
live4dagriz
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I leave at half most games but am almost always back by KO or the first series. Plenty of time to get to the GSA tailgate, get and drink two beers, and get back in.
It takes some planning-saving tickets from pregame and knowing the fastest entrances and exits but it can be done.
It takes some planning-saving tickets from pregame and knowing the fastest entrances and exits but it can be done.
As the beer Nazi would say...."No beer for you!"
UM not concerned about emptying stadium at half; alcohol sales not in plans
• By AJ Mazzolini
Joe Glenn was fond of his time inside Washington-Grizzly Stadium. Even pre-expansion, during his brief stay as Montana head football coach in 2000 and '01, the Griz drew frequent crowds of 18,000.
Years later he'd tell stories of Wa-Griz's impact on visiting foes. Those tales trickled back to the Grizzly players when Glenn's South Dakota Coyotes came to Missoula for a game in 2012.
"It's funny; I had a friend who went there," relayed senior Montana cornerback Nate Harris, a freshman in that year's game. "(Glenn) talked about how they had to get on us and fast in the third quarter 'cause the fans are all out tailgating."
Washington-Grizzly is notoriously light in attendees around halftime as fans stream outside to continue tailgating, as allowed by official UM policy. As the years went by, some fans have grown increasingly more bold, delaying their return. At Montana's most recent home game, the loss to Weber State on Oct. 10, the sell-out crowd of 25,500 still had major cleavages running through it as the third quarter expired.
The mass vacancy is hard not to notice, but it's a minor negative that the university isn't worried about avoiding, Montana Athletic Director Kent Haslam explained.
"Quite honestly, we have not had a lot of discussions about keeping fans in at halftime," he said. "It'd be great to have more people in the stands, but ... letting the facility breath has worked pretty well."
Montana's tailgating policy allows for re-entry with a ticket and hand stamp, and Haslam said he loves that Griz supporters utilize that option. With narrow concourses and limited restroom facilities, at least compared to the stadium's capacity (25,217), the place could be a zoo should all those people mill around and remain within the gates.
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Harris said all the players are aware of the suddenly unoccupied seats, numbering in the thousands each week, and the void in noise that accompanies the vacancies. But they don't care, he said.
"You hope not; you hope they're just coming out and playing the game," Montana head coach coach Bob Stitt added. "We definitely would like to have our fans out there in the third quarter and we've been taking the ball first so they're having their offense out there (to start the third).
"It's not the same without the fans in here. We'd love to have them stay and cheer us on in that first series."
One option often floated to retain some spectators involves serving alcohol for the general seating population, something UM currently does not do at any of its facilities. Beer sales could keep more fans out of the parking lots at tailgates as well as increase revenue.
In September, Montana State mulled the idea, which could also help limit binge drinking and increase fan safety.
That discussion, which Haslam said UM has not had in detail, has two main snags in Missoula. Stadium-wide beer sales would invariably cannibalize Montana's famous tailgating scene and any added revenue would not stay within the athletic department.
The department contracts all its concessions for sporting events through UM Dining Services for a flat annual rate of $20,000. Dining Services collects the revenue from home games.
"Any of the profit that is taken off of that, we'd have to renegotiate or figure out how that would be split," said Haslam, who reiterated the conversation, which would include Montana President Royce Engstrom, is not one UM is having at this time.
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Montana allows alcohol sales only in private suites and club sections of its events. That includes the Canyon Club on the east side of Wa-Griz and the Sky Club above Dahlberg Arena in the Adams Center. Drinks may not be removed from those areas.
The policy is fairly consistent throughout the Big Sky Conference, where general seating beer sales are available in only three locations. North Dakota and Northern Colorado each serve alcohol throughout their various arenas, while Portland State does for football only.
The Vikings play their football as off-campus tenants of Providence Park, home of Major League Soccer's Portland Timbers.
Beer is not sold at any NCAA championship event, ranging from basketball's Final Four to the FCS championship game.
Griz fans will continue to have their opportunities to imbibe on game days, Haslam assured. Tailgates close down much of Campus Drive, various parking lots and nearby fields on Saturdays.
"Part of the real draw of the University of Montana is our tailgating," Haslam said. "I hear that constantly from opposing teams when they come here. Their administrators and others just say, 'Boy, I wish we could replicate this where we're at.'
"It's a carnival and it's a party and it's fun."
A party with strict policies that is. Fans may bring their own drinks to private tailgates, and no sale of alcohol is allowed outside of the official Grizzly Scholarship Association tailgate.
Fans may not begin their festivities more than 2 hours in advance and are restricted from continuing beyond kickoff of the second half of the football game.
Shepherding 10,000 fans back to their seats, though, appears to take the length of the third quarter.
UM not concerned about emptying stadium at half; alcohol sales not in plans
• By AJ Mazzolini
Joe Glenn was fond of his time inside Washington-Grizzly Stadium. Even pre-expansion, during his brief stay as Montana head football coach in 2000 and '01, the Griz drew frequent crowds of 18,000.
Years later he'd tell stories of Wa-Griz's impact on visiting foes. Those tales trickled back to the Grizzly players when Glenn's South Dakota Coyotes came to Missoula for a game in 2012.
"It's funny; I had a friend who went there," relayed senior Montana cornerback Nate Harris, a freshman in that year's game. "(Glenn) talked about how they had to get on us and fast in the third quarter 'cause the fans are all out tailgating."
Washington-Grizzly is notoriously light in attendees around halftime as fans stream outside to continue tailgating, as allowed by official UM policy. As the years went by, some fans have grown increasingly more bold, delaying their return. At Montana's most recent home game, the loss to Weber State on Oct. 10, the sell-out crowd of 25,500 still had major cleavages running through it as the third quarter expired.
The mass vacancy is hard not to notice, but it's a minor negative that the university isn't worried about avoiding, Montana Athletic Director Kent Haslam explained.
"Quite honestly, we have not had a lot of discussions about keeping fans in at halftime," he said. "It'd be great to have more people in the stands, but ... letting the facility breath has worked pretty well."
Montana's tailgating policy allows for re-entry with a ticket and hand stamp, and Haslam said he loves that Griz supporters utilize that option. With narrow concourses and limited restroom facilities, at least compared to the stadium's capacity (25,217), the place could be a zoo should all those people mill around and remain within the gates.
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Harris said all the players are aware of the suddenly unoccupied seats, numbering in the thousands each week, and the void in noise that accompanies the vacancies. But they don't care, he said.
"You hope not; you hope they're just coming out and playing the game," Montana head coach coach Bob Stitt added. "We definitely would like to have our fans out there in the third quarter and we've been taking the ball first so they're having their offense out there (to start the third).
"It's not the same without the fans in here. We'd love to have them stay and cheer us on in that first series."
One option often floated to retain some spectators involves serving alcohol for the general seating population, something UM currently does not do at any of its facilities. Beer sales could keep more fans out of the parking lots at tailgates as well as increase revenue.
In September, Montana State mulled the idea, which could also help limit binge drinking and increase fan safety.
That discussion, which Haslam said UM has not had in detail, has two main snags in Missoula. Stadium-wide beer sales would invariably cannibalize Montana's famous tailgating scene and any added revenue would not stay within the athletic department.
The department contracts all its concessions for sporting events through UM Dining Services for a flat annual rate of $20,000. Dining Services collects the revenue from home games.
"Any of the profit that is taken off of that, we'd have to renegotiate or figure out how that would be split," said Haslam, who reiterated the conversation, which would include Montana President Royce Engstrom, is not one UM is having at this time.
***
Montana allows alcohol sales only in private suites and club sections of its events. That includes the Canyon Club on the east side of Wa-Griz and the Sky Club above Dahlberg Arena in the Adams Center. Drinks may not be removed from those areas.
The policy is fairly consistent throughout the Big Sky Conference, where general seating beer sales are available in only three locations. North Dakota and Northern Colorado each serve alcohol throughout their various arenas, while Portland State does for football only.
The Vikings play their football as off-campus tenants of Providence Park, home of Major League Soccer's Portland Timbers.
Beer is not sold at any NCAA championship event, ranging from basketball's Final Four to the FCS championship game.
Griz fans will continue to have their opportunities to imbibe on game days, Haslam assured. Tailgates close down much of Campus Drive, various parking lots and nearby fields on Saturdays.
"Part of the real draw of the University of Montana is our tailgating," Haslam said. "I hear that constantly from opposing teams when they come here. Their administrators and others just say, 'Boy, I wish we could replicate this where we're at.'
"It's a carnival and it's a party and it's fun."
A party with strict policies that is. Fans may bring their own drinks to private tailgates, and no sale of alcohol is allowed outside of the official Grizzly Scholarship Association tailgate.
Fans may not begin their festivities more than 2 hours in advance and are restricted from continuing beyond kickoff of the second half of the football game.
Shepherding 10,000 fans back to their seats, though, appears to take the length of the third quarter.
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statler & waldorf
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20 minute halftime. Time to leave, push through the crowds, get and drink TWO GSA beers and get back by kickoff or first possession. Sounds like a newly minted 21 year old, or just another alcoholic. Pint of Fireball empty? Why not get your wife, or a designated driver so you can drink all the way home. You could piss on every third bush along side the road, like my Black Lab. Drinking IS that important. Your ticket, your decision.
The 'get on them and quick(third quarter)'cause they're all at the tailgates' quote about Glenn is the most telling part of the article.
The 'get on them and quick(third quarter)'cause they're all at the tailgates' quote about Glenn is the most telling part of the article.
griz5700 said:
I'm with you. My first Griz game was in the fall of 1979 and over the last 36 years I've sat my ass down for countless hours. I'm done with people telling me how the f*ck to behave, :thumb:
If I have my way there will be ice cold beer running free at the drinking fountains, popcorn will be fifty cents a box, and the Kiss Cam will be shoved up Peter Christian's hiney! (Just kidding about that last part.)
