Beer sales in stadium

[flyfishgriz]

Only problem I see is the the pisser line will become even longer.[/quote

Portable piss stations that have trough style design similar to what they have at rockin the rivers concert venue is very efficient and can accommodate 20 guys at a time.

Speaking of accommodating 20 dudes at a time. PR has been pretty quiet lately, is he exhausted?

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[Gaeilge1]

There was some discussion on this issue some time back and there was concern about needing BOR approval. I think Oregon State is also going to sell beer this year for the first time. Indication from OSU is they're gonna charge $8.00 per beer! That's the only way they can make the projected revenue. If I'm in Vegas at Spearmint Rhino I might buy an $8.00 beer, but not at WaGriz.

A cursory look at the math shows that if a stadium sells 12,500 beers a game at $8.00 a pop they would gross $100,000. Assuming $10K in expenses per game you would have to average better than 11 home games a year to approximate $1M in revenue. Even then you will be short. When discussing this we should at least be realistic on revenue projections.

I have no problem with the concept as long as I can go out at the half and not only get a reasonably priced, possibly free, beer but a snack as well. Otherwise I can always head over to the Press Box, watch the rest of the game and enjoy a reasonably priced brew.

 

[kemajic]

I would readily trade the ability to leave at halftime for beer sales within. We have tailgates before and after the game and some of us just aren't fast enough anymore to fight the crowd and get there and back without missing a lot of the game, particularly from the upper deck. I drive over 300 miles each way to see ALL the game.

As it relates to price, we sell beers for $4.50 to $5.50 at the local Pioneer League games, half the price as at MLB venues. That should be a better benchmark. We use volunteer boosters, which negate the labor uptick, in fact, it is the non-profit boosters that own beer supply, do the alcohol training, cover the insurance, etc. and simply return a major portion of the profits to the team. It can be done. The rest of the profits go to support local baseball programs in the area. It's not chump change even for events that average only about 3500 attendance.

 

[Grizbeer]

OK, what is the reason that UM doesn't sell beer in the stadium?

I asked this question when Wayne Hogan was AD, more related to sales in Dahlberg during basketball games, his answer was that it had to do with Montana Liquor laws and the catering license they use for the SkyClub. Montana of course sell alcohol during games, but only in the stadium club section.

edit - last year the Missoulian addressed this in an article:

http://missoulian.com/sports/college/montana/football/um-not-concerned-about-emptying-stadium-at-half-alcohol-sales/article_e1bbe9b7-f7a8-5581-ab65-0b60804031f6.html

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.

 

[AllWeatherFan]

The ayes have it. Motion carries.

 

[grizfan406]

Let's sell beer and some weed, would solve all of our financial needs no prob!

 

[UMGriz75]

Alcohol was a strict no-no on campus for a long time. Hunter S. Thompson refused to appear unless his contractual bottle of Chivas Regal was provided, and Bob Pantzer finally relented to ASUM Programming's plea to please allow them to provide his Chivas. Since then, selected events, and key locations, routinely provide alcohol.

Beer is now regularly sold on Campus at the Iron Griz gastropub, which has the most advanced beer-serving taps around (they fill the glass from the bottom, through the bottom).

Beer sales would be a big plus for Football, and a huge plus for Basketball.

Do it.

 

[fanofzoo]

Always thought it was very unfair to serve beer in the sky club and not to the masses. Either everyone gets to have some or nobody does. :beer2:

I need a good cause, out with the torches and pitchforks. rotesst:

 

[lotsa]

It would be great to have the concession and they could cut it off before the 4th quarter or something to placate some of the concern. However, based on the quality of concessions now it is hard to imagine them handling the expansion. They are out of water on game one, coffee is gone before half time on cold days and they refuse to pour a soft drink before it is ordered even when the lines are backed up. UM concessions is already missing the boat and should be revamped, whether they expand to beer and wine or not.

 

[spsyk]

Got a long this far without sales in either stadium, enough drunk student walking around now without sales,next you will be asking for safe zones, and pot smoking zones for medicinal purposes, tailgate before and after game is enough, watch football with a clear head and prepare for the drive home.

 

[tgreseth]

 

[AllWeatherFan]

Beer:

 

['68griz]

Let's sell beer and some weed, would solve all of our financial needs no prob!

 

[UMGriz75]

Got a long this far without sales in either stadium, enough drunk student walking around now without sales,next you will be asking for safe zones, and pot smoking zones for medicinal purposes, tailgate before and after game is enough, watch football with a clear head and prepare for the drive home.

This fine young lad arrived at the game schnockered. I doubt he would make it to the concessions to get more, not dressed like that anyway. I also doubt most attendees would get more than 2-3 during the course of the game, in large part due to the inevitable lines.

 

[kemajic]

It would be great to have the concession and they could cut it off before the 4th quarter or something to placate some of the concern. However, based on the quality of concessions now it is hard to imagine them handling the expansion. They are out of water on game one, coffee is gone before half time on cold days and they refuse to pour a soft drink before it is ordered even when the lines are backed up. UM concessions is already missing the boat and should be revamped, whether they expand to beer and wine or not.

We sell our beer at the Pioneer League baseball games separate from normal concessions, much of it from portable kiosks. Keeping the revenues separate also enables a separate negotiation for profits. The league rules prohibit sales after the 7th inning, so closing at the end of the 3rd quarter makes sense. If I recall, that's what they do at UNC. Of course, there aren't many customers left watching their games in the fourth quarter anyhow.

 

[Buttegrizzle]

Who is voting against beer?

 

[grizpsych]

Weirdly, I thought I posted here before but it's not showing up. Regardless, my argument was, why would the U sell beer at Football games. The only reason my graduate Alma matter (Kent State University) did it was to get more people to the games. UM sells out most every game. There is no point.

Edit: With that written, I voted for beer!

 

[PlayerRep]

Weirdly, I thought I posted here before but it's not showing up. Regardless, my argument was, why would the U sell beer at Football games. The only reason my graduate Alma matter (Kent State University) did it was to get more people to the games. UM sells out most every game. There is no point.

Edit: With that written, I voted for beer!

You are an idiot. Beer would be sold to increase revenues for the athletic department. Do you think professional teams like the Broncos or Seahawks sell beer to attract more fans to games?

 

[George Ferguson]

I would love to see beer sales at Wash-Griz. But, it's a well known fact that, as some mentioned above, the stadium configuration (concourses, bathrooms) are one of the biggest stopping points on the issue. I hadheard talk in the past about the possibility of a beer garden style situation outside each endzone, but, obviously, that idea never gained traction either.

 

[fanofzoo]

Weirdly, I thought I posted here before but it's not showing up. Regardless, my argument was, why would the U sell beer at Football games. The only reason my graduate Alma matter (Kent State University) did it was to get more people to the games. UM sells out most every game. There is no point.

Edit: With that written, I voted for beer!

My wife reads egriz. Only one t in alma mater. :mrgreen:

She wants beer too.