No Beer?

[rslfutbolfan]

Ok...I do drink on occasion. I doubt for the price they would charge at a major league sports event that I would buy one, and certainly not two. BUT...the fact that I wouldnt be able to buy one if I desired kinda bugs me. It would not deter me from attending however. What do the rest of you think???

Checketts May Not Sell Alcohol At RSL Stadium

(KUTV) SANDY, Utah You can expect to find fierce competition in the future of the Real Salt Lake soccer club. You just may not find beer at the new stadium.

Team owner Dave Checketts says he may prohibit alcohol sales at the stadium, but adds that it has nothing to do with religion.

Checketts says he realizes the money loss he would be taking, but says he wants the stadium to be a place for good community entertainment.

[Deuce]

People on BS are debating this ad nauseum... I don't really care about the beer issue at the stadium. To me it is a non-issue.

I like an occasional beer, but I can go 2-3 hours without one at a match...

in fact in my fridge right now is half of a 12 pack of Newcastle Brown Ale I bought on the last Loyalist road trip to Denver.

Speaking of road trips...
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[Jose Luis Luviano]

I am pretty sure that you can't buy beer inside the Santiago Bernabeu and that doesn't stop Ultrassur from acting like complete pendejos, errrr, gilipollas.

But we are going to be able to have proper tailgate parties, with beer, right?

The Houston Texans, the only pro football team (of any kind) worse than RSL also has the happiest fans.

The Texans smell up their field while they're on it, but they encourage their fans to drown their sorrows ahead of time.

Houston, we don't have a problem.

One of the most surprising examples presented of customer satisfaction focuses on the Houston Texans, the NFL's most unsuccessful team this year. Researchers were astonished, the authors say, when the Texans came out far ahead of any other team in a fan satisfaction.
''Turns out the Texans not only topped all the NFL teams in fan satisfaction, they beat every other Major League Baseball team and NBA team to boot!'' Denove and Power write.
One of the keys to the Texans' fan satisfaction success is the emphasis the Texans management places on promoting and facilitating tailgating parties, while most other franchises try to discourage them.
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[Burninator]

Originally Posted by rslfutbolfan

What do the rest of you think???

Well, since you asked...😁

If the fans at Real City prove that they can tolerate their liquor in a civilized and respectful-to-others manner, then I have no problem with Checketts & Co. charging a dollar an ounce for the traditional barley-and-hops sports drink.

On the contrary, if beer were to be a net negative force on the Real City experience, I would be against it. I have no problem respecting the right of someone to drink as long as they respect my right to the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness (this including an enjoyable, if raucous, time supporting Real Salt Lake).

In Provo, if you want to buy a beer at restaurants, you have to buy food to go with it. I believe this is an attempt to prevent drunkenness. If you look at the alcohol content of beer here in the valleys, it is only 3.2% as well. I believe this is also to discourage drunkenness. I have no problem with drinking. I have a big problem with drunkenness, however, and its attendant problems.

:rei: Geoff
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[Aerick]

Originally Posted by Burninator

Well, since you asked...😁

If the fans at Real City prove that they can tolerate their liquor in a civilized and respectful-to-others manner, then I have no problem with Checketts & Co. charging a dollar an ounce for the traditional barley-and-hops sports drink.

On the contrary, if beer were to be a net negative force on the Real City experience, I would be against it. I have no problem respecting the right of someone to drink as long as they respect my right to the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness (this including an enjoyable, if raucous, time supporting Real Salt Lake).

In Provo, if you want to buy a beer at restaurants, you have to buy food to go with it. I believe this is an attempt to prevent drunkenness. If you look at the alcohol content of beer here in the valleys, it is only 3.2% as well. I believe this is also to discourage drunkenness. I have no problem with drinking. I have a big problem with drunkenness, however, and its attendant problems.

:rei: Geoff
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Couldn't have said it better myself.

[clarette]

In my experience, people generally don't get trashed on $6 beer at a stadium.

Really getting trashed at a sporting event requires effort, like doing shots or pounding beers frantically in the parking lot because you don't want the stadium peeps finding your liquor stash.

Just ask half the south end zone at a U of U football game.

[Burninator]

Originally Posted by clarette

In my experience, people generally don't get trashed on $6 beer at a stadium.

Well, if that's the general case, then I say let's have alcohol in the stadium. If at any point the not-so-general case gets out of hand, then we have a problem.

:rei: Geoff
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[prk166]

Originally Posted by Burninator

In Provo, if you want to buy a beer at restaurants, you have to buy food to go with it. I believe this is an attempt to prevent drunkenness. If you look at the alcohol content of beer here in the valleys, it is only 3.2% as well. I believe this is also to discourage drunkenness. I have no problem with drinking. I have a big problem with drunkenness, however, and its attendant problems.

But ti's 3.2 by weight which isn't that far from how some beers like Bass are normally brewed. The elevation helps to pull thing the other way a bit too. And how much alcohol there is in there only means so much. Drinking the beer faster does wonders to offset that.

As for the food policy it only does one thing, gets you to buy the cheapest appitizer available. Afterall, when you're spending $3-$6 for a beer to drink it in public when you could be at home drinking a nice 6 pack of $6-8, spending $5 for some food that you may not even eat (they says you have to buy; they can't force you to eat it) isn't a big deal in that context. If the concern is drunkness, the resteraunts should be limited to how many drinks, let's say 1 or 2, eat hour they can serve a customer. The food clause does wonders for their cash flow and helps their profits. And I'm sure it helps some lawmakers say "I'm doing something to help". But in the end I doubt it does much beyond that.

That said, drunk people suck. Whenever I venture out, I want to bring some duct tape with me to stick on the mouths of the loud ones. If I'm out I just want to have a couple and relax and chat with friends.

And in the context of the stadium, I suspect most fans no matter how they feel about beer being sold don't want to have to deal with really annoying people. Whether it's some drunk guy nearly stumbling down the stairs or some sober lady who has to keep telling her friend outloud how she'd like to be Jaimie's teacher. 😲

What I'm hoping this turns out to be is politics at work. You position yourself this way and that to get yourself to what you really want. I suspect the stadium is what they really want. And if being able to forgoe the million bucks (or whatever it is) that alcohol revenues generate gets them the $45m for the stadium, it seems like a good move. But who knows, in the end we could see that come about in a different way. I wouldn't be suprised to see a bar come into the picture or even a section or two where alcohol can be sold.