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Post by Logan on May 3, 2016 5:19:33 GMT -6
If there’s a topic folks in the Mountain State sit up straight for it’s beer. When WVU decided to sell beer at its football games back in 2011, headlines were made. Actually, good headlines were made. Not only were concession sales up ($516,000 in beer sales in the first year alone), calls, arrests and charges filed to police were down after the school canceled the “pass-out” policy. Once you went into the game, you could not leave and return. In March, the school announced the policy has been expanded to basketball games. In recent years, only club-level patrons could purchase beer. Now, if the Coliseum is deemed open for business, the general public will be able to buy beer as well. In Huntington, Marshall athletic director Mike Hamrick has been watching. He sees that, according to WVU, the Mountaineers have made $2.88 million selling beer over five years. And it seems Thundering Herd fans are getting closer to the option at their football games. “We have not made a decision yet,” Hamrick said. “We’re in the process of evaluating it. We do sell beer in the stadium, but it’s in the Big Green Room and people aren’t allowed to take it out into the stadium. See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/sports/20160503/mitch-vingle-beer-here-marshall-might-start-selling-suds-at-games
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