The University of Kentucky is one Power Five school that will sell alcohol inside their stadium. Notre Dame and Georgia are two that still do not sell to general admission.
Everyone loves a good college tailgate, even Donald Trump. And while the former president flipped burgers for, and tossed around footballs with, Hawkeyes and Cyclones fans in early September at the annual Cy-Hawk Iowa-Iowa State rivalry game, many tailgaters are used to a much more rowdy time. A growing number of colleges are stocking up on cold ones and adding on alcoholic beverages at their stadium concessions.
huge contributor for the fan base of football is tailgating," said Johnni DiJulius, a four-time NCAA qualifying wrestler at Ohio State University, told Fox News Digital. DiJulius, however, has never consumed alcohol himself. He stands strong in the belief that football is a tailgaters' pastime, while wrestling is a "small, niche" sport and fans will spectate with or without incentives of alcohol.
Let’s say 60,000 fans attend a home WVU football game. There are six home games in the 2023 Mountaineers season. Each domestic beer at Milan Puskar Stadium costs $8.50. The average coal-appreciating Mountaineers fan consumes three beers per game and, for the equation, there are 30,000 fans of legal drinking age participating in a booze-filled game day. For an average game day and time of three hours and 22 minutes, WVU has grossed $765,000. For the season, home games pour in over $4.
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