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Okay, apology in advance because I get tired of the endless line of threads related to booze in TCF and here I am posting one. Perhaps it is because I generally avoid them is the reason I am asking the following questions. If this has been spelled out here before and I missed it... sorry about that too.
It is my understanding that the legislature has created an environment where the University can sell booze, as long as it is to everyone in the stadium that is of-age. It is well understood that the University doesn't want to sell booze at Gopher games (and I'm not suggesting digging up that debate again). There is the precident where most on-campus facilities around the country do not sell booze because of the large numbers of students at university-connected events. I get all of that.
What I don't understand is why the University also insists in maintaining the dry stadium during non-university events. For example, the U2 concert didn't have a college "feel" to it at all - it was a rock concert. I also keep hearing that the winter classic likely wouldn't be held at TCF because there wouldn't be booze available at an NHL game.
Why wouldn't it be easy to draw a line between university-events, and non-university events held at the stadium? Sell booze for a U2 concert in July, but don't sell booze at a homecoming concert in October... and of course all Gopher football games. It seems simple to me but I'm just a regular guy with a question, sitting at a keyboard.
It is my understanding that the legislature has created an environment where the University can sell booze, as long as it is to everyone in the stadium that is of-age. It is well understood that the University doesn't want to sell booze at Gopher games (and I'm not suggesting digging up that debate again). There is the precident where most on-campus facilities around the country do not sell booze because of the large numbers of students at university-connected events. I get all of that.
What I don't understand is why the University also insists in maintaining the dry stadium during non-university events. For example, the U2 concert didn't have a college "feel" to it at all - it was a rock concert. I also keep hearing that the winter classic likely wouldn't be held at TCF because there wouldn't be booze available at an NHL game.
Why wouldn't it be easy to draw a line between university-events, and non-university events held at the stadium? Sell booze for a U2 concert in July, but don't sell booze at a homecoming concert in October... and of course all Gopher football games. It seems simple to me but I'm just a regular guy with a question, sitting at a keyboard.