Cal Golden Bears Football to play at AT&T Park in 2011

[OMMF]

Cal will take a hit on attendance as ATT seats 45,000 for football compared with 71,000 at Memorial Stadium, but while the school will have to pay rent, the fact that beer could be sold may lessen that expense. But the cost of the endzone seats were was lesser, but Cal has 38,000 season ticket holders and who knows what it will be as Cal moved to PSLs...err a stadium renovation fee too.

Could != will. I thought the same thing when I found out Wazzu was going to play a yearly game at Qwest Field. Nope. Taps have been covered and no alcohol has been sold.

[gueman]

Cal will take a hit on attendance as ATT seats 45,000 for football compared with 71,000 at Memorial Stadium, but while the school will have to pay rent, the fact that beer could be sold may lessen that expense. But the cost of the endzone seats were was lesser, but Cal has 38,000 season ticket holders and who knows what it will be as Cal moved to PSLs...err a stadium renovation fee too.

Could != will. I thought the same thing when I found out Wazzu was going to play a yearly game at Qwest Field. Nope. Taps have been covered and no alcohol has been sold.

I didn't think the venue mattered, it was an NCAA rule.

[The_Admiral]

I'm glad the NCAA has that rule. It makes sure that college football crowds are well-behaved and drive home safely after games.

[illwauk]

Poor photo as the west sideline will not be shared by both teams.

I'm glad they're doing away with that. I never liked the shared sideline.

Does anyone know why they do/did that. They used to do it at County Stadium when the Packers played, but I've seen plenty of photos of the layout and it always looked like there was more than enough room on the other sideline.

[dfwabel]

Cal will take a hit on attendance as ATT seats 45,000 for football compared with 71,000 at Memorial Stadium, but while the school will have to pay rent, the fact that beer could be sold may lessen that expense. But the cost of the endzone seats were was lesser, but Cal has 38,000 season ticket holders and who knows what it will be as Cal moved to PSLs...err a stadium renovation fee too.

Could != will. I thought the same thing when I found out Wazzu was going to play a yearly game at Qwest Field. Nope. Taps have been covered and no alcohol has been sold.

I didn't think the venue mattered, it was an NCAA rule.

I'm glad the NCAA has that rule. It makes sure that college football crowds are well-behaved and drive home safely after games.

It is only a rule for NCAA sponsored events (championships). The school can do whatever it desires with a conferences' permission. Syracuse still sells at the Carrier Dome, Memphis sells at the Liberty Bowl and Sun Life Stadium (Miami Hurricanes) sells alcohol along one upper deck sideline. 18 teams still sold alcohol during their football games in 2009. That is down from 20 in 2008. Six schools sold within on-campus venues, including Tulsa (a church based school).

Cal's AD said that, "all amenities of AT&T would be available," but when asked about beer sales, she indicated that it has not been ruled out. Heck, outside Memorial Stadium, they have a FanFest and even sell Pyramid Ale.

List of schools that sold from 2008 This list is partial since it does not include Syracuse.

[FiddySicks]

I've been to U of Nevada games, had beer there. Been to the Emerald Bowl, had beer there. Been to the Rose Bowl, had beer there. So beer can definitely be sold at all three levels, Regular season, minor bowl games, and BCS games (unless the Rose Bowl isn't technically considered a BCS bowl). So how exactly does this work? Everything I've seen seems conflicting. I can't imagine the BCS National Chamiponship Game doesn't sell beer with a crowd that large.

[dfwabel]

I've been to U of Nevada games, had beer there. Been to the Emerald Bowl, had beer there. Been to the Rose Bowl, had beer there. So beer can definitely be sold at all three levels, Regular season, minor bowl games, and BCS games (unless the Rose Bowl isn't technically considered a BCS bowl). So how exactly does this work? Everything I've seen seems conflicting. I can't imagine the BCS National Chamiponship Game doesn't sell beer with a crowd that large.

The BCS title game, like the FBS as a whole, is not sponsored by the NCAA. The "winner" never receives a NCAA trophy like Duke did for basketball.

Meanwhile, the FCS championship is sponsored, so the playoff games if off campus and the title game in Chattanooga does not serve.

The Rose Bowl game serves, but beer is not sold during UCLA games.

[dfwabel]

TCF Bank Stadium may start serving.

Minn. Senate Passes Bill to Allow Limited Alcohol Sales at TCF

Under the latest proposal, the university could permit alcohol in the stadium's premium seats provided that at least one third of the general seating area also offered alcohol. The proposal would also give wide latitude to the school to designate which general seating areas would have alcohol, a move that could lead to issuing wrist bands or creating so-called beer tents.

Seventy-five percent of the revenue from the alcohol sales would go to scholarships for undergraduate students from Minnesota whose families had an annual adjusted gross income of less than $100,000.

[The_Admiral]

Okay. Now expand the seating so the Vikings can use it.

[rams80]

Okay. Now expand the seating so the Vikings can use it.

That's not happening.

The reason they kept the seating relatively low was to minimize the number of opposing fans (such as Iowa and Wisconsin) who can show up to games and ultimately take over the stadium.

[The_Admiral]

Well, if it becomes a matter of expanding the stadium for the Vikings so that they don't move away because the state isn't building a fourth tax palace in fifteen years, one would like to think they'd abandon silly Big Ten gamesmanship for a greater good.

[OMMF]

Well, if it becomes a matter of expanding the stadium for the Vikings so that they don't move away because the state isn't building a fourth tax palace in fifteen years, one would like to think they'd abandon silly Big Ten gamesmanship for a greater good.

Ha ha, I got it. That was funny.

You were kidding, right?

[rainmaker17]

They don't serve at Texas games either. The funny thing is the sheer number of booze-fueled tailgate parties all around the stadium, not to mention the scores of liquor bottles in the bathrooms by halftime. UT officials spin the gameday atmosphere as "family friendly," which is laughable.

[dfwabel]

They don't serve at Texas games either. The funny thing is the sheer number of booze-fueled tailgate parties all around the stadium, not to mention the scores of liquor bottles in the bathrooms by halftime. UT officials spin the gameday atmosphere as "family friendly," which is laughable.

They do not serve in DKR-Memorial, but I recall having a parking pass which gave all of us access to a Athletic Dept. related tents which were laid with straw and served booze. While seven years ago, I think it was the "Champions Club". Getting this back to Berkeley, they have a similar operation on tennis courts next to Memorial Stadium.

Baton Rouge is the capital of sneaking in bottles or flasks hands down.

FYI- for those of age, buying a football 'girdle' a good investment for holding a 200ml bottle and still get past a patdown.