menu
Logo
99+
Bobcat Attack Menu
Logo
99+
Ohio Football Topic
Topic: No BEER allowed in Tailgreat Park?
Page: 1 of 4
Antonio Pierce
General User
AP
Member Since: 10/13/2012
Post Count: 243
person
mail
Antonio Pierce
mail
Posted: 9/17/2014 8:13 PM
settings_applications edit_note
Our office received an email today stating that we would not be permitted to bring alcohol into our tent at our "corporate" event. This was allowed in years past with the proper permitting. Really? I mean REALLY?
Deciduous Forest Cat
General User
DFC
Member Since: 12/20/2004
Location: OH
Post Count: 4,559
person
mail
Deciduous Forest Cat
mail
Posted: 9/17/2014 8:24 PM
settings_applications edit_note
May I ask WTF? I'm bringing my kids so it's not like it's going to be a drinking marathon, but I wouldn't mind having a couple. Are the fun police out in force?
RSBobcat
General User
Member Since: 8/23/2010
Location: Columbus, OH
Post Count: 4,504
mail
RSBobcat
mail
Posted: 9/17/2014 8:31 PM
settings_applications edit_note
Antonio Pierce wrote:expand_more
Our office received an email today stating that we would not be permitted to bring alcohol into our tent at our "corporate" event. This was allowed in years past with the proper permitting. Really? I mean REALLY?
What was "the proper permitting" you refer too?
Antonio Pierce
General User
AP
Member Since: 10/13/2012
Post Count: 243
person
mail
Antonio Pierce
mail
Posted: 9/17/2014 8:45 PM
settings_applications edit_note
Not at the office currently, but I believe it is a state permit filed 30 days prior to the event. Ohio University previously handled the paperwork.
RSBobcat
General User
Member Since: 8/23/2010
Location: Columbus, OH
Post Count: 4,504
mail
RSBobcat
mail
Posted: 9/17/2014 8:58 PM
settings_applications edit_note
Antonio Pierce wrote:expand_more
Not at the office currently, but I believe it is a state permit filed 30 days prior to the event. Ohio University previously handled the paperwork.
Likely then has to do with new licensing the university has for them to sell alcohol - and therefore now they are potentially in violation of that permit if they allow anyone on the premises to consume without purchase from the permit holder. they most likely cannot get both types of permits for the same "address/location". The email or any letters they are sending are covering their liability and legal butts. Will be interesting to see how strictly they enforce this.

Thank your legislators and state government............
Last Edited: 9/17/2014 9:04:39 PM by RSBobcat
OUBobcat13
General User
OUB13
Member Since: 12/8/2005
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Post Count: 285
person
mail
OUBobcat13
mail
Posted: 9/17/2014 9:07 PM
settings_applications edit_note
Antonio Pierce wrote:expand_more
Our office received an email today stating that we would not be permitted to bring alcohol into our tent at our "corporate" event. This was allowed in years past with the proper permitting. Really? I mean REALLY?
Likely has something to do with the proximity of the park to the new liquor license in the tower. When the casino went in next to riverbend in Cincy, the casino has been extremely vigilant on not letting people drink in the parking lot due to their liquor license.
OhioStunter
General User
Member Since: 2/18/2005
Location: Chicago
Post Count: 2,516
mail
OhioStunter
mail
Posted: 9/17/2014 9:41 PM
settings_applications edit_note
RSBobcat wrote:expand_more
Not at the office currently, but I believe it is a state permit filed 30 days prior to the event. Ohio University previously handled the paperwork.
Likely then has to do with new licensing the university has for them to sell alcohol - and therefore now they are potentially in violation of that permit if they allow anyone on the premises to consume without purchase from the permit holder. they most likely cannot get both types of permits for the same "address/location". The email or any letters they are sending are covering their liability and legal butts. Will be interesting to see how strictly they enforce this.

Thank your legislators and state government............
I do wonder what they could do to enforce it. A ticket? That's probably the cost of a permit. And would the university want a PR issue on their hands by ticketing donors during the first home game?
oldkatz
General User
O
Member Since: 12/22/2004
Post Count: 1,461
person
mail
oldkatz
mail
Posted: 9/17/2014 10:48 PM
settings_applications edit_note
OhioStunter wrote:expand_more
Not at the office currently, but I believe it is a state permit filed 30 days prior to the event. Ohio University previously handled the paperwork.
Likely then has to do with new licensing the university has for them to sell alcohol - and therefore now they are potentially in violation of that permit if they allow anyone on the premises to consume without purchase from the permit holder. they most likely cannot get both types of permits for the same "address/location". The email or any letters they are sending are covering their liability and legal butts. Will be interesting to see how strictly they enforce this.

Thank your legislators and state government............
I do wonder what they could do to enforce it. A ticket? That's probably the cost of a permit. And would the university want a PR issue on their hands by ticketing donors during the first home game?

People were ticketed last year at Homecoming.
RSBobcat
General User
Member Since: 8/23/2010
Location: Columbus, OH
Post Count: 4,504
mail
RSBobcat
mail
Posted: 9/17/2014 11:04 PM
settings_applications edit_note
OhioStunter wrote:expand_more
Not at the office currently, but I believe it is a state permit filed 30 days prior to the event. Ohio University previously handled the paperwork.
Likely then has to do with new licensing the university has for them to sell alcohol - and therefore now they are potentially in violation of that permit if they allow anyone on the premises to consume without purchase from the permit holder. they most likely cannot get both types of permits for the same "address/location". The email or any letters they are sending are covering their liability and legal butts. Will be interesting to see how strictly they enforce this.

Thank your legislators and state government............
I do wonder what they could do to enforce it. A ticket? That's probably the cost of a permit. And would the university want a PR issue on their hands by ticketing donors during the first home game?
The risk to the university is a fine and potential loss of their liquor/beer/wine permit - not to mention the mud in OUr eyes.

Again - thank your legislators and state government - or you could get involved and lobby/vote for change in OHIO laws - but I doubt if enough will for enough to do that - as has not changed much since the end of prohibition.........
Antonio Pierce
General User
AP
Member Since: 10/13/2012
Post Count: 243
person
mail
Antonio Pierce
mail
Posted: 9/18/2014 7:10 AM
settings_applications edit_note
RSBobcat wrote:expand_more
Not at the office currently, but I believe it is a state permit filed 30 days prior to the event. Ohio University previously handled the paperwork.
Likely then has to do with new licensing the university has for them to sell alcohol - and therefore now they are potentially in violation of that permit if they allow anyone on the premises to consume without purchase from the permit holder. they most likely cannot get both types of permits for the same "address/location". The email or any letters they are sending are covering their liability and legal butts. Will be interesting to see how strictly they enforce this.

Thank your legislators and state government............
I do wonder what they could do to enforce it. A ticket? That's probably the cost of a permit. And would the university want a PR issue on their hands by ticketing donors during the first home game?
The risk to the university is a fine and potential loss of their liquor/beer/wine permit - not to mention the mud in OUr eyes.

Again - thank your legislators and state government - or you could get involved and lobby/vote for change in OHIO laws - but I doubt if enough will for enough to do that - as has not changed much since the end of prohibition.........
What is the difference between this year and last? I understand alcohol will be served in the tower. Last year alcohol was served just outside the Convo for the Bobcat Club and I assume will continue this year. Are we sure the University is not changing its policy to its own perceived benefit? If tent areas are not allowed to have alcohol brought in then the assumption is that no tailgaters near the Stadium can have alcohol either. How is this to be enforced? If it is enforced then we are killing the tailgate atmosphere for the average joe so that the Tower Club can drink?
Scott Woods
General User
SW
Member Since: 12/20/2004
Location: On the banks of the Ohio, OH
Post Count: 243
person
mail
Scott Woods
mail
Posted: 9/18/2014 7:35 AM
settings_applications edit_note
I got an e-mail yesterday from the Bobcat Club. At the end of the section where it talks about the "Hospitality Village", it states:

Ohio Bobcat Club wrote:expand_more
Also, new this year, a beer garden will be added in the Pepsi Tailgreat Park area.
I wonder if that has anything to do with it?
SBH
General User
SBH
Member Since: 12/20/2004
Post Count: 4,679
person
mail
SBH
mail
Posted: 9/18/2014 9:06 AM
settings_applications edit_note
There's your answer. It's a money grab by Athletics. Not surprising.
The Situation
General User
Member Since: 7/13/2010
Location: Columbus, OH
Post Count: 957
mail
The Situation
mail
Posted: 9/18/2014 9:20 AM
settings_applications edit_note
Tailgating without alcohol is like building a foundation without mortar, both are critically flawed if asked to support a large crowd.

I brought friends to tailgate at Tailgreat Park for each Saturday game last year. I have ZERO percent interest in returning.

What a pathetic lack of accommodation for season ticket holders.
OU_Country
General User
Member Since: 12/6/2005
Location: On the road between Athens and Madison County
Post Count: 8,401
mail
OU_Country
mail
Posted: 9/18/2014 10:13 AM
settings_applications edit_note
Scott Woods wrote:expand_more
I got an e-mail yesterday from the Bobcat Club. At the end of the section where it talks about the "Hospitality Village", it states:

Also, new this year, a beer garden will be added in the Pepsi Tailgreat Park area.
I wonder if that has anything to do with it?

I'm curious how this affects other parking areas that people tailgate in?

I'll admit a sizable part of the allure of Ohio Football is the nice, relaxed, family friendly tailgating. For me that includes 2-3 adult beverages in the plastic cup while cooking on the Coleman, and having some chips & dip. I'm not insulting the football itself, but much of why I come is for the great fall gameday atmosphere that has been developed over the last 5-6 years.
Alan Swank
General User
AS
Member Since: 12/12/2004
Location: Athens, OH
Post Count: 7,375
person
mail
Alan Swank
mail
Posted: 9/18/2014 10:22 AM
settings_applications edit_note
SBH wrote:expand_more
There's your answer. It's a money grab by Athletics. Not surprising.
So let me get this right, it's o.k. for the common man to buy beer and drink outside the statement before the game , but inside the stadium that same man morphs into something else and can't purchase a beverage.
west side cat
General User
WSC
Member Since: 11/7/2012
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Post Count: 130
person
mail
west side cat
mail
Posted: 9/18/2014 10:36 AM
settings_applications edit_note
Agree with oucountry, was really looking forward to tailgating with my wife and daughter who's a junior this year, and that would include a couple jacki o's, but now I have to hide it like a teenager? I've never witnessed anyone doing stupid stuff in tailgreat park, this is ignorant. What about other lots?
OhioStunter
General User
Member Since: 2/18/2005
Location: Chicago
Post Count: 2,516
mail
OhioStunter
mail
Posted: 9/18/2014 10:45 AM
settings_applications edit_note
oldkatz wrote:expand_more
Not at the office currently, but I believe it is a state permit filed 30 days prior to the event. Ohio University previously handled the paperwork.
Likely then has to do with new licensing the university has for them to sell alcohol - and therefore now they are potentially in violation of that permit if they allow anyone on the premises to consume without purchase from the permit holder. they most likely cannot get both types of permits for the same "address/location". The email or any letters they are sending are covering their liability and legal butts. Will be interesting to see how strictly they enforce this.

Thank your legislators and state government............
I do wonder what they could do to enforce it. A ticket? That's probably the cost of a permit. And would the university want a PR issue on their hands by ticketing donors during the first home game?

People were ticketed last year at Homecoming.
I would have submitted a copy of that ticket, along with a voided check written out to the university for the amount of the fine (the donation they could have had), to McDavis and the Board of Trustees.
Last Edited: 9/18/2014 10:52:47 AM by OhioStunter
Antonio Pierce
General User
AP
Member Since: 10/13/2012
Post Count: 243
person
mail
Antonio Pierce
mail
Posted: 9/18/2014 11:11 AM
settings_applications edit_note
With all due respect the majority of our attendees do not come for the football game. They come for the overall experience which includes a football game. Restrictions on alcohol consumption greatly changes the atmosphere. Who wants to be corralled into a fenced off area to drink separate from other friends and family?
Speaker of Truth
General User
ST
Member Since: 1/26/2011
Post Count: 448
person
mail
Speaker of Truth
mail
Posted: 9/18/2014 11:21 AM
settings_applications edit_note
This is rough, but has nothing to do with Athletics. If Athletics could sell alcohol at every event they would, so they are certainly not anti-alcohol. I remember the OU police threatening to arrest people the last couple of years, and some of the higher ups in the Athletics getting into heated arguments with them. If I recall, I remember hearing the officer say he would shut this whole operation down. The money made off a beer garden would be minor compared to the money lost from a policy like this. It is more likely that this mandate came down from the police and the beer garden is Athletics trying to make up for it. Blame this one on state government not OU Athletics.
OUs LONG Driver
General User
OLD
Member Since: 12/20/2004
Location: Copley, OH
Post Count: 707
person
mail
OUs LONG Driver
mail
Posted: 9/18/2014 11:34 AM
settings_applications edit_note
Enforcement is the key. I spent Sunday morning in the Munilot in Cleveland. They recently "banned" alcohol consumption there. Police walked through several times, but 90% of the people were drinking out in the open. Most in plastic cups but not everyone even bothered with that. There were beer bong towers, flip cup tables, etc right out in the open and none of those people I saw were hassled.
bobcat695
General User
B695
Member Since: 12/20/2004
Location: Parkersburg, WV
Post Count: 1,345
person
mail
bobcat695
mail
Posted: 9/18/2014 11:37 AM
settings_applications edit_note
I plan to enjoy Saturday afternoon in Tailgreat Park in the same manner I have before every single game since 1991. I will be surprised if any officer approaches us any differently in the past. This is a college football game, which for most of us is an all day event. I hope the powers to be realize this and behave with the same level of adult civility 99% of Ohio fans show each and every game.
BillyTheCat
General User
BTC
Member Since: 10/6/2012
Post Count: 10,801
person
mail
BillyTheCat
mail
Posted: 9/18/2014 11:40 AM
settings_applications edit_note
OhioStunter wrote:expand_more
Not at the office currently, but I believe it is a state permit filed 30 days prior to the event. Ohio University previously handled the paperwork.
Likely then has to do with new licensing the university has for them to sell alcohol - and therefore now they are potentially in violation of that permit if they allow anyone on the premises to consume without purchase from the permit holder. they most likely cannot get both types of permits for the same "address/location". The email or any letters they are sending are covering their liability and legal butts. Will be interesting to see how strictly they enforce this.

Thank your legislators and state government............
I do wonder what they could do to enforce it. A ticket? That's probably the cost of a permit. And would the university want a PR issue on their hands by ticketing donors during the first home game?
You do not know or understand the new chief then. He cares not about PR, but he's all about policing. Hell they just put radar in their cars this summer, and are now greatly involved in writing speeding tickets. This is something he very well may attack with vigor!
BillyTheCat
General User
BTC
Member Since: 10/6/2012
Post Count: 10,801
person
mail
BillyTheCat
mail
Posted: 9/18/2014 11:42 AM
settings_applications edit_note
Antonio Pierce wrote:expand_more
Not at the office currently, but I believe it is a state permit filed 30 days prior to the event. Ohio University previously handled the paperwork.
Likely then has to do with new licensing the university has for them to sell alcohol - and therefore now they are potentially in violation of that permit if they allow anyone on the premises to consume without purchase from the permit holder. they most likely cannot get both types of permits for the same "address/location". The email or any letters they are sending are covering their liability and legal butts. Will be interesting to see how strictly they enforce this.

Thank your legislators and state government............
I do wonder what they could do to enforce it. A ticket? That's probably the cost of a permit. And would the university want a PR issue on their hands by ticketing donors during the first home game?
The risk to the university is a fine and potential loss of their liquor/beer/wine permit - not to mention the mud in OUr eyes.

Again - thank your legislators and state government - or you could get involved and lobby/vote for change in OHIO laws - but I doubt if enough will for enough to do that - as has not changed much since the end of prohibition.........
What is the difference between this year and last? I understand alcohol will be served in the tower. Last year alcohol was served just outside the Convo for the Bobcat Club and I assume will continue this year. Are we sure the University is not changing its policy to its own perceived benefit? If tent areas are not allowed to have alcohol brought in then the assumption is that no tailgaters near the Stadium can have alcohol either. How is this to be enforced? If it is enforced then we are killing the tailgate atmosphere for the average joe so that the Tower Club can drink?
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!!!!
BillyTheCat
General User
BTC
Member Since: 10/6/2012
Post Count: 10,801
person
mail
BillyTheCat
mail
Posted: 9/18/2014 11:43 AM
settings_applications edit_note
SBH wrote:expand_more
There's your answer. It's a money grab by Athletics. Not surprising.
+1

They simply want into your pockets!
ohiobobcats1
General User
O1
Member Since: 12/27/2012
Post Count: 46
person
mail
ohiobobcats1
mail
Posted: 9/18/2014 12:17 PM
settings_applications edit_note
To clarify, new this season OUPD in conjunction with state liquor control is not permitting those individuals with tents in Tailgreat Park to sell or distribute alcohol to their guests. Those groups with tents will be placed inside the "beer garden" area where fans will be allowed to purchase alcohol on their own for $5. Other fans (those that do not have tents) will be permitted in this area to purchase alcohol as well.

Please note that this does not affect tailgating in other lots or out of individual cars in Tailgreat Park. Fans are encouraged to tailgate responsibly, provided that they do not take up any adjacent parking spaces.

Also, it should be noted that Ohio Athletics and Ohio University are not profiting off of this new policy. Alcohol sales in Tailgreat Park are being run by non-profit groups which are keeping all proceeds. The rationale behind this decision was simply motivated by a desire to comply with state and local law enforcement.

Feel free to contact your Ohio Ticket Sales Team account representative with any questions about gameday.

Ohio Ticket Sales Team
740-593-9687
Showing Messages: 1 - 25 of 80
reply
vertical_align_top
vertical_align_center
vertical_align_bottom
add_comment
chevron_forward
MAC News Links



extra small (< 576px)
small (>= 576px)
medium (>= 768px)
large (>= 992px)
x-large (>= 1200px)
xx-large (>= 1400px)