I can NOT wait for the new stadium! It will be so much more convenient for me. I just hope there is plenty of room for tailgating  Hopefully they will have a good sound system inside and some nice score boards and a jumbotron would be awesome. Are we sure that they won't be allowed to sell beer at the stadium? Just curious….

FLNATIVE said

I can NOT wait for the new stadium! It will be so much more convenient for me. I just hope there is plenty of room for tailgating  Hopefully they will have a good sound system inside and some nice score boards and a jumbotron would be awesome. Are we sure that they won't be allowed to sell beer at the stadium? Just curious….

I think the NCAA has a rule about not serving beer at stadiums. I know the Swamp only offered water, Gatorade and soda.

You're right…private box may be different but regular seats, no sir.

III. Recommendations

The NCAA Executive Committee recommends that all member institutions and conferences be encouraged to:

·        Prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages during all preseason, regular season, conference and postseason intercollegiate athletic events.  Alcoholic beverages should not be sold or otherwise made available for public consumption in the athletics facility during intercollegiate athletics events.

·        Promote legal and responsible use of alcohol by fans outside the stadium or arena (e.g., tailgating).  To the extent that an institution can preclude the sale of alcohol outside the stadium or arena, those efforts should be made.  When such restrictions are not feasible, an institution should visibly promote the legal and responsible use of alcohol for all fans associated with the event.

·        Prohibit on-site alcohol advertising during all preseason, regular season, conference and postseason intercollegiate events.  Except when expressly prohibited by prior contract, institutions should preclude advertising, banners and signs of displays for liquor, beer (including nonalcoholic beer) or wine products.  Any permanently affixed or leased advertising, including banners, signs or displays in the facility, should be covered during the event.

·        Prohibit media advertising of alcoholic beverages that exceed six percent alcohol by volume.  Immediately prior to, during and subsequent to televised competition, institutions should preclude media advertising of alcoholic beverages that exceed six percent alcohol by volume.

·        Limit advertising of malt beverages, beer and wine products that do not exceed six percent alcohol by volume and include content that emphasizes legal use of alcohol.  These advertisements could include tag lines such as “Drink Responsibly and “Be Legal.”  Such advertisements should not compose more than 14 percent of the space in any game publications; not more than 60 seconds per hour of any telecast or broadcast or not more than one hundred twenty (120) seconds total in any telecast or broadcast.  Any such content should include an appropriate focus on legal and responsible use of alcohol.

·        Provide programs and resources for education, prevention and treatment of alcohol abuse.

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This begs the question, if they are only recommendations, why not allow the responsible sale of alcohol within the stadium, 2 beer limit per purchase, highly visible wristbands that must be worn while drinking, no alcohol sold after beginning of 3rd quarter.  New Orleans Bowl had alcohol and it was a "post-season intercollegiate athletic event", and schools that use off-site stadiums are allowed, its silly to disallow it for our on-campus stadium.

owlcountry said

are those orange seats?

RhodeIslandOwl said

owlcountry said

are those orange seats?

Red, I assume. Which is good, you know… fans in blue shirts, red seats. FIU is doing blue seats so we can't do the same thing.

owlcountry said

RhodeIslandOwl said

owlcountry said

are those orange seats?

Red, I assume. Which is good, you know… fans in blue shirts, red seats. FIU is doing blue seats so we can't do the same thing.

Why is it so hazy? Is that from the wild fires?

I don't think those seats are "representative". Only part of the stadium will actually be individual seats (the club area). The rest will be benches that may or may not be painted.

Lm77 said

I don't think those seats are "representative". Only part of the stadium will actually be individual seats (the club area). The rest will be benches that may or may not be painted.

Man… it would look phenomenal if it were painted. It would be a landmark, that's for sure.

BocaCoop said

owlcountry said

RhodeIslandOwl said

owlcountry said

are those orange seats?

Red, I assume. Which is good, you know… fans in blue shirts, red seats. FIU is doing blue seats so we can't do the same thing.

Why is it so hazy? Is that from the wild fires?

It's the smoke from all the bars that will spring up around campus once FAU becomes a traditional college, ya know… there WAS a person on this board a long time ago that was going to open up an FAU bar… guess that didn't come to pass.

I wish "University Commons" had been like…. Wawa's, Bru's Room, Dave 'n' Buster's, Papa John's, Blockbuster, etc