Groo thinks the south side renovations scheduled for Sanford Stadium are a precursor to another change.
I believe this project might eventually have a side effect related to another story from earlier in the year. In the spring we learned that there would be no alcohol sales in Sanford Stadium in 2022. Other Georgia venues from Stegeman Coliseum to the softball and baseball fields began selling beer this past year. From my visits to those venues, it didn’t seem like a big deal. We’ve also seen alcohol sales at other SEC football stadiums, and, again, no big deal. I don’t think anyone making the decisions at Georgia is opposed to alcohol sales at Sanford Stadium.
It’s more likely that the delay in selling alcohol at Sanford Stadium has to do with limited space in key areas of the stadium – particularly on the south side. It’s a constraint we pointed out right away since the SEC loosened its restrictions in 2019. Adding beer lines to the already-cramped concourses would invite disaster and make the game experience even less enjoyable for fans. I don’t particularly care if fans want to waste time in line for a beer. I do care about main walkways or even other concessions being choked off by those lines.
With expanded southside concourses and an opened-up Gate 9 area, there will be room for standalone beer stations on all sides of the stadium. Reed Alley on the north side has plenty of space. The Gate 6 area can work for the east stands. Once this project has been completed I think we’ll see Georgia move forward with alcohol sales at Sanford Stadium.
Hmmm. Maybe. Looks like another money versus tradition debate could be coming.
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Bathroom lines. If you’re talking beer you gotta think about bathroom lines. Especially where us Flomax users sit. Sheesh.
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Extra points for thinking a head, Hogbody
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Nice pun.😉
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how hard is it to build a cow trough type pisser to maximize space in the existing bathrooms instead of urinals?
in the Netherlands, dudes just pee outside in open stalls at games…and no one looses their minds.
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I remember going to high school games in my hometown as a kid, and the entire bathroom was troughs, with one walled off toilet if you had more to do than pee. You could fit twice as many people in there as you could with urinals.
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“…a cow trough type pisser… ”
Oh, you mean like the ones at Neyland? Or like the old ones at North Ave? I distinctly remember the urinals in the old East stands were elevated and you had to climb a flight of steps to piss in the concrete trough. Sounds really progressive to me!!!!!
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Immediately thought of Neyland as well! I see puke orange and white when I hear the phrase “cow trough urinal”
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The whole damn world is a latrine, sir.”
Ranger Al Jacobs
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Ya got peeps making yellow snow, ya got sperm whales doing what ever in the water, ya got squirrels peeing on the road prior to being road kill, ya got the airlines dumping their port-o-potty at 34,000 feets…after a few rounds in Margaritaville, I’m peeing in the bushes…#WE’LLLEAVETHESEATUPFORYA!
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Maybe they’re gonna put in a standalone Bulldawg Brewery where they serve up Natty Ice on Draft.
#GoDawgs
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How does this help Kirby recruit?
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You forgot to put the quotes around “tradition.”
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I will say that whatever the reason for the decision you don’t want to make the current situation worse with beer/pee lines. Arguably, if it was any other facility but Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium the Fire Marshal could limit attendance. He’d be mercilessly harassed, but there would be stats to support the decision.
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It’s all about, and only about, available space. The vendors (Aramark) are cramped in there now. There is no room for beer storage, let alone keg boxes. That will change with the renovation, and we’ll all be treated to shitty seltzers, $16 Terrapin, Bud Light, and the Official Beer of UGA Athletics, Dos Equis.
Moorehead is clearly on board with beer sales, he’s just concerned with the optics a tiny bit. The additional revenue will wash away that concern quickly.
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That’s a bunch of bull shit. It’s skimming at its finest; trying to make the rich people who aren’t rich enough to afford a box feel special for a few years. “You’re not as good as them but you’re better than those other folks; we can’t even trust them with beer! You? You’re our kind of people. Long as the check clears.”
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I feel like I’m missing some of your point. What’s a bunch of bullshit?
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Aramark is a special kind of awful.
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Maybe, but so is every other concessions company
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If they are holding off on beer sales due to the tight quarters in the stadium, particularly on the South side of Sanford, I am pleasantly surprised and happy. So much of the time, it feels like average season ticket holders are last on the list. We can wait until the renovations are completed.
Along those lines, have you seen the Gamecock football video with Shane Beamer talking to his players about the sacrifices that Gamecock fans make to watch them play? It might not be inspirational to the players, but my Gamecock friends are over the moon.
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“Gamecock friends”.
🎵 Where the whiskey drowns
And the beer chases
My blues away
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They are the most “expectant” fans anywhere.
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Expectorant, too!
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Excellent paraphrase, you Gotdam Hippie, you!!!
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Straight outa Haight-Ashbury.
Peace, love, the Dawgs.
✌🏻
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There is nothing wrong with a trough style urinal. You guys must be either too young to have seen them or so old you have forgotten, but Sanford used to have trough style pissers. In fact, the Augusta National had trough style pissers forever. They are a much more efficient use of space, and after walking around drinking beer all day watching golf, who care where you pee.
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Whattaya mean “…who care(sic) where you pee”??
FCOL, there ARE standards, none of which exist at such dives as Neyland, The Joke, Willie B, et al.
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…And believe me when I say they are definitely NOT American!!
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LOL, you got me. But you used “sic” on a football blog? You are correct, I should have typed “cares”. It was just a typo. I stand by my original sentiment. When you gotta pee, you gotta pee. Who cares if it’s a trough or stand alone urinal.
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“I stand by my original sentiment.”
I’d wager you stand when you pee too.
😉
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Now BULLDAWG Bill,
I personally don’t give a muLLLLen about kneeland, historic Mark Richt field, or that concrete monstrosity in souf care’lineuh.
I DO however remember with great fondness the galvanized latrines at the old ditch lizard bowl. The womens urination facilities couldn’t handle the volume of pee’ers of fairer sex when they partook of the WLOCP. Ergo, they visited the mens facilities. This was WAY, WAY before any issues of the sexes using the “wrong” restroom!!
Good times!!
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Ain’t a damn thing wrong with a trough. Better than the trash can. Of course one has to be careful when micturating in public with youngsters as The Jesus of The Big Lebowski and Jesus Rolls fame discovered. Next thing you know you’re going door to door informing your neighbors that you’re a sex offender.
“Eight year olds, Dude.”
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Pederass.
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Aww, c’mon, Ranger!!! Even a great neanderthal like you’s gotta admit that a single is preferable to the cattle trough!!
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I prefer not to piss in porcelain or to waste clean water flushing it away. A tree line is best but I’ll piss while pumping gas.
Here’s a little mental gymnastics for you, Bill. Compare the cranial capacity of a Neanderthal with modern humans. I appreciate the compliment.
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Well, at least you know a good compliment when you hear/read it!!
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