Comprehensive survey of football experience.

[JesseTU]

It is a licensing issue - but it could also be a facilities issue. I'd have to check the laws (new, old, in between), but IIRC you have to have areas set aside for service of "intoxicating" beverages (low point beer is sold under the myth that it is "non intoxicating") that restrict access to minors ("21 and over beyond allowed beyond this point"). If the ratio of sales gets skewed, the location then becomes a bar with restricted ages throughout. I have never researched how that works in a large venue...but they are issues to consider. Also, there is the issue of dram shop exposure. Low point is considered usually less of a risk (whether it is or not).

Not that it really matters. It appears the University doesn't have a high-point license of any kind. Sodexo does. Presumably the other vendors have individual licenses also (OTC or low-point licenses are not listed on ABLE, obviously):
https://www.ok.gov/able/documents/CAT.pdf

https://www.ok.gov/able/Monthly__Reports/index.html

 

[Gmoney4WW]

All QT workers are not going to have to be 21. SQ 792 would require that employees at grocery and convenience stores be at least 18 in order to handle or sell beer or wine. Employees at liquor stores must be 21. All that stuff is going to be different. You guys are thinking we may still hold onto a lot the BS regs we had before. That is why we passed the law, to get rid of yesterdays BS.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

My only question is will they get a wine license. I doubt it, but the question still lingers for me. There will now be three licenses, all through the Able commission for Beer, Wine, and Spirits.

 

[TUBballJunkie]

I think Jesse is talking about customers, not employees/servers.

Like how at the craft beer cart at Drillers there is the rope barrier thing that says only 21+ allowed into the line. That's not the case at the concessions where it's just Bud and the like. Or restaurants that have signage not allowing minors to sit at the bar or get past a certain point bc they sell more intoxicating stuff.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

I was only using that as an example. I am assuming the 21+ thing for the beer/wine line will exist for any and all situations considering it will be controlled by Able. That was not my argument. I just don't think it will be a facilities issue. As far as I understand it, all restrictions for any seller(whether it is event sales or not) have been thrown out. There be no more non alcoholic 3.2% restrictions remaining. And I seriously doubt TU will voluntarily search out a vendor that will sell them 3.2% beer. Plus there probably won't be a lot of suppliers of 3.2% in Oklahoma anyway. Look at the section on the left highlighted in gray.

 

[Tulsafanzz]

Did anyone who filled out the survey get their free tickets yet? I could've used extra tickets for today!

 

[Gmoney4WW]

No I didn't yet. If they don't get them out this week I'll probably call them again. Hopefully they get them out for SMU.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Did anyone who filled out the survey get their free tickets yet? I could've used extra tickets for today!

Called Trowbridge(TUtickets) to ask some questions about the promotion on the 'Cincy' thread on the basketball board. I just went ahead and asked him about the gift tickets for filling out the survey while I had him on the phone. He said he wasn't sure, but he thought the tickets for filling out the survey would be for the USF or E Carolina game. Sorry BBjunkie.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

In my conversation with Trowbridge he mentioned a few items of interest. He said that they were following the Tulsa Drillers on some of the marketing ideas they were pushing, like the bench involvement for groups that they were promoting in the ad he posted.

Even though that was not under his control, we talked about alcohol content, since we were already on the topic of the drillers. He said since they had just started it, and they were testing it out with low alcohol content at first. Expectedly, he said he thought they might change it when the laws changed in the next couple of years.

He appreciated the comments. Amongst other suggestions I said I thought they should make a beforehand mention of a gift as enticement for filling out the survey.(not a specific mention of tickets) He told me he would mention it to the marketing department because they were always looking for feedback, positive and negative. He also said he agreed with me on this issue. He mentioned that he and the marketing department look on here from time to time to get some feedback from the diehards.

He talked about how the diehards always showed up, so they weren't going to chase them with promotions, and that it was just this town which was difficult to market to. Which was the reason behind making the bench involvement promotion, in order to give them another reason to show up & have fun.

I got the impression that he and the marketing department would like it very much to receive more calls of this nature from rivals board members.

 

[TUBballJunkie]

Fwiw I answered my survey from a casual fan perspective too. What I think worked at UH to make me want to spend my time and money at a school I don't even like.

And IMHO, Drillers success starts with getting people in the gates at appropriate price points. And then you keep people there or coming back with solid food/drinks and promotions.

I like the ticket promo for a big game this week. Get people in there for some high level hoops and show them a great time.