Nathan,
 
The NCAA *does* PROHIBIT BEER/alcohol from the NCAA Championship.
I've attended every final four since Albany in 1992(?) and there
has been no beer...not even in Milwaukee.
 
-Carol
 
On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Nathan Eric Hampton wrote:
 
> I'm not so sure the NCAA bans beer. I think it is up to the arena and
> the contract negotiations they have with the NCAA. I know for darn sure
> there was no beer in Cincinatti as we all had to sit there for hours
> waiting for the ice to harden. That is the only time I was glad they
> didn't sell beer, because I would have been so drunk before the game
> started!!!
> Providence didn't sell, but I'm sure they did in Milwaukee ('93 and '97)
> and in St. Paul. Albany, I'm not sure of.
> Okay, Hockey-Lers -- which finals do you remember being able to sip your
> favorite beverage and enjoy the greatest game on earth?
>
> Nathan Eric Hampton
>
> Ben Flickinger wrote:
> >
> > >What remains to be seen, however ... is what
> > >impact the new AHL team will have on Riverhawk
> > >attendance. One of the major disadvantages the
> > >college game has in such challenges is the ban on
> > >alcoholic beverages at all NCAA events.
> >
> > This is not entirely true. Alcohol is banned at all NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP
> > events. The NCAA allows beer at regular season events, at the school's
> > discretion. They sell beer at UNO hockey games, and I believe I've seen em
> > sell it at Husker football, Colorado football, Creighton basketball, etc.
> > The NCAA does ban it during tournies and playoffs though.
> >
> > Ben F.
> > U!N!O! U!N!O!
> >
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