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Who Remembers Beer Backpacks at Tulane Stadium?
Posted on 11/29/10 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 11/29/10 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 11/29/10 at 10:02 pm to Stadium Rat
before my time...was it just like a keg on there back and they filled up cups?
Posted on 11/29/10 at 10:05 pm to lighter345
Cold beer, right here...get some toddy for your body.
Posted on 11/29/10 at 10:06 pm to lighter345
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was it just like a keg on there back and they filled up cups?
Yep. Guys walked around Tulane Stadium like beer astronauts.
ETa. There was a black guy outside the stadium selling peanuts.."Peanuts, 10 cents a bag..3 bags for a quarta."
This post was edited on 11/29/10 at 10:08 pm
Posted on 11/29/10 at 10:09 pm to Tigergreg
that is sweet, to bad they would never do that anymore, more money to be made in those bottle beers I guess. Is there any more reasons?
Posted on 11/29/10 at 10:19 pm to lighter345
Yeah, and they used to rotate the brands around the stadium. One brand had the 2 end zones, another had east, and the third has west. Dixie, Falstaff and Jax, I think.
The guys would go back when the tank was empty. They'd sit down, the center cap was popped and they would fill with cold beer out of a tap. The CO2 tank pushed the beer out of the spigot. The cups were stored in the backpack, too.
The guys would go back when the tank was empty. They'd sit down, the center cap was popped and they would fill with cold beer out of a tap. The CO2 tank pushed the beer out of the spigot. The cups were stored in the backpack, too.
Posted on 11/29/10 at 10:25 pm to Stadium Rat
Part of the staium following demolition in 1980. I used to have a couple of the bricks.
Posted on 11/29/10 at 10:29 pm to Tigergreg
Popcorn came in these. When you were done, you could turn them into a megaphone.
Posted on 11/29/10 at 10:33 pm to Stadium Rat
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When you were done, you could turn them into a megaphone.
Yep. I remember them. Do you remember the doubloon inside each program?
Posted on 11/29/10 at 10:42 pm to Tigergreg
Yes to the doubloons. I think I have a complete set.
You can get them cheap on Ebay.
You can get them cheap on Ebay.
This post was edited on 11/29/10 at 10:44 pm
Posted on 11/29/10 at 10:48 pm to Tigergreg
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There was a black guy outside the stadium selling peanuts.."Peanuts, 10 cents a bag..3 bags for a quarta."
I'm pretty sure he said "a dime a bag, 3 bags for a quawta", but thanks for the memory.
Posted on 11/30/10 at 8:19 am to Stadium Rat
Jax Beerman heeyah !!! Getcha cole beeyah heeyah!
Posted on 11/30/10 at 8:52 am to MetryTyger
Yep - as a kid, we used to go scurrying around the stadium after the game, looking for discarded programs and checking to see if any doubloons were left inside. One year they sold a bronze set of the doubloons.
I also recall that the beer back packs caused a few fights in the stands, when the beermen would turn to the side, they would occasionally smack the fan sitting on the aisle in the face with the back of the beerpack.
They went to the beer backpack after they sold beer in a can the first season - too many people were heaving half filled cans on the field at the refs at the end of the games!
I also recall that the beer back packs caused a few fights in the stands, when the beermen would turn to the side, they would occasionally smack the fan sitting on the aisle in the face with the back of the beerpack.
They went to the beer backpack after they sold beer in a can the first season - too many people were heaving half filled cans on the field at the refs at the end of the games!
Posted on 11/30/10 at 8:59 am to Stadium Rat
Yep. Man, you're dating yourself! I remember that. How about that beer vendor named Ding-Ding, remember him? Old white guy, mildly retarded?
Posted on 11/30/10 at 9:02 am to TigerJeff
Lol! Didn't remember his name, but definitely recall the "gifted" beerman.
Posted on 11/30/10 at 9:03 am to Stadium Rat
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Popcorn came in these. When you were done, you could turn them into a megaphone.
I have one of these
This post was edited on 11/30/10 at 9:04 am
Posted on 11/30/10 at 9:22 am to Nissanmaxima
Yep, Rember all that!!!!
Was too young to drink but I'll never forget them carrying those tanks!!
My Pops and uncles would get one and I'd have to pass them down!!!
They would yell, "BOY YOU BETTER NOT SPILL IT"!!!!!!
Was too young to drink but I'll never forget them carrying those tanks!!
My Pops and uncles would get one and I'd have to pass them down!!!
They would yell, "BOY YOU BETTER NOT SPILL IT"!!!!!!
Posted on 11/30/10 at 9:54 am to tigergym
I was just a boy when the Saints played in Tulane Stadium and we had season tickets since '68. There used to be this very feminine guy who sat in the row in front of us. Everytime the Saints made a good play, he'd get up and wave his arms in the air like Richard Simmons, but this guy made Simmons look manly. He had my brothers and I cracking up with his repeated gayness.
Posted on 11/30/10 at 10:45 am to Stadium Rat
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Yeah, and they used to rotate the brands around the stadium. One brand had the 2 end zones, another had east, and the third has west. Dixie, Falstaff and Jax, I think.
The guys would go back when the tank was empty. They\'d sit down, the center cap was popped and they would fill with cold beer out of a tap. The CO2 tank pushed the beer out of the spigot. The cups were stored in the backpack, too.
this sounds so vintage New orleans, sorry I wasnt around to experience it!
Posted on 11/30/10 at 10:59 am to Shankopotomus
The other thing I distinctly recall were the numerous brawls in the stands during the Tulane stadium years. Seemed like every game, people would stop watching the game, and start looking in the stands at the melees. There also were many more fights on the field then what they now allow. Recall when Danny Abramowitz (sp.?) got in the middle of a pack of players fighting and kicked a guy in the arse.
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