According to a report from USA Today, the city of Knoxville is not happy with how beer sales have gone at Neyland Stadium. The report suggests the city wants to suspend beer sales for at least three home games next season after having three instances of underage alcohol sales and the behavior of fans...

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The stakes in the dispute are high. The city is seeking at minimum to suspend beer sales for three home games in the 2023 season, with the possibility of revoking Aramark's license entirely.

Hearing officer and attorney Loretta Cravens will decide Dec. 19 whether Aramark has a case to strike portions of the city's original complaint, filed in response to three underage alcohol sales at the stadium this season. She will decide then to either set a final hearing to decide whether Aramark's permits should be suspended or revoked - or if no action is necessary.

(The Spun)

Filed Under: Tennessee Sports

Originally published on SECRant.com

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The Ramp•16 months

Three? That's all?!?!?!?!

monsterballads•16 months

suspend beer sales so people sneak in hard liquor and become even worse? not very forward thinking there

75503Tiger•16 months

Hilbillies been smugglin shine fo yeyahs son, dey caint stop em from getting snookered

AndrewD•17 months

they acted like idiots in tiger stadium too

InVolNerable•16 months

I agree. Raping the hosts by 4 TDs isn't very cordial.

UAinSOUTHAL•17 months

100K people for each home game this year and they had THREE people get beer underage. That is remarkable it was that low. Sounds like someone just doesn't like the university. The people in that stadium sloshed on beer would have just been sloshed on something else. Suspending beer sales does nothing.

tigerpawl•17 months

J6 lives….

Cheese Grits•17 months

Butt chugging about to make a big comeback?

RockyRococco•17 months

oh my god who the hell cares. people will just get shredded at the tailgate and sneak a pint of juice in where the sun don't shine.

lsusteve1•17 months

Read this in Peter's voice

DeafVallyBatnR•17 months

Amatuers

Play_Neck•17 months

that's rough man

lsudave1•17 months

On the one hand, this is a bunch of pearl clutching. On the other, frick Aramark. I'm torn.

LuciusSulla•17 months

On the one hand, this is a bunch of pearl clutching. On the other, frick Aramark. I'm torn.

tigerbutt•17 months

Are you drunk?

Lynxrufus2012•17 months

You can say that again and again.

sportjunkie69•17 months

LuciusSulla•17 months

On the one hand, this is a bunch of pearl clutching. On the other, frick Aramark. I'm torn.

sportjunkie69•17 months

Agree

LuciusSulla•17 months

On the one hand, this is a bunch of pearl clutching. On the other, frick Aramark. I'm torn.

sportjunkie69•17 months

Completely

VolNavy98•17 months

I have been to more games than I can count at Neyland and Even before beer sales people would smuggle hard liquor into the games. They will never stop people from getting drunk or drinking at games. I have gone to the bathroom and found empty 5ths of liquor bottles in the bathroom stalls where people have filled their cups with it. Eliminating beer sales will not prevent people from people getting hammered before the games and smuggling in liquor.

KAGTASTIC•17 months

This is the case everywhere, and an obvious take. And beer sales haven't stopped the sneaking in tradition. Now stadiums are held accountable like bars/restaurants. Different times and scenarios.

Hotgin•17 months

Knoxville has the time and resources to go after their school because of a couple
Drunk college kids at a football game… the city must have zero crime

Knox_Titan•17 months

Well obviously not since under age drinking is...a crime.

real turf fan•17 months

The Knoxville Beer Board, yes, there is such a thing, is infamous. They use 'cadets' to go in and make buys so that fines can be assessed.
In restaurants, one cadet goes to the john, the five at a table are all legal aged and they order five beers, the cadet comes back, takes one beer and takes a drink. Arrested !!!! and the manager gets fined, the bar gets fined and the city makes money. The three citations above were all to 'cadets'. ONLY THREE. those dudes you can be sure were working every home game continually.

And the Beer Board is separate from the hard liquor board.

I'm surprised a manager hasn't gone postal on the Beer Board.

bluewatersailor•16 months

Truth. I owned several restaurants. The ABC board that gives you your license for alcohol will send in an underage kid that looks 45 years old and have them order a drink during your busiest rush hour then fine you and threaten your license. It's really entrapment but you can't beat the government at any level 3 violations among 100,000 fans is a joke.

imjustafatkid•17 months

I feel like a little self awareness would have told them how this would go.

michaeldwde•17 months

Because there definitely won't be any drunk fans, if they do that... :/

Lynxrufus2012•17 months

suspend French's mustard sales in knoxville! That is the true root of the problem.

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