UNL Board of Regents to vote on alcohol sales at Husker basketball games
As alcohol sales at college sporting events become more common by the day, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents is now scheduled to vote on whether to do it at Husker games.
HuskerOnline confirmed with a source on Wednesday morning that alcohol sales at NU athletics events at Pinnacle Bank Arena would be put to a vote in their next meeting on Sept. 30.
Regent and gubernatorial candidate Jim Pillen later confirmed to KFAB’s Ian Swanson that the meeting agenda only includes alcohol sales at Pinnacle Bank Arena and not Haymarket Park. Pillen told Swanson they will vote on a two-year trial period for alcohol sales at PBA.
Sports radio host Josh Peterson of 1620 The Zone was the first to report the news.
HOL also confirmed that other issues such as information on the new multimedia rights agreement and Memorial Stadium renovations would also be on the BOR meeting agenda.
Athletic director Trev Alberts is expected to hold a press conference on the matters on Thursday, Sept. 29.
Nebraska’s athletic department sent out a survey to fans in January asking their opinion on potentially selling beer and liquor at NU sporting events.
Of the nearly 22,000 fans that responded, 58% had a positive or somewhat positive attitude toward the sale of alcohol at Memorial Stadium. Fourteen percent were neutral on the issue, while 28% were negative or somewhat negative.
Additionally, 65% said that alcohol sales would have no impact on attending games, including 22% who said they’d attend more. Only 10% would attend less.
Nebraska’s athletic department already sought and received approval from the Board of Regents to sell beer at the Big Ten wrestling championships this spring at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Last summer, beer was at the Garth Brooks concert at Memorial Stadium.
