Monday, August 19, 2019

Which FBS teams have Stadium Wide Alcohol Availabilty?

Recently, the WSJ had an article regarding the sale of alcohol and its impact on college football attendance.  The conclusion was that alcohol sales should help college football attendance.  I am skeptical.  First of all, the number of FBS schools that now allow general admission alcohol sales to legally aged spectators has been increasing over the last few years (from 25 in 2012 to 70 (currently) in 2019), while at the same time average attendance has been falling over the same time period.  Second, unpublished research of mine suggests that general admission alcohol sales at FBS stadiums has no statistically significant effect on college football attendance, which is the same conclusion found by Chastian, Gohmann & Stephenson in the Journal of Sports Economics for three "Group of Five" conferences during the 2005 to 2012 seasons.


Below is a list of FBS teams that allow general admission alcohol sales, the year in which general admission alcohol sales began and a link on each team's name for the source that I used to determine if alcohol sales are allowed and the year in which it began.  My links are not 100% complete, as I cant find the original article stating that UNLV allowed alcohol sales in 1971; but I feel that the list is accurate.  Of course, more FBS teams may allow (or revoke) alcohol sales to general admission spectators in the future.  I plan to update this blog as new information becomes available.  If you find any errors, please look over the link first, and then let me know about the error.

FBS School and Year Began/Re-newed

Air Force 2017

Akron 2012

Arizona 2018

Arizona State 2018

Arkansas 2019

Boston College 2018

Bowling Green 2008

California 2019

Charlotte 2019

Cincinnati 2007 (at least since 2007)

Colorado 2018

Colorado State 1976

Connecticut 2009 (maybe earlier than this)

East Carolina 2019

Florida Atlantic 2014

Fresno State 2017 [allowed before 2006; not allowed from 2006 - 2016]

Georgia State 2013

Hawai'i 2004 (at least since 2004)

Houston 1998

Illinois 2019

Indiana 2019

Kent State 2009

Louisiana-LaFayette (Louisiana) 2009

Louisiana-Monroe 2013

Louisiana State University (LSU) 2019

Louisville 1998

Marshall 2017

Maryland 2015

Massachusetts 2012 (at least since 2012)

Memphis 2009

Miami (FL)  (at least since 2004)

Miami (OH) 2016

Minnesota 2012 [(at least) 2000 - 2008 allowed; 2009 - 2011 not allowed]

Missouri 2019

Nevada 1992

New Mexico 2016

New Mexico State 2015

North Carolina 2019

North Carolina State 2019

North Texas 2014

Northern Illinois 2015

Ohio 2017

Ohio State 2016

Oklahoma 2019

Oklahoma State 2018

Oregon 2018

Oregon State 2018

Pittsburgh 2016

Purdue 2017

Rice 2015

Rutgers 2019

San Diego State at least since 2004

San Jose State 2017  [2004-2012 allowed; 2013-2016 not allowed]

Southern Methodist (SMU) 2014

South Alabama 2012 [will continue for its on campus stadium in 2020]

South Florida 2018

Syracuse 1980

Temple 2004 (at least since 2004)

Tennessee 2019

Texas 2015

Texas A&M 2019

Texas State 2016

Texas Tech 2019

Toledo 2013

Troy 2014

Tulane 2014

Tulsa 2016

UAB 2018

UNLV 1971

UTEP 2012

UTSA 2009

Vanderbilt 2019

Wake Forest 2016

Western Kentucky 2012

West Virginia 2011

Wyoming 2017