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GAME CHANGER In-Stadium Alcohol Sales Catches on in College By Emma-Blake Byrum and Carroll R. Walton, carroll@insidetailgating.com
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ublic universities in the state of North Carolina, as well as schools throughout the Southeastern Conference, have been given the opportunity to start selling alcohol in their stadiums and arenas this fall due to recent policy and law changes.
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Those changes will add at least nine schools to the growing list of 55 Football Bowl Subdivision programs who were already selling alcohol in their general seating areas before this season, according to Sports Illustrated. North Carolina, N.C. State and East Carolina joined that list shortly after N.C. governor Roy Cooper signed a bill in June legalizing the sale of beer and wine in general seating at stadiums in the UNC system. By July, the Board of Trustees at all three schools had elected to go forward with alcohol sales.
The North Carolina legislation came on the heels of a decision by the SEC in May to lift a ban on general alcohol sales at its sporting events. So far only six of the 14 SEC schools have
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