Report: Board of Regents to Discuss Serving Booze at OSU Games

The Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges will vote on Friday whether or not to begin a trial program that would allow OSU to serve booze at games.

According to the O’Colly, the board will meet at 10 a.m. at Langston University to discuss the proposal, among other things.

OSU’s current policy states that alcohol possession or consumption is prohibited in general seating, however it is served in the suite and club levels.

While most people (especially in Oklahoma) are probably torn on whether serving alcohol at games would actually improve the gameday experience, there’s no denying that it would probably be a pretty decent revenue stream if it were to be approved.

There are a select few who have already begun this trend, most notably Texas, which raked in an additional $1.8 million after it started selling alcohol at DKR, according to CBSSports.com. Minnesota lost money the first year it sold alcohol after it started a similar trial OSU regents will vote on, however the school made the service a permanent fixture after it found there was not an increase in alcohol-related incidents. The school also brought in a nice chunk of change in the second year of the trial.

West Virginia, Minnesota, Houston and Louisville are among the many schools who have also followed the trend of shopping alcohol as part of its gameday experiences.