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Coors Light Club for Young Alumni

This was the prime area for meet-ups and socializing. Now it is gonna cause major congestion. Gonna piss a lotta people off.
 
Rocktheworld said:
With all the craft beer in New England, it blows my mind that I don’t hear about UConn and the Rent capitalizing.

Granted I haven’t been in New England for several years now and may have missed something, but do they not have anything set up for at least the tailgate, if not inside as well? A few rotating breweries show up with a tent and a couple kegs, some simple drink ticket system, everyone would make an absolute killing
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I'd propose paying an upgrade for a personal tap system in your field box.
 
If this gets a few more people who normally don't attend games through the turnstiles and spending money on concessions that's a good thing.
 
Just bought 2 for $120. for the season ($60. each). Think this is a great idea for anyone that loves college football (undependable cell service there makes it hard to get scores of other games) and with legalized sports gambling around the corner this could be a very popular area. Guy on phone said they are getting lots of calls and they are capping it at around 250 people. Isn't this the kind of thinking we've been asking for on here for years? Not getting all the negative posts shooting this down.
 
Ldandy said:
If this gets a few more people who normally don't attend games through the turnstiles and spending money on concessions that's a good thing.
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Monetizing under performing space. It makes a lot of sense. If done well it could become our version of Fenway's Green Monster seats. Non-productive space converted to premium space.

The really interesting thing it will help the stadium look more full by taking away an area that people could previously congregate away from their seats. If they had just closed the area, there would be a big fan uproar, but making if a paid area, effectively does the same thing. I wonder if that was part of the plan.
 
They should sell separate tasting vouchers for actual seat ticket holders so they can get what ever beer tasting is going on that day. Give the ones who purchased the ticket to be in that area wristbands.

Why should the people paying less to be there get the discounted beer prices and I'm assuming free beer tasting of whatever is at the shel stadium that day
 
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methodology said:
They should sell separate tasting vouchers for actual seat ticket holders so they can get what ever beer tasting is going on that day. Give the ones who purchased the ticket to be in that area wristbands.

Why should the people paying less to be there get the discounted beer prices and I'm assuming free beer tasting of whatever is at the shel stadium that day
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Maybe the way it will be set up is for the beer vendors to sit as a rear partition to the standing room zone so that the beer is available to the standing room crowd and all the others. Otherwise, I agree what vendor also wants to be limited to selling to just 250 people.
 
TKs said:
Just bought 2 for $120. for the season ($60. each). Think this is a great idea for anyone that loves college football (undependable cell service there makes it hard to get scores of other games) and with legalized sports gambling around the corner this could be a very popular area. Guy on phone said they are getting lots of calls and they are capping it at around 250 people. Isn't this the kind of thinking we've been asking for on here for years? Not getting all the negative posts shooting this down.
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Are you associated with TKs in Danbury?
 
Good idea, I would think it would do better as a single game purchase than season tickets though
 
CL82 said:
I know right? Let us know when they set up the Johnny Walker Young Alumni Club.
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It's my oldest's birthday today. At 6, he is much closer to double digits than he is his birthdate. Regardless of my age, this puts me on the steps of being a curmudgeon, if not old as well. Knowing full well that UConn football needs to backfill the young fans in a bad way, I say to heck with the Young Alumni. Where's the Turning-the-Corner of-Middle-Age-Alumni Club? Johnny Walker can still be title sponsor.

Fathers of two in their early 40's need the sauce far more than twenty-somethings do.
 
Husky25 said:
Fathers of two in their early 40's need the sauce far more than twenty-somethings do.
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Great, lets form our own club.... we can use the visitors section, that often has space.
 
Husky25 said:
It's my oldest's birthday today. At 6, he is much closer to double digits than he is his birthdate. Regardless of my age, this puts me on the steps of being a curmudgeon, if not old as well. Knowing full well that UConn football needs to backfill the young fans in a bad way, I say to heck with the Young Alumni. Where's the Turning-the-Corner of-Middle-Age-Alumni Club? Johnny Walker can still be title sponsor.

Fathers of two in their early 40's need the sauce far more than twenty-somethings do.
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Been there, agree with that
 
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It would be nice at some point soon if the Rent could get a little renovation and add some different elements to the stadium.

The XL Center did that with the loge seating and fan bar; Dunkin' Donuts Park has 15+ different ways to watch the game. The new Dillon Stadium will have a beer garden, etc. That's the new trend for these facilities. You have to give people different ways to take in a game. This idea for the Coors Light Club is a step in the right direction but pop-up type things usually come off looking shoddy (ex. the seating behind the glass in the XL Center with the table tops) that looks horrendous, but if they actually transformed it legitimately by spending some $, it would be a good area.

I like what SMU did, that could be something for UConn to explore to get students off campus.
 
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TheDoggPound said:
It would be nice at some point soon if the Rent could get a little renovation and add some different elements to the stadium.

The XL Center did that with the loge seating and fan bar; Dunkin' Donuts Park has 15+ different ways to watch the game. The new Dillon Stadium will have a beer garden, etc. That's the new trend for these facilities. You have to give people different ways to take in a game. This idea for the Coors Light Club is a step in the right direction but pop-up type things usually come off looking shoddy (ex. the seating behind the glass in the XL Center with the table tops) that looks horrendous, but if they actually transformed it legitimately by spending some $, it would be a good area.

I like what SMU did, that could be something for UConn to explore to get students off campus.
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the last thing we should do is pour money into the Rent. If we get accepted into a P5 conference then we can start talking
 
JMick said:
the last thing we should do is pour money into the Rent. If we get accepted into a P5 conference then we can start talking
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It already has close to 20 years worth of wear & tear - gonna have to at some point.
 
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TheDoggPound said:
Ok fair enough, but something like what SMU did *could* tempt them to actually come into the stadium.
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100%, either 1 of 2 things has to happen: the product on the field needs to get significantly better (I'm optimistic it will but its football so it doesn't happen overnight) or the AD does something like this but geared towards students (give Ted's an area in the stadium if that's what it takes).

I really empathize with today's students since I went to almost every game as a student when they were good, but when this program became unwatchable I was more than content to just sleep in and watch the game from Hilltop.
 
The student crowd at football games usually outperforms the team. This is a place where winning would definitely help.
 
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uconnphil2016 said:
They should do free beer for students regardless of their age. Just keep kegs in the aisles
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That's what got me into soccer. Keg in the stands with a sleeve of cups.
 
If you buy a ticket/pass, can you sample brews, buy cheaper beer, and still go back to your ST seat?

Or do they limit you to drink the samples/discounted beer in that section only?

Please don’t give the yellows another stupid rule to enforce and ruin the gameday experience.
 
TheDoggPound said:
It would be nice at some point soon if the Rent could get a little renovation and add some different elements to the stadium.

The XL Center did that with the loge seating and fan bar; Dunkin' Donuts Park has 15+ different ways to watch the game. The new Dillon Stadium will have a beer garden, etc. That's the new trend for these facilities. You have to give people different ways to take in a game. This idea for the Coors Light Club is a step in the right direction but pop-up type things usually come off looking shoddy (ex. the seating behind the glass in the XL Center with the table tops) that looks horrendous, but if they actually transformed it legitimately by spending some $, it would be a good area.

I like what SMU did, that could be something for UConn to explore to get students off campus.
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I don't see why they need to do renovations or spend significant money to do that though. XL did because they needed to make a space for that sports bar. The area they are putting the coors light club in is currently a big open space. It should be relatively easy and cheap to put something cool there.
 
uconnphil2016 said:
They should do free beer for students regardless of their age. Just keep kegs in the aisles
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You were born too late my friend. Pony kegs in the Memorial Stadium stands were pretty typical back in day.
 
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