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The University of Tennessee may still have the chance to begin on-campus beer sales at Thompson-Boling Arena in time for the Hank Williams Jr.-Lynyrd Skynyrd show May 10, but not before campus officials settle an internal debate sparked by the precedent-setting move.
Knoxville City Council members, acting in their role as the city Beer Board, postponed a vote Tuesday on a beer permit application filed by the arena's contracted concessionaire, Sodexho Operations LLC, citing late-coming protests from UT's Faculty Senate.
The council also approved a controversial amendment to the city's contract with Internet, cable and phone service provider Knology Inc.
UT's Faculty Senate approved a resolution Monday asking UT administrators to reconsider allowing the beer sales on campus, which would be limited to nonsports events such as concerts.
Faculty Senate President David A. Patterson followed up with a Tuesday afternoon e-mail message to council members, requesting the postponement. Patterson did not attend the meeting Tuesday.
"I'm just so disappointed that this discussion hasn't taken place," said Councilwoman Barbara Pelot. "And I think that the city of Knoxville should not have been put in the middle between those two groups."
The decision to apply for the beer permit was approved by UT President John Petersen and Interim Chancellor Jan Simek, as well as Athletic Department administrators, although apparently without input from the faculty.
"The chancellor has kind of said grace over all this," said arena manager Tim Reese. "I'm not sure a postponement is a situation that we need to put Sodexho in."
While the postponement normally would push the matter to the next Beer Board meeting in four weeks, Vice Mayor Mark Brown offered the chance for a special-called meeting within the next two weeks to decide the issue.
Councilwoman Marilyn Roddy also asked that Sodexho representatives meet with the Metropolitan Drug Commission during that time to discuss underage drinking and overserving concerns.
© 2008, Knoxville News Sentinel Co.
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Posted by KingsportVol on April 23, 2008 at 7:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Dang
Posted by volfan on April 23, 2008 at 8:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Hooray! Too many places are already selling the devil's brew!
Posted by GreerVol22 on April 23, 2008 at 8:35 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Double Dang. Think they would serve Jack Daniels "flavored" cotton candy instead?
Posted by volboy81 on April 23, 2008 at 12:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)
its about time someone around here made a decision while THEY weren't drunk!
KEEP ALCOHOL OFF MY CAMPUS!
Posted by barcalounger on April 23, 2008 at 12:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I regularly go to basketball and football games at the Syracuse Carrier Dome where they allow beer sales(on campus) and it doesn't seem to be that big a deal. They check ID's like anywhere else and it's probably a good source of revenue for the school. Let it flow!
Posted by richvol on April 23, 2008 at 1 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The faculty should have no say in this matter. Their job is to teach. However, I don't believe anything positive can come from selling beer at a school property during concerts. More than likely it would put several drivers on the road at the same time that have had too much to drink.
Posted by tngeoff on April 23, 2008 at 1:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)
WHAT? Someone with common sense? Someone with common decency? What gives? Just when it looked like Mike Hamilton was going to deliver the next step in stench and decay to a once proud University...someone stepped on his toes!
"On a Hallowed Hill in Tennessee Tennessee like Beacon Shining Bright!" Old words...strong meaning. IF YOU WANT TO STAY A COURSE...STAY THAT COURSE!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8dHNrXYypJg
Let's find someone...even if its just ONE person who will treat the University with the respect and dignity it deserves. Then we will gain some respect back and stop looking like a greedy bunch of self absorbed folks who will do anything for a buck. You don't like my opinion? Then you NEVER understood what UT was all about anyway, so stay in your depraved state and keep running your mouth. Tennessee's respect has been and is being trashed. It's time to change the course. That means fresh blood. Take out the trash and bring in the folks who don't serve a few rich alumni (and non-alumni with money to throw around to glorify themselves) who dictate agenda. The "U" in UT is not supposed to be morfed into "MT" as in "Me T". It never was and never should be about greedy folks who are enamormed with their personal self worth and who will do whatever it takes to glorify themselves in a clever disguise of trying to advance the University.
Posted by zanebreeding on April 23, 2008 at 1:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)
bubba , youre never gonna keep alcohol off the UT campus haha thats really a joke, thats part of college , go hang out in the library like the rest of your KIND hahaha
Posted by tngeoff on April 23, 2008 at 1:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)
zanebreeding.
I'm not usure who "bubba" refers to, but I will say that alcohol on campus isn't the issue. Maybe in your laughter you simply missed entire point. The point is legitimizing it or not and for what reason.
Posted by KingsportVol on April 23, 2008 at 1:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I'm all in Greer.Jägermeister flavored fritters and some Orange Stoli to wash it down would be a huge hit.Don't drink and fly.This message approved by Lynyrd Skynyrd .
Posted by VOLstuckINky on April 23, 2008 at 1:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)
do not stand in the way of Hamilton's greedy plans ... you will lose (and pay more money).
Posted by zanebreeding on April 23, 2008 at 1:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)
tngeoff , bubba refers to yourself and anyone else who might entertain the thought of reading it. Are you "usure", did i "miss entire point'? Perhaps in your deep thought you missed typing class???? Anyway , i figure i owed you that one , my response was simply to the gentlemen who said , KEEP ALCOHOL OFF HIS CAMPUS. Ill tell you this on your point , when MONEY is involved and especially the big money that can come from alcohol sales at an event like that , legitimizing it matters very little at all. The reason is , MONEY
Posted by tngeoff on April 23, 2008 at 1:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Next steps?
There has always been and always will be on campus:
Prostitution, drugs, fighting, wild sex...you name it.
So let's just take the plunge! It's all soooo funny!
Here ya' go:
In the student center:
Tuesdays and Thursday nights:
The Mouses Ear - Campus Location
Every day of the week:
24 - 7 Magic Fingers Massage Studio
Satellite Campus Location:
http://www.marijuanauniversity.com/
International studies - Special Interactive Course Offering:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium
Special Studies: The effects of carck cocaine:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_house
Special Studies: On Campus Swingers
http://www.couplesbifm.com/TXlinks3.htm
Special studies: Fight clubs!
http://www.fightclub.com/
In every building on campus:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/...
There's probably many many more things that have always been on campus and always will be...let's make them profitable! It's okay because everybody does it! Ha ha ha ha ha! Who cares about "tradition and values" anyway? Let's change the schools sobriquet to "Me T" and drop that worn out old "U T".
Ha ha ha ha ha! Let's laugh it up!
Posted by tngeoff on April 23, 2008 at 2:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)
By the way...I have now enrolled in a spelling course. My hope is that maybe I can do better at spelling. Nothing seems worng with my typowriter.
Posted by threehundredbowler on April 23, 2008 at 5:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Mike Hamilton would prostitute his wife if it put money in the coffers.Beer sales are not needed on campus.There will be enough sprits and drugs as it is.How in heck can anybody say they had a good time the night before if they are so hung over they can't even remember the night before?Been there and done that and I now know just how stupid I was.Give me the Orange kool-aid,and no one will have to tell me the next day if I had a good time or not.
Posted by General_Watermelon on April 23, 2008 at 6:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Kingsportvol - there are many ways to sneak liquids in the arena / stadium. A little long, but watch the end of this clip for ideas at tailgates. See arm in sling. Also large seat cushions can be carved out to fit bottles and mixers. Oh yea, I've seen it all done. of course, I would never do such a thing myself. Sneaking in fritters.....OK, I'm guilty.
http://www.touchdowntennessee.net/
Posted by General_Watermelon on April 23, 2008 at 6:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)
tngeoff - I misread your post above and thought you said magic fritters 24-7. I nearly fell out of my chair.
Posted by General_Watermelon on April 23, 2008 at 6:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Kingsport Freebird Vol.
Posted by General_Watermelon on April 23, 2008 at 6:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Don't give Mike any ideas there threehundredbowler. have you seen Mike's wife?
Posted by tngeoff on April 23, 2008 at 7:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)
General_Fritter.
Outstanding idea sir! Hope Krispy Kreme doesn't peruse this site! 24 - 7 Fritters! 5005!
Posted by KingsportVol on April 23, 2008 at 11:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)
General thanks for the link.I think I will wear a John Chavis costume for the Fla game and smuggle in a keg of Killians Irish Red.Arm in sling rocked.Orange and White replay coming on at 11:30.I hope we win.Go Big Orange!
Posted by General_Watermelon on April 24, 2008 at 11:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Dang! Do they make a costume that big? If you found a Chavis costume, you could probably smuggle in an entire bar, bar tender and even that blonde skank and goat you been friendly with.
Posted by pdhuff on April 25, 2008 at 7:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)
tngeoff - One of your swinger sites is located in East Meadows. Could Dupree bring his favorite ewe?
God, family (includes dogs), country, Vols and Bud. Sometimes 4 and 5 get turned around.
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