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42 years ago: Maybe it wasn't such a good idea ! Ten Cent Beer Night was a promotion held by Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians during a game against the Texas Rangers at Cleveland Stadium on Tuesday, June 4, 1974.
The idea behind the promotion was to attract more fans to the game by offering 12 ounce (355 ml) cups of 3.2% beer for just 10 cents each (regular price was 65 cents) with a limit of six per purchase, but with no limit on the number of purchases made during the game. During the game, fans became heavily intoxicated, culminating in a riot in the ninth inning which caused the game to be forfeited due to the crowd's uncontrollable rowdiness and because the game could not be resumed in a timely manner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Cent_Beer_Night
The idea behind the promotion was to attract more fans to the game by offering 12 ounce (355 ml) cups of 3.2% beer for just 10 cents each (regular price was 65 cents) with a limit of six per purchase, but with no limit on the number of purchases made during the game. During the game, fans became heavily intoxicated, culminating in a riot in the ninth inning which caused the game to be forfeited due to the crowd's uncontrollable rowdiness and because the game could not be resumed in a timely manner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Cent_Beer_Night
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At New River MCAS we had free beer night at the E club. Awesome, free beer and Marines, no problems there.
They were getting rid of the old kegs. SEMPER FI!!!!
They were getting rid of the old kegs. SEMPER FI!!!!
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That is a lot of beer. Sometimes there can be too much of a good thing.
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I am not a big fan of alcohol being served at sporting events. Yes, even golf. At 62 and looking back I cannot count how many people I've seen clearly intoxicated driving away from sports events.
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