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Journal article
Alcohol Management: Boon or boondoggle
Journal of Crowd Safety and Security Management, Vol.1(2), pp.66-84
12/2009
Abstract
Amongst the many crowd management concerns, alcohol is possibly the biggest in the US. Thousand of intoxicated fans put themselves and others in harms way on a daily basis. Over the past ten years the major sport leagues in the US have taken steps to reduce the number of intoxicated fans getting into stadiums and develop strategies to minimize the impact on others. This study throws light on the current state of this problem in the US, by conducting an online survey of a convenient sample of events hosting facilities. The findings showed that alcohol is sold at most facilities, most facilities enforced alcohol policies, and most facilities limited beer sales to two beers per transaction. Unique to the US is tailgating which was found at 50% of the responding facilities, but there was significant divergence in who was responsible for monitoring the parking lot where tailgating was occurring. While US
facilities were highlighted in the study, the implications impact alcohol policies all over the world.
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- Title
- Alcohol Management
- Publication Details
- Journal of Crowd Safety and Security Management, Vol.1(2), pp.66-84
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- International Centre for Crowd Management and Security Studies
- Identifiers
- 99380494195906600
- Academic Unit
- Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business; Commerce
- Language
- English