What does NON Alcohol section mean?

by cubs2410 on Feb 20, 2009 5:11 PM CST

My buddies and I have been online all morning trying to get tickets for the cubs vs reds july weekend games.. i was able to get through quickly and picked up Friday...

Then on Saturday I couldnt get 6 together for the longest time, I finally went to best available, and 6 came up so I bought them. I just got my tix conformation email and it says I bought the NA section.

Do they have someone watching to make sure no one brings beer into the section? or can you drink it but they dont sell it in those stands?? any help would be appreciated.. my friends arent too excited about going to the game and not being able to buy beers....

I told them I guess we'll have to just walk out and chug beers in between innings!

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You can't drink in those sections.

Sorry to tell you that. Yes, they do have people watching, and they won’t sell it to you there.

The whole point is to keep it more family friendly. There will be a lot of kids around. So if you do “chug beers in between innings”, try to be nice to the kids.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Feb 20, 2009 5:24 PM CST reply actions

Is this at Wrigley?

If so I had no idea they actually had a section for that.

by JimboJet on Feb 20, 2009 5:47 PM CST reply actions

I guess it has to be if he bought them through the Cubs today

but I had no idea Wrigley actually had them.

by JimboJet on Feb 20, 2009 5:48 PM CST up reply actions

Used to be across the foul pole in the LF bleachers

before the reconstruction. Three rows only, about 20-25 seats per row up to about the edge of the well.

Cool thing is you could go down the stairs to the main concourse or into the bleachers. I liked that since I could get my kosher dogs on the mid-level in the bleachers.

Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.

by blackhawk24 on Feb 20, 2009 6:30 PM CST up reply actions

Yep, loved the old Family Section...

It always cracked me up that the Cubs put the no-alcohol, “family” section right smack dab next to the left-field bleacher bums where the beer and expletives flowed freely.

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Feb 20, 2009 10:22 PM CST up reply actions

Which is precisely why when I sat there with my kids

we were as close as possible to LF foul pole….

Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.

by blackhawk24 on Feb 21, 2009 10:06 AM CST up reply actions

It's good P.R. by the Cubs

If the Cubs had it their way, they’d sell beer everywhere, for all 9 innings, and not worry if people were old enough to buy it.

"I never drink water because of the disgusting things fish do in it" -W.C. Fields

by calicubfan on Feb 20, 2009 7:23 PM CST up reply actions

Not the problem

The problem isn’t the people being old enough to buy it, it’s those that aren’t responsible enough to drink it without making an ass out of themselves.

Who needs a stinkin' tag line? What are they for anyway?

by krummy12 on Feb 20, 2009 8:23 PM CST up reply actions

+1

by bluekoolaide on Feb 20, 2009 9:27 PM CST up reply actions

+ DUI

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by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 21, 2009 12:08 PM CST up reply actions

Exactly

I’m president of a non-profit group here in Louisville and to raise funds we have people working concessions for Louisville Cardinal football and basketball as well as Louisville Bats (Reds AAA team) and at Churchill Downs.

There are a lot of people who go to these events to do nothing except get hammered. They get cut off, for the most part, pretty quickly. The problem is then they go to another seller and get sold to. It’s a big problem having so many drunks and a lot of them on the road, behind the wheel, after events. There are more arrests and accidents than you would imagine. That’s why most places stop alcohol sales in the seventh inning or right after halftime or right before the second to last race.

Responsibility doesn’t even factor in for some people. They believe nothing will happen to anyone and that they can do what they want. Pretty sad. A NA section is a good idea.

"A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five." ~Groucho Marx

by Jettero2112 on Feb 21, 2009 9:27 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs

Rec'd

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Feb 22, 2009 4:15 AM CST up reply actions

Do they atleast sell O'Douls?

by bheidge on Feb 20, 2009 6:04 PM CST reply actions

It is in the far left field corner, just the first section close to the field.

Right across the foul pole from where they used to be in the bleachers.

What’s interesting to me (generally a non-drinker) is that they continue to have this section during the playoffs.

Fontenot (fon-te-no): Cajun for "scrappy"

by cubzfan on Feb 20, 2009 6:47 PM CST reply actions

Baseball w/out beer is like a bagel w/out philly...

…Just plain silly

"I never drink water because of the disgusting things fish do in it" -W.C. Fields

by calicubfan on Feb 20, 2009 7:20 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

The old family section

used to be the best bleacher seats, and usually would be available on the day of the game. I was glad to forego beer for three hours in exchange for great seats to a Cubs game.

by Clark Addison on Feb 21, 2009 9:51 AM CST reply actions

A great idea for Wrigley

I have been disgusted in recent years with the deterioration of the crowd at Wrigley. Way too many drunken frat boy types and yuppies who think it their divine right to get drunk and act like an ass clown.

The more non-alchohol and family friendly sections at Wrigley, the better.

by BLou on Feb 21, 2009 12:11 PM CST reply actions