Some Sports Stadiums Serve Alcohol To Underaged, Intoxicated
22/08/2008 06:32
Researchers wanted to find out whether major sports stadiums would sell alcohol to people who appear to be intoxicated or underage, and found that many will - and it's easier for them to purchase a drink in the stands than at a concession.
Nearly one in five people posing as underage drinkers, and three out of four people pretending to be drunk fans were able to buy alcoholic beverages at professional sporting events, according to the findings, published Wednesday in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.
The U.S. study looked at 16 sports stadiums in five different states but did not include any Canadian venues. It was conducted from September 2005 to November 2006. The stadiums and the states were not identified.
"Our drinking age is 21, so to assess whether or not they were upholding the drinking age and not selling to someone who was underage, we hired individuals that are 21 or older, but judged to look under the age of 20," said lead author Traci Toomey, an associate professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
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I wonder if this is the case at Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field in Regina? It would certainly explain a lot of things. Naw, couldn't be . . .