Higher education board to address on-campus beer sales


Save Story
Leer en español

Estimated read time: 2-3 minutes

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota's governing body on higher education is mulling whether to allow beer and wine sales on the state's six public university campuses, a move that opponents have said could encourage binge drinking and create additional problems for the schools and surrounding communities.

The South Dakota Board of Regents is set to address the issue Wednesday at its meeting at Black Hills State University in Spearfish. And the board is ready to push the measure to the Statehouse if the regents can agree on where on-campus beer and wine could be sold, Paul Turman, vice president for academic affairs with the Board of Regents, told the Argus Leader (http://argusne.ws/1Te5gd0 ).

"Legislation has been drafted in the event that the board is interested," Turman said.

The regents will decide whether to move forward with the legislation after they hear a report from a task force appointed to look into the issue. The group's report to the regents indicates that students at four of the six institutions support allowing alcohol sales on campus with proper safety precautions.

In addition to sporting events, the change could include performing arts venues and other special events. The measure's supporters say allowing on-campus alcohol sales could boost event attendance and revenue and could help each university's ability to manage risk.

Reports from South Dakota State University and the University of South Dakota indicated that the schools could make more than $120,000 in additional gross concessions revenue if they were able to sell beer at football games. NSU could see a $25,000 gross concessions revenue boost, and the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology could see an additional $15,000 in gross concessions revenue.

DSU and Black Hills State University indicated that they would see negligible revenue boosts from the change.

___

Information from: Argus Leader, http://www.argusleader.com

Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Most recent Business stories

Related topics

Business
The Associated Press

    STAY IN THE KNOW

    Get informative articles and interesting stories delivered to your inbox weekly. Subscribe to the KSL.com Trending 5.
    By subscribing, you acknowledge and agree to KSL.com's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

    KSL Weather Forecast