Mitch Barnhart is keeping beers out of the hands of Kentucky football fans at Kroger Field. Well, unless you have a lot of money to afford seats in luxury suites. Then it’s perfectly acceptable to consume alcohol and watch Kentucky football.
In 2019 the SEC lifted a lengthy alcohol-embargo preventing the sale or purchase of alcohol in the general seating areas of athletic events. Fans previously could only consume alcohol in the luxury suite areas of football stadiums and basketball arenas.
Since the conference changed its rules, only Alabama, Auburn, Georgia and Kentucky prohibit stadium-wide alcohol sales during football games.