For the first time in school history, the Huskies will offer beer and wine at Alaska Airlines Arena for Washington men’s and women’s basketball games.
UW becomes the sixth Pac-12 school to offer alcohol at basketball games.
“In recent years, fan feedback has indicated a strong desire for the offering of beer and wine throughout our basketball competition facilities,” UW Athletic Director Jennifer Cohen said in a release. “After seeing many of our peer institutions introduce beer and wine sales in their facilities, having a successful launch of sales in other venues in our athletic village, and monitoring the Seattle Storm’s alcohol sales in Alaska Airlines Arena this summer, our campus committee determined the timing was right to responsibly introduce sales for basketball games.