Sales Up, Misbehavior Down at WVU Football Games

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The West Virginia University Board of Governors was presented a report Friday that the athletic department's goal of controlling fan misbehavior at football games with specific policy changes implemented before last season was, in fact, realized.

Most controversial among the changes was the introduction of beer sales inside Milan-Puskar Stadium. And while beer sales of $520,000 were half of what WVU athletic director Oliver Luck thought possible, overall concessions sales were $1.26 million, up 84 percent over the 2010 season, according to an Associated Press report. Non-alcoholic beverages outsold alcoholic beverages at every game but one - a game against Louisiana State - and food sales alone increased 60 percent for the season.

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