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Beer, wine now sold in Moby Arena at Moby Loft

Stuart Smith

January 29, 2019

Following in the time-honored tradition of mixing beer and basketball, Colorado State University fans can now turn up in Moby Arena.

With its beer and wine license approved by the City of Fort Collins last Thursday, both of CSU’s major sports arenas now serve alcohol, with Moby Arena’s new Loft now selling beer and wine to of-age CSU fans.

The Loft holds around 300 people, one-fourth the capacity of the New Belgium Porch at Canvas Stadium.

Unlike the New Belgium Porch, the Moby Loft is open to all fans at games, not just those with an extra membership. The only way to get into the New Belgium Porch during games is to spend an extra $200 on top of an existing season ticket, according to the University’s Athletics department.

CSU Athletic Director Joe Parker said in an interview with Mile High Sports the Loft made sense “with the success of the New Belgium Porch.”

Ticket sales and attendance both increased in the first two years of Canvas Stadium, which features the New Belgium Porch. The Porch is a field-level area with two bars on the north end of the stadium. When Canvas Stadium opened in 2017, CSU brought in more than 192,000 fans through the fall, breaking its all-time season record.

The construction of the Loft follows a decline in attendance at CSU basketball games, in the Mountain West Conference and across the NCAA as a whole. Through last year’s first ten home games, average attendance was 3,217. Average attendance in the 2016-2017 season was 3,926. Attendance in the 1990s hovered around 6,000.

All alcohol purchased in the Loft must be consumed there, similar to the Ramskeller in the Lory Student Center basement. The area is standing room only and offers the sole location in the arena where alcohol can be consumed.

If successful, a second Loft could be built on the east concourse, Parker told Mile High Sports.

Construction on the Loft began in November 2018 with the removal of bench seating on the west concourse that was used for overflow seating for sell-out games. It was chosen because season-tickets had never been offered there.

Moby Arena’s next event will be CSU’s men’s basketball team against the visiting Boise State Broncos Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. The women’s basketball team will host the Air Force Falcons Saturday at 2:00 p.m.

Stuart Smith can be reached at news@collegian.com or on Twitter @stuartsmithnews

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Devin Cornelius is the digital managing editor for The Collegian. He is a fifth-year computer science major from Austin, Texas. He moved to Colorado State University and started working for The Collegian in 2017 as a photographer. His passion for photography began in high school, so finding a photography job in college was one of his top priorities. He primarily takes sports photos, volleyball being his favorite to shoot. Having been on The Collegian staff for 4 1/2 years, he’s watched the paper evolve from a daily to a weekly paper, and being involved in this transition is interesting and exciting. Although Cornelius is a computer science major, his time at The Collegian has been the most fulfilling experience in his college career — he has loved every second. From working 12-hour days to taking photos in Las Vegas for the Mountain West Conference, he cannot think of a better place to work. Working as a photographer for The Collegian pushed him outside of his comfort zone, taking him places that he never expected and making him the photographer he is today. As the digital managing editor, Cornelius oversees the photos, graphics and social media of The Collegian along with other small tech things. Working on the editorial staff with Katrina Leibee and Serena Bettis has been super fun and extremely rewarding, and together they have been pushing The Collegian toward being an alt-weekly. Outside of The Collegian, he enjoys playing volleyball, rugby, tumbling and a variety of video games. When in Austin, you can find him out on the lake, wake surfing, wake boarding and tubing. You can expect that Cornelius and the rest of The Collegian staff will do their best to provide you with interesting and exciting content.

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