OT: The Keg, Building For Sale

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50 cent shots (or was it a quarter) on Friday afternoons...Finish class, give plasma, euphoria!

Quarter...you should know that.

[Swamp]

Shanahan’s penny pitchers with $5 entry in early 2000’s was something else. As an 18 year old, it was great

They would also lock the doors at midnight and crazy ____ would ensue inside to win $100… that would never be possible in today’s camera phone world. Same as bringing back the under 21 year old alcohol sales. It was a unique setup at the time

What would you do for $100 night. I was there the night it was shut down forever lol

[facelessjonmoon]

What would you do for $100 night. I was there the night it was shut down forever lol

Oh boy. I can only imagine what it took to get that shut down lol

[fanof71]

Quarter...you should know that.

Blackout...

[R1Letterman]

50 cent shots (or was it a quarter) on Friday afternoons...Finish class, give plasma, euphoria!

25 cents at changes

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and most recently attempting to be a middleman in financing charter school building acquisitions.

That was a shocker, outside the SOP.

I’m sure many of you have experienced one of the following when explaining the free wheeling partying the strip was. Ranging to disbelief, judgmental comments with charges of sexism and other “isms” to “dang, I was born in the wrong era.”

MADD and the local ATAC program single handedly killed the Strip. That little era of time before the bubble burst was so unique, blessed to be there.

Besides, today’s students would never set foot in a 70’s era Keg. They’d be overcome by the smell of stale beer, urine and occasional vomit. Or just aiming at the drain pipe on the floor because the toilet was gone would send some running.

[facelessjonmoon]

It died when downtown bars started letting in people under 21. Downtown was all 21 and over for a long time. ATAC operations were done on the strip for a long time while it was booming.

ATAC must have been doing a wink wink job for a long time until they couldn’t anymore

The strip lived and ultimately died off the under 21 crowd

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ATAC must have been doing a wink wink job for a long time until they couldn’t anymore

The strip lived and ultimately died off the under 21 crowd

ATAC started slowing down about 1992. Eventually morphed into drug court.

UL connection, Bo Lamar’s wife worked there back in the day.

[CrazyCajun]

ATAC must have been doing a wink wink job for a long time until they couldn’t anymore

The strip lived and ultimately died off the under 21 crowd

Worked on it for 8 years and was there when it died. Was working when the largest raid ever was executed. We always had local atac but this was the state. When the 18,19,20 year olds could get in everywhere downtown the strip was finished.

[facelessjonmoon]

Worked on it for 8 years and was there when it died. Was working when the largest raid ever was executed. We always had local atac but this was the state. When the 18,19,20 year olds could get in everywhere downtown the strip was finished.

Gotcha. That makes sense

Did the downtown bars actually serve the under 21 crowd or just let them in?

(I was way over 21 when the strip died, so wouldn’t have been affected)