[stupac2]

1) Actually, not a fan of beer and wine sales. I’ve seen drunk (u$c) fans at places like Levi’s and staggering in from tailgates and don’t need more. But we’ll see how the experiment goes. My guess is that it’ll be a success as long as it’s on a limited basis, like only for priority $TMs.

I'm not sure if there have been actual studies about it, but the argument I've seen is that people who want to be drunk for the game just get tanked ahead of time and then are much worse off vs if they just had a few during the game. Could easily be a wash.

4) i never heard anything from Stanford until today and suddenly it’s “renew by the end of day to qualify for all renewal lotteries!!” I wonder what effect the last-minute approach will have. My guess is that it won’t help —i didn’t hear anything at all from my “account exec”. I happened to have already decided I was going to renew, but if I had been on fence, the disorganized, last-minute, non-communicative experience would not help.

Maybe this is a difference in our levels, but I don't see anything saying that it had to be by the end of the day. It does say "Renew Today!" up at the top but I don't see anything saying that you actually did need to renew that day. I'm about to start  6-figure home renovation and really questioning whether I want to keep spending 4 hours in a car to spend 3.5 hours in a stadium, but will probably renew this year and see if my kid is more into it.

[stupac2]

1) Actually, not a fan of beer and wine sales. I’ve seen drunk (u$c) fans at places like Levi’s and staggering in from tailgates and don’t need more. But we’ll see how the experiment goes. My guess is that it’ll be a success as long as it’s on a limited basis, like only for priority $TMs.

I'm not sure if there have been actual studies about it, but the argument I've seen is that people who want to be drunk for the game just get tanked ahead of time and then are much worse off vs if they just had a few during the game. Could easily be a wash.

4) i never heard anything from Stanford until today and suddenly it’s “renew by the end of day to qualify for all renewal lotteries!!” I wonder what effect the last-minute approach will have. My guess is that it won’t help —i didn’t hear anything at all from my “account exec”. I happened to have already decided I was going to renew, but if I had been on fence, the disorganized, last-minute, non-communicative experience would not help.

Maybe this is a difference in our levels, but I don't see anything saying that it had to be by the end of the day. It does say "Renew Today!" up at the top but I don't see anything saying that you actually did need to renew that day. I'm about to start  6-figure home renovation and really questioning whether I want to keep spending 4 hours in a car to spend 3.5 hours in a stadium, but will probably renew this year and see if my kid is more into it.