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Rachel Anne Seymour/KANSAN O'Malley Beverage Inc. employees Noah Clouse, left, and Tucker Craig, right, unload kegs in the alley behind Red Lyon Tavern on Thursday. Downtown bars, such as the Red Lyon, stocked up on alcohol in preparation for Saturday night's Final Four game, when Kansas takes on North Carolina.
BY ANDY GREENHAW agreenhaw@kansan.com
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Bars all over Lawrence have been busy restocking their alcohol supplies this week to prepare for tomorrow's Final Four game against North Carolina.
Andy Kroeker, manager of Fatso's, 1016 Massachusetts St., said a lot of bars were in the midst of recovery from the sea of Jayhawk fans that flooded downtown Lawrence and ransacked them dry after last Sunday's victory against Davidson.
"This whole block was ground zero so everyone just sold out of everything," he said. "People would come in with these huge orders of like eight beers and 10 different kinds of shots, and towards the end of the night we had to be like, 'alright, we don't have any of this stuff', so they just took whatever we had left."
Kroeker said Fatso's would have an extra supply of alcohol for Saturday's game, and he scheduled extra staff to handle the inevitable plethora of fans.
Chris Elliot, Independence senior and bartender at Quinton's Bar & Deli, 615 Massachusetts St., said that judging from
"We were super packed on Sunday," he said. "We ran out of all kinds of beer and liquor, so by the end of the night we just had to start customizing our own shots."
what he saw Sunday, he would probably have to work a triple shift all day and all night on Saturday.
Elliot said Quinton's would be completely restocked for Saturday's game and the upstairs bar would open early at 3 p.m.
Sarah Shields, a bartender at Jet Lag, 610 Florida St., said the owners bought four brand new, high-definition, flat screen TVs this week for fans to watch both Final Four games throughout the day.
"We plan on setting them up so people can see the games from outside on the smoking deck" she said.
She said Jet Lag would also be grilling food all day long.
Abe & Jake's Landing, 8 E. Sixth St., plans on inviting Gran-Daddy's Q to sell barbecue inside the bar all day, said Colin Elwell, event manager for the bar.
"We hope to be pretty crowded by about four," he said. "At the 2003 Final Four game we were packed all day long."
Abe and lake's will put up three giant projectors that will feature both Final Four games, Elwell said, and it plans on opening its doors at 9 a.m.
Crimson & Brews, 925 Iowa St., will feature two Xbox 360s where people can play
March Madness video games, said Ryan Weekley, the bar's owner.
He said his bar would also have beer pong and 50 cent tacos.
Bars aren't the only establishments trying to bank off the Final Four.
Sales skyrocketed in Lawrence this week for businesses that specialized in Jayhawk apparel, such as Jock's Nitch Sporting
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Members of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house showed up with JAYHAWKS! painted across their chests to show their support at the Kansas State game March 1 at Allen Fieldhouse. This weekend, the Fieldhouse will be open for a Final Four watch party. The game will be broadcast on the video board, which was added to the fieldhouse in 2005.
One more at the fieldhouse
BY LUKE MORRIS
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Jayhawk fans who can't make it to San Antonio will be able to watch Kansas' Final Four game(s) from the video board in Allen Fieldhouse. Associate athletics director Jim Marchiony said that mascots and the pep band were scheduled to attend.
The Final Four is coming to Allen Fieldhouse — sort of.
"We're trying to create an atmosphere like San Antonio," Marchiony said. "The atmosphere in Allen will probably be better because the Alamdome is so large."
Annie Booton, Leawood junior, said she thought watching the games in the fieldhouse would be a great alternate plan for those who couldn't miss class or afford to get to San Antonio.
"That'd be the perfect place for every-"
The event is open to the public.
Colleen Standefer, Overland Park senior, said she would likely be a part of the crowd at Allen Fieldhouse. She said that the only downside that she could see to it was that those who wanted to drink couldn't do so.
one to all be together," Booton said. "It's one thing for everyone to be on Mass Street but it's another for everyone to be in the Phog."
Marchiony said that Kansas Athletics played host to Final Four watch parties in previous years in which Kansas was in the Final Four. This will be the first time that the game will be broadcast on the video board, which was added to the fieldhouse in 2005. Marchiony said in previous years screens were brought in for fans to watch the game on.
CBS may broadcast live shots from Allen Fieldhouse during the games. Marchiony said he alerted CBS that Kansas Athletics would be opening the Fieldhouse for the games.
What: Final Four watch party at Allen Fieldhouse
When: Saturday at 7 p.m.
Who: Open to the public
Cost: Admission and parking is free
gametime
Tip-off for Kansas' semifinal game against North Carolina is scheduled for 7:47 Saturday night. Doors to the fieldhouse will open at 7 p.m.
Should Kansas advance to the National Championship game on Monday night, tipoff is scheduled for 8:15, and doors will open at 7:30.
Admission and parking will be free for fans. Concessions and souvenir stands will also be open.
— Edited by Daniel Reyes
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