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Updated: Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:25 p.m.

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THE GAME | Tailgate to end at kickoff

Staff Reporter
Published Friday, November 21, 2008

With student tickets to this year’s Game as scarce as Harvard parties on a Saturday night, it seems that Harvard Stadium will be a packed house during the 125th playing of the historic matchup. But outside the grandstands, at the pre-game tailgate, the party may be tamer than it has been in years past.

New regulations, pushed by the Boston Police Department and announced in October, include a ban on U-Haul trucks, kegs and other devices that “promote the rapid consumption of alcohol,” as the rules put it. The tailgate will also be shut down at the start of the game, which is...

#1 By jaws 8:13p.m. on November 21, 2008

Where's the real game being played? I'm referring to the Yale/Harvard rugby match. And where's the drinkup?

#2 By Sid 1:50a.m. on November 27, 2008

It's funny all these people making tailgating and drinking rules attended these schools when there were no restrictions - an no problems like there are now. People relaxed and drank at a leisurely pace and enjoyed the tailgate and the game. Everyone went home a little tired, and that was the worst of it.

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