went up to Regina Saskatchewan yesterday to sell "beer" at the Rolling Stones concert. 3.5 hour trip one way. there is absolutely no way to have prepared myself for the experiance. there were 10 bars total at the stadium. i and the other Montana Optimist club ppl were at the 80 foot bar setup out side by the main entrance to the stadium. course they stuck us on the end nearest the main enterance to the stadium. that was nice of them.
at the 80 ft bar there were 2 22gal kegs than an 8 foot table mixing rum+coke and whiskey+coke than 2 kegs, than an 8 foot table mixing vodka+lemonaide and long island ice tea than 2 kegs than another table doing the whiskey and rum with coke and so on down the 80 feet thats it, 5 choices of drinks, 1 type of beer and 4 mixes.
i was at the first table mixing both rum and whiskey cokes at the start of the evening. 1/2 hour after the gates open i was mixing just whiskey cokes..........45 minutes after that there were 3 of us mixing just whiskey cokes(one putting ice in the glass, one pouring the shot, one filling up with coke) and for 2 hours or more we could not keep up for close to 3 hours i did not look up unless itwas to yell down the line for supplies. another guy from Wolf Point was running the 2 kegs to my left and emptying a keg every 9-15 minutes at alil over 160 glasses to the keg(at $6 per drink thats darn close to $1000/keg). i quit counting at 8 bottles of whiskey and at that point it was still day light and before the main rush and we served a few hours after dark(from 4-8pm we were making drinks). there was a small mountain of 2 liter coke bottles behind me.
on friday night there were ~51,000 attending who drank an average of a 6 pack per person in the 4 hours of serving drinks(no selling after the Stones got on stage) when all was figured out. sunday night was a larger crowd and was what the Canuks called a "drinking crowd" so we sold more................
insane...............................just insane.................
at the 80 ft bar there were 2 22gal kegs than an 8 foot table mixing rum+coke and whiskey+coke than 2 kegs, than an 8 foot table mixing vodka+lemonaide and long island ice tea than 2 kegs than another table doing the whiskey and rum with coke and so on down the 80 feet thats it, 5 choices of drinks, 1 type of beer and 4 mixes.
i was at the first table mixing both rum and whiskey cokes at the start of the evening. 1/2 hour after the gates open i was mixing just whiskey cokes..........45 minutes after that there were 3 of us mixing just whiskey cokes(one putting ice in the glass, one pouring the shot, one filling up with coke) and for 2 hours or more we could not keep up for close to 3 hours i did not look up unless itwas to yell down the line for supplies. another guy from Wolf Point was running the 2 kegs to my left and emptying a keg every 9-15 minutes at alil over 160 glasses to the keg(at $6 per drink thats darn close to $1000/keg). i quit counting at 8 bottles of whiskey and at that point it was still day light and before the main rush and we served a few hours after dark(from 4-8pm we were making drinks). there was a small mountain of 2 liter coke bottles behind me.
on friday night there were ~51,000 attending who drank an average of a 6 pack per person in the 4 hours of serving drinks(no selling after the Stones got on stage) when all was figured out. sunday night was a larger crowd and was what the Canuks called a "drinking crowd" so we sold more................
insane...............................just insane.................
