Event

Ten-Cent Beer Night

4 Jun 1974 · 41.51° N, 81.70° W

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When
4 Jun 1974
Kind
Event
Coordinates
41.51° N, 81.70° W

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Ten-Cent Beer Night.

Summary

The Cleveland Indians stage an ill-advised Ten Cent Beer Night for a game against the Texas Rangers at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Cleveland forfeits after alcohol-fueled mayhem and violence spreads from the stands onto the field.

Ten-Cent Beer Night

1974 Major League Baseball promotion

Ten-Cent Beer Night was an ill-fated promotion held by Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians during a game against the Texas Rangers at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, on June 4, 1974. The promotion was meant to improve attendance at the game by offering cups of beer for just 10 cents each, a substantial discount on the regular price of 65 cents, with a limit of six beers per purchase but no…

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