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The Minnesota Senate has voted to relax a
booze ban at the University of Minnesota's campus football stadium.

      The Senate gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a bill that
allowing the school to control where alcohol is sold at the
year-old TCF Bank Stadium. It reverses a law that required alcohol
to be sold everywhere in the stadium or nowhere.

      Last year, university regents banned all alcohol to keep it from
the student section. The school had intended to sell it in premium
seats and suites.

      As Republican Geoff Michel put it, the Senate "shouldn't act as
some 67-member liquor control board."

      The bill faces resistance in the Minnesota House.


      Net revenue from booze sales would be used for athletic
scholarships and reduced student fees.

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The Minnesota Senate has voted to relax a
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