The “No TV and No Beer Make Homer… Something… Something…” Award: THIRD NIGHT
It seems strange now to think that there was a time when it was 105 degrees outside with 80% humidity, but that was the case Third Night. Ah, Chicago in July…
In preparation for the extreme heat, the Route 66 management decided to do something slightly different. Instead of stocking three times as much beer as water as they normally do, they flopped the ratio and brought in three times as much water as beer. Not so coincidentally, the concession stands ran out of beer around 8:30PM, much to the chagrin of a lot of fans. Interestingly, based upon facebook postings, more people were concerned about the lack of beer than were concerned about the health and well being of Damage, Inc’s Matt Wilson who was sent to the hospital on a stretcher after getting hit by Orange Crush’s Johnny Ryan.
This mistake was corrected Fourth Night when Route 66 brought in enough beer to make even the drunkest of fans happy.