Nebraska and Northwestern fans got free booze after an internet outage at Aviva Stadium in Ireland

The internet went down, so drinks were free — and suddenly the concourses became more interesting than Nebraska-Northwestern.

Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland wasn’t quite packed to the gills with fans eager to watch Northwestern take on Nebraska to kick off this year’s college football stadium. Its concourses, however, were.

That’s because a problem with the stadium’s internet made all the concessions inside entirely free of charge. Yes, even beer and cocktails.

Somewhere in between the Cornhuskers’ first and second touchdowns of the 2022 season, an internet outage affected the stadium’s billing system. This meant that while Casey Thompson was dealing on the field for Nebraska, overworked concessions workers were dealing out beers and liquor completely gratis for the throngs filling up the space underneath the stands.

Instead of suspending all sales, the folks behind the counter decided to make everything free, allowing fans to double-fist pints on their way back to the seats. That made a tap list that started at roughly $7.64 USD for a pint of Guinness a tremendous bargain.

At least, as long as you were willing to miss most of the second quarter queued up (warning, language in the tweet below is NSFW).

Nebraska and Northwestern had already over-delivered on the field, producing 24 points in the first 20 minutes of play. Aviva Stadium followed suit, even if it was the outcome of bad WiFi.

Update: 3.15 p.m. ET: Fans are enjoying the beer!

Update: 3:30 p.m. ET: The internet remains down. The beer is gone. Generous pours remain. This is gonna be an amazing fourth quarter, no matter what happens.

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