CU Police will strictly enforce rules violations on substances and materials banned from football games at the University of Colorado at Boulder this fall, and fans could be ejected from games for unruly behavior directed at stadium officials and other fans.
Banned materials include alcoholic beverages, cans, glass bottles, ice chests or liquid containers that are a gallon or more in size. Fans may bring one nondisposable container no larger than two liters -- or one-half gallon -- or they may bring one factory-sealed bottle of water up to one liter into the stadium.
"Our goal is to foster a safe stadium environment for people and families attending games," said Joe Roy, chief of the CU Police Department.
Chancellor G.P. "Bud" Peterson and football Coach Dan Hawkins also are both urging fans to practice good sportsmanship at games. The chancellor and coach discuss the importance of fan behavior in a podcast on the CU-Boulder News Center's Web site at .
In addition to the ban on alcohol in the stadium, whole fruit, marshmallows and other items that might injure other people, if thrown, also have been banned. The concern, said Roy, is that fans who throw objects may strike other fans in the stadium or even hit players, coaches and other people on the field.
"Batteries, coins, rocks and other objects have been placed in marshmallows and thrown in the stadium and have injured people who have been struck," said Roy. "We want people to be able to watch the game and not have to watch out for flying objects that might injure them."
Police and security personnel working games at Folsom Stadium will check for alcohol and other banned articles at the entry gates. An "amnesty" arrangement will allow people to discard those items before entering the stadium. However, visibly intoxicated people will be denied admission to the stadium and people visibly intoxicated inside the stadium will be ejected, he said.
Anyone found in possession of alcohol or other banned items inside the stadium will be ejected, Roy said. Underage persons caught with alcohol also will be issued summonses for "minor in possession."
"In our experience there has been a correlation between excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages and the incidence of fighting and other dangerous behaviors in the stadium," he said. "We won't turn a blind eye to alcohol possession or alcohol abuse."
CU-Boulder students who are issued alcohol summonses also face judicial action by the university.
Fans ejected from a game may be denied access to subsequent games and their tickets may be confiscated, depending on the severity of the infraction. Unruly fans also may be arrested and face criminal prosecution.
CU Police typically supervise about 80 officers working home games plus about 330 private security guards who check packs and survey the crowd.
For more information regarding stadium rules go to and enter "Folsom Field Policies" in the "Search CUBuffs" utility.