On Thursday, the University of Arkansas became the SEC’s third school to announce it will sell alcohol to the general public at football games.

In the past, only suites and private club areas sold alcohol; however, now fans who are 21 years or older will now be able to purchase beer and wine within designated public areas around Razorback Stadium. However, alcohol will not be allowed in the Arkansas student seating section, which is located in the lower east grandstand of the stadium.

Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Hunter Yurachek released a statement through the university’s website.

“By expanding our established alcoholic beverages program to include the sale of beer and wine in public areas of Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium, we are building on an already successful model while furthering the fan experience in a responsible way,” Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Hunter Yurachek said. “Working in coordination with campus officials and within established guidelines adopted by the SEC, we will now be able to offer this gameday amenity as an option to fans while working to further educate University of Arkansas students and the general public about safe and responsible consumption.

“We are implementing a number of corresponding initiatives aimed at preventing underage consumption and promoting responsible choices, including a ‘We ID Program,” and a designated driver and rideshare program. In many cases at other power 5 conference institutions, alcohol-related incidents at events have decreased following the introduction of a formal alcohol sales and educational program. As with other gameday options, we realize individuals will ultimately make their own choices on whether to utilize these expanded opportunities. Our focus will be continuing to work with campus officials, UAPD, the SEC and others to ensure that fans of all ages can enjoy their gameday experience.”

This past May, the SEC revised its policy that had previously restricted the sale of alcohol in public areas of athletic venues. Following the revision, Texas A&M and LSU announced they would sell alcohol to the general public. Now, Arkansas becomes the third university to announce the policy.

The school also indicated that no decision had been made on other on-campus venues such as Bud Walton Arena and Baum-Walker Stadium.

You can read Arkansas’ full release here.