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Article: STREET TALK Tailgaters' suit says MU changed rules mid-game
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- Columbia Daily Tribune
- Article date:
- June 23, 2007
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A local company has sued the University of Missouri-Columbia after
the university yanked the parking permit the company needed to
provide tailgate parties for fraternities before Tiger football
games.
EBKG Inc. provides food and catering services for seven MU
fraternities. In 2005, the company paid for an arrangement with the
university to park a recreational vehicle in a lot behind the stadium
for tailgate parties, according to a lawsuit filed this week in Boone
County Circuit Court.
But one year into the deal, and after the owners paid thousands of
dollars in startup costs and a $20,000 "donation" to the Tiger
Scholarship Fund, MU pulled the plug on the parking pass. Officials
said the ...