Originally Posted by
blazindw
Certainly, the more the merrier! Buffalo Billiards is where we will have the official parties for the Young Alumni, but Duke fans young and old are of course welcome. The next official watch party will be for the UNC game, but Duke fans can generally be found there for pretty much any game on our schedule.
We have been working hard over the past few months to re-establish an identity at a bar that is central to most of the alumni in the area for our watch party. In the past, the organization of the parties has been lacking, with no central place for everyone in the area to go to and watch games. This year, that place has been Buffalo Billiards. The young alums love it so far. We've had a few watch parties there (one for the Duke-ND game, and 3 for basketball), and the turnout has been outstanding at all of them. People love the place, and for the UNC game we are working on getting drink and food specials since we expect about 100 young alumni for the game.
As for the other bars, we are constantly working on establishing "Duke-friendly" bars at locations in Maryland and Virginia so that when there are not "official" watch parties, people can know that Duke fans in their area will likely be at a certain place. I already have the ins at Barking Dog in Bethesda, and we're trying to find other places so that we can have places to go and watch our boys take on the world.
Any questions about it, please let me know, as I'm one of the people on the DCW Young Alumni Committee, and I help out with basketball parties and organizing recreational sports (with happy hours afterwards, of course). And as I said before, B-more Duke fans are always welcome if you want to make the trip down to watch games with other alums!