Beer & football - two great tastes that go great together. And Rutgers is keeping the duo forever entwined by building their new football stadium on the site of an old tavern.

FOOTBALL STADIUM DIGEST drinks in news that the Scarlet Knights’ new gridiron locale has been discovered to be on the spot of the “legendary” Rising Sun Tavern.

The 18th-century watering hole was not only a good place to enjoy an ale, but also get a first-class education, as the Rising Sun was supposedly the first building to host classes for Rutgers students. Read more…