Cal Poly spent over $1 million on St. Patrick’s Day weekend, while the City of San Luis Obispo spent $115,000.
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San Luis Obispo spent over $100k on St. Fratty’s containment
The city of San Luis Obispo spent $86,000 on overtime pay and $29,000 in expenses to fund St. Fratty’s containment efforts, according to Sara Armas, deputy city clerk. Law enforcement agencies from across the state, from San Francisco to Santa Barbara, assisted containment efforts for St. Fratty’s gatherings. To celebrate St. Fratty’s, groups of friends […]
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Cal Poly tries to tame Saint Fratty’s Day – Did it work?
For years, Saint Fratty’s Day has been an unofficial tradition at Cal Poly, drawing thousands of students out to party on the streets. Specifically in the Hathway Alley community near campus. But with growing concerns over safety and rowdy crowds, the university introduced a new event this year—Morning on the Green—aiming to provide a controlled […]
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St. Fratty’s reimagined: What worked, what didn’t, and what’s next
This year’s St. Fratty’s celebrations looked unmistakably different from last year’s. The sea of rowdy celebrators decked in green was transplanted from the streets to an on-campus concert. Sure, there were hiccups, but I’ll be the first to admit that it seems to have worked.
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‘Let us in’: Cal Poly’s on-campus St. Patrick’s Day music festival overrun
Event security collapsed before sunrise as thousands of students overran checkpoints and barricades at Cal Poly’s Morning on the Green – A Mustang Music Festival. What began as a highly anticipated, university-organized music festival quickly unraveled into a morning of security failures, crowd surges and multiple off-campus block parties — demonstrating the ongoing challenge of […]
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LIVE: St. Patrick’s weekend celebrations
On-campus concert ends 8:50 a.m. Morning on the Green – A Mustang Music Festival officially ends. Event staff begins cleanup of the area. ZHU leaves stage early; block party disperses 8:45 a.m. The off-campus block party came to an end due to strict law enforcement presence demanding students leave the area. Meanwhile, the on-campus concert has nearly […]
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What you need to know about St. Patrick’s Day 2025
With St. Patrick’s Day weekend approaching, Mustang News compiled an all-encompassing guide to the happenings, closures and resources available to students. Morning on The Green: A Mustang Music Festival A free concert event with headliners ZHU and Galantis will take place from 4:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Door open at 3:45 a.m., with student opener […]
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‘We’re not kidding’: Cal Poly and SLO shift from St. Fratty’s containment to prevention
Cal Poly’s St. Fratty’s Day made national headlines due to a roof collapse at the annual block party in 2015. Nine years later, St. Fratty’s resulted in over $24,000 worth of damages at the Red Bricks residence halls. This year, Cal Poly and the City of San Luis Obispo announced a new approach: prevention over […]
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Cal Poly to host on-campus St. Patrick’s Day event in place of St. Fratty’s block party
After the city reported record-high criminal offenses at last year’s St. Fratty’s Day block party, Cal Poly is moving the event onto campus.