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Badger Saturday: beer gardens and Yom Kippur

Pottygoers looking for a loo after the Badger football game Saturday night won’t have to keep their legs crossed when eyeballing porta-potties inside closed and empty bar beer gardens.

The toilets can be used, according to Madison City Council President Mike Verveer, bringing relief to thousands of fans who might otherwise contemplate going behind bushes, cars, each other, etc. and risk getting not only embarassed and possibly wet shoes but city cop fines as well.

Even with the toilet reprieve, Stadium Bar owner Jim Luedtke is still upset his beer garden has to shut down before the game is over, which will result in a jammed-up Monroe Street as fans try to find their friends and family pouring out of Camp Randall stadium right across Monroe St. from the bar.