Aggieville

Aggieville is a community of six square blocks in Manhattan, Kansas, consisting of bars, restaurants, and shops oriented around university culture.

The shop's owner, Dora Mae, served alcohol to the residents of Manhattan and passers-by for four years during the Prohibition era, until the bans were ultimately repealed.

With the passing of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984, commerce was reduced in bars in favor of new shops and restaurants.

However, with the hiring of Jon Wefald as Kansas State University's new president in 1986, enrollment at the college nearly doubled over the next 20 years and with the increased student population, Aggieville saw a new boom in all types of businesses.

[6] Students wearing T-shirts that said "Riotville" and "Riot II" mingled with 4,000 to 6,000 people who again filled the main street outside the bars and turned violent at night.

[citation needed] In 1987, Manhattan was again the site of the KSU-KU football game, but this time the town completely cordoned off Aggieville and brought in police officers from all over the state of Kansas to control entry points and patrol the streets inside.

The annual "St. Patrick's Day in the Ville" celebration includes restaurants serving green eggs and ham, a road race and family fun run, and a parade.

This increases criminal offenses, such as underage drinking, assaults and batteries, public urination, noise complaints, driving under the influence, and littering.