It's not just any party cup; it's the king of the keggers. Born in the '70s, the ubiquitous red cup is the official drinking vessel at barbecues, fairs and college parties across America.

If you're a gardener who likes to party, you might have an excess of leftover party cups that will make the perfect starter ...

Sixty percent of Solo party cup sales are for the red variety, and red has been Solo’s best-selling color since the beginning. There are many theories as to why.

So quintessentially American is the red Solo cup, it is available for sale through a specialty website—Party Cups U.K.—targeting British revelers who wish to re-create the ambience of a land ...

How a Red Party Cup Became an American Icon There’s just something about Solo cups. Erin Blakemore - Correspondent. December 29, 2016. ... Since then, Solo cups have become a party icon.

"You're more than just plastic, you're more than amazing, you're more than fantastic," croons Toby Keith in his 2011 hit "Red Solo Cup," a song that Robert Leo Hulseman surely loved. The inventor ...

The red Solo cup — a keg party staple for decades — has switched from a round to a square bottom (see photo above), and there ...

The original 18 oz Solo cup, which launched in the 1970s, had lines that roughly equaled measurements of 1, 5 and 12 ounces. 3 It’s long been thought that the lines on a Solo cup were there to ...

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