Packers Fans Vote On 110 Year Old Booze Ban

[matcom]

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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- There's one neighborhood in Green Bay where you can't enjoy a beer while watching the Packers -- although that could soon change.

Voters will decide Tuesday whether to end a 110-year-old ban on alcohol in a 3-by-2-mile area on Green Bay's west side.

Area business leaders leaders say the ban has hurt development. But some people worry about crime and the character of the neighborhood changing.

More than 20,000 people will be asked whether to let restaurants and hotels serve alcohol. Bars would still be banned.

http://www.wftv.com/food/4342682/detail.html

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. ...and shirts in freezing temps would still be optional!

Go Pack!

[ewagner]

2. Let's see....

I've been to The Stadium View Bar, Andruzzi's, and The Bar, and The Grill at the Midway Motor Lodge. all within sight of Lambeau Field.....noooooo problem with getting alcohols there....

on edit: I forgot Bret Farve's Steak House. good but expensive booze there.....

[meegbear]

3. Bars would still be banned?

Isn't that why they're here?

With all due respect to Green Bay, they don't sound like the kind of city one would straddle the bar for a peach-apricot smoothie.