SB 400

Abstract

Alcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage performing arts facility licenses; on-and-off premises wine and beer licenses. Defines performing arts facility and sports facility and standardizes the eligibility criteria for annual mixed beverage performing arts facility licenses and on-and-off-premises wine and beer licenses for performing arts food concessionaires. Under current law, the eligibility criteria for such licenses varies by location and includes inconsistent ownership, lease, capacity, and seating requirements. The bill also removes provisions that allow the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to grant annual mixed beverage motor sports facility licenses and motor car sporting event facility licenses and creates an annual mixed beverage sports facility license, which may be granted to persons operating a sports facility or food concessions at a sports facility and would authorize the licensee to sell mixed beverages during any event and immediately subsequent thereto to patrons within all seating areas, concourses, walkways, concession areas, and additional locations designated by the Board (i) in closed containers for off-premises consumption or (ii) in paper, plastic, or similar disposable containers or in single original metal cans for on-premises consumption. This bill is identical to HB 1349, SB 180, SB 657, and SB 724.

Alcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage performing arts facility licenses. Allows the Board of Directorsof the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to issue annualmixed beverage performing arts facility licenses to persons operatingfood concessions at any (i) performing arts facility located in theCity of Charlottesville, provided that the performing arts facility(a) is occupied under a bona fide long-term lease or concession agreement,the original term of which was more than five years; (b) has a totalcapacity in excess of 550 patrons; and (c) has been rehabilitatedin accordance with historic preservation standards; (ii) outdoor performing arts amphitheater, arena, or similar facility that hasseating for more than 5,000 persons and is located in the City ofRichmond; or (iii) outdoor performing arts amphitheater, arena, orsimilar facility that has seating for more than 2,500 persons andis located in the City of Charlottesville.