City KeyArena Fined for Selling Booze to Minors
posted by on April 9 at 14:39 PM
After a terrible season and a bad breakup with the Sonics, the ever-so-sad KeyArena has taken another hit.
Last month, KeyArena was slapped with a $500 fine after the Washington State Liquor Control Board busted two beer vendors for selling to minors.
In other bad-things-happening-to-KeyArena news, George Michael plays July 2.
Gross.
George Michael is so talenteted. Just the latest in snark I guess. Let the light in Jonah.
If Key Arena is going to go broke from a $500 fine, they have a lot more serious problem than the OK Sonics leaving ...
Also, the Thunderbirds are leaving KeyArena for a new arena of their own.
The side effect of this is that vendors are ID'ing everyone -- I'm talking retirees with gray hair and canes -- which really slows down beer lines. No joke, at every Sonics and T-Birds game I've attended in the last few months, I've seen at least one obviously 40+ person get carded.
Of course, I won't have to worry about this once the Sonics leave for OKC. But hey, at least I'll have the City's great moral victory to entertain me at night.
did they arrest the two vendors? throw them in jail? take them to court? and then dismiss the charges later?
@5... i've heard similar stories. it's funny in a sad is this what we've come to way.
George Michael is coming!! Man, I love Arrested Development!
As much as I think WSLCB laws can be over the top, it's somewhat nice that their officers are patrolling more than just clubs. Now, if an repeat infraction or a scuffle anywhere within the vicinity actually shut the entire Key Arena down - like could happen if a music venue had done this - then maybe we'd see a little more consistency.
Mr Poe will meet Geroge in the restroom. And don't EVEN deny it Mr. Poe!!!!
@9: Unless you have a well-established career as a banker or lawyer (read: you're old), odds are you can't afford enough booze at the Key to really get rowdy. Maybe that's why they don't enforce these things as strictly.
What are you talking about? George Michael is the only GOOD thing to happen in the Key for a long long time! :)
This made me cry again. My partner was a fan and a friend of George.
what exactly is wrong with george michael, other than your dislike for him jonah?
he fought a long hard battle with the sony which put him out fo recording for YEARS.
i can get behind any artist who fights a big label!
go george!
i hope to be there!
Whatever, hater! GM had one of the greatest voices of the 80s and 90s. This performance is pitch-perfect, for example. Clearly Jonah has no soul.
#11 - it's really easy to sneak a pint of booze in. Last time I was there I was trashed by the time I ordered my first beer. She did card me though...
Plus, he's a great actor, as you could see on a certain surrealist TV show.
V - Did you say "Lank you"?
Not a fan but 100X better than that stuff that oozes and splatters out of American Idol.
Love me some George Michael!
I'll be there and then after the show drive to an intersection somewhere in Magnolia and pass out behind the wheel.
Until then:
Take your snark and shove it...
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