Slog - Comments on KeyArena Fined for Selling Booze to Minors http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min 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.... Copyright 2008 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:39:59 -0800 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:26:31 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Dave Coffman Gross.

]]> Dave Coffman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994203 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994203 City Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:46:02 -0800 Comment by don't see it George Michael is so talenteted. Just the latest in snark I guess. Let the light in Jonah.

]]> don't see it http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994209 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994209 City Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:48:26 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle If Key Arena is going to go broke from a $500 fine, they have a lot more serious problem than the OK Sonics leaving ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994239 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994239 City Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:55:15 -0800 Comment by Peter F Also, the Thunderbirds are leaving KeyArena for a new arena of their own.

]]> Peter F http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994258 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994258 City Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:00:37 -0800 Comment by joykiller 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.

]]> joykiller http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994280 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994280 City Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:06:45 -0800 Comment by infrequent did they arrest the two vendors? throw them in jail? take them to court? and then dismiss the charges later?

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994290 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994290 City Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:09:23 -0800 Comment by infrequent @5... i've heard similar stories. it's funny in a sad is this what we've come to way.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994312 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994312 City Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:19:05 -0800 Comment by yay George Michael is coming!! Man, I love Arrested Development!

]]> yay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994330 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994330 City Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:31:33 -0800 Comment by Dougsf 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.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994335 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994335 City Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:33:15 -0800 Comment by Cato the Younger Younger Mr Poe will meet Geroge in the restroom. And don't EVEN deny it Mr. Poe!!!!

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994352 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994352 City Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:37:10 -0800 Comment by joykiller @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.

]]> joykiller http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994356 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994356 City Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:38:21 -0800 Comment by Suz What are you talking about? George Michael is the only GOOD thing to happen in the Key for a long long time! :)

]]> Suz http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994366 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994366 City Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:45:43 -0800 Comment by Wolf This made me cry again. My partner was a fan and a friend of George.

]]> Wolf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994486 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994486 City Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:43:00 -0800 Comment by terry miller 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!

]]> terry miller http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994524 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994524 City Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:58:29 -0800 Comment by fluteprof 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.

]]> fluteprof http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994526 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994526 City Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:00:46 -0800 Comment by V #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...

]]> V http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994549 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994549 City Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:09:49 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Plus, he's a great actor, as you could see on a certain surrealist TV show.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994550 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994550 City Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:10:09 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale V - Did you say "Lank you"?

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994724 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994724 City Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:58:18 -0800 Comment by Bauhaus Not a fan but 100X better than that stuff that oozes and splatters out of American Idol.

]]> Bauhaus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994801 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c994801 City Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:45:40 -0800 Comment by David K. 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...

]]> David K. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c995078 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/key_arena_fined_for_selling_booze_to_min#c995078 City Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:26:31 -0800