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By Conor McCormick-Cavanaugh, Westword | To be boozy or not to be boozy. That’s the question Denver city employees and elected officials will grapple with in the coming months, as they consider a proposal to create a common liquor consumption area licensing program as early as mid-2020.

The Department of Excise and Licenses, which is behind the initiative, is presenting its proposal at a Denver City Council committee today, October 23. During the presentation, staff from the department will stress that the program won’t turn Denver into a gigantic, never-ending boozefest.

“It is not Las Vegas; it is not Bourbon Street,” says Eric Escudero, a spokesperson for Excise and Licenses.

Instead, there will be mini-Bourbon Streets. During the city’s proposed five-year pilot program, bars and restaurants will be able to band together and gain official recognition from the city as “promotional associations.”

Then, they will be able to apply for common consumption area licenses, which last for a year and can be renewed annually. Concurrent to that application, the bars will have to propose an entertainment district, in which the consumption area will be located. The city doesn’t currently have any entertainment districts.

Venues in Larimer Square, for example, could band together, get these authorizations, …

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https://www.westword.com/news/denver-considering-proposal-for-common-consumption-areas-11519119

[Thank you to Alex Teitz, http://www.femmusic.com, for suggesting this article.]

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