Your already very high chances of being able to sip a beer while watching the Nets in Brooklyn just got a little better. After the contentious two-and-a-half hour joint Community Boards 2 and 6 meeting on Tuesday night, the full Community Board 2 met last night and, according to The Local, approved the plan 33-0. With some stipulations, of course.
The plan still has a ways to go though. It still needs approval from CB6 and the State Liquor Authority (of course), but this is a start. "Barclays Center, here we come!" CB2 Chairman John Dew reportedly exclaimed after the vote. So what are the stipulations that CB2 is worried about? Deep breath!
- The formation of a community advisory group.
- Review of the license in one year.
- The drafting of plans to mitigate transportation and security problems.
- A post-game clean-up that will be completed before dawn.
- The use of ID readers at half of the 57 sale points of alcoholic beverages.
- Several board members said the mechanical readers spot fake identification better than humans, though Levy Restaurant officials disputed that claim at Tuesday’s meeting.
- A limit to two drinks per person per purchase. That guideline is already the league standard.
Still, this being the Atlantic Yards where nothing is easy, there are still people who are happy to point out the things that aren't in those stipulations. Like the idea discussed in Tuesday's meeting that the license be for just one year to make sure that Forest City Ratner doesn't skip out on any of its promises for the neighborhood.
