Salt Lake City’s Eccles Theater is limiting alcohol during all performances of the bawdy, sexually-explicit musical, “The Book of Mormon,” rather than risk a fine or loss of its state liquor license.
“Utah State Liquor Laws have clear regulations about alcohol consumption during events with mature themes,” Cami Munk, communications manager with Salt Lake County Center for the Arts, said in a written statement. “In compliance with the regulations, we are limiting alcohol consumption to the lobby and the Bistro (restaurant).”
Patrons can normally buy 3.2-percent bottled beer — which staff pour into a plastic cup with a lid — and take it to their seats during performances.