They placed the entrance of the 5,000-seat venue for Real Salt Lake’s minor-league affiliate just 100 feet from RSL’s new charter school. That’s too close, according to state law, to get a liquor license.
Alcohol licenses cannot be granted to businesses if they are within 200 feet (as the crow flies) or 600 feet (by pedestrian travel) of a church, school, park, public playground or library. The distance requirement is different for restaurants, which must be at least 300 feet from community locations.
RSL officials are working with the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control on several possible options, such as moving the stadium entrance farther from the school or creating a beer garden inside the venue.