Ch. 504

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(ii) There is an arena license.

(iii) 1. A licensee may sell beer, wine and liquor by the drink and by
the bottle within the arena, from one or more outlets, for consumption on the licensed
premises.

2. AN ARENA LICENSE MAY NOT BE ISSUED IN THE SECOND
AND THIRD WARDS AFTER OCTOBER 1, 1994. LICENSES ISSUED PRIOR TO THAT DATE
ARE VALID AND MAY BE TREATED LIKE ANY OTHER LICENSE.

(iv) The Board may issue an arena license only if the applicant has:

1. A minimum capital investment, not including any real
property, of $1,000,000; and

2. A minimum capacity of 1,000 people, as determined by the
Baltimore City Fire Department.

(v) This license shall be issued only to the person, firm, or corporation
owning or leasing an arena, one of whom must be a resident of the State of Maryland, or
to a concessionaire designated by the person, firm or corporation owning or leasing the
arena. The concessionaire need not be a resident of the State of Maryland.

(vi) The Board shall prescribe regulations pertaining to the manner of
dispensing alcoholic beverages, the number of outlets authorized to dispense alcoholic
beverages, and the hours and days of sale.

             (vii) The licensee is subject to all of the provisions of this article and to

the regulations of the Board of License Commissioners.

(viii) The annual license fee for the arena license is $5,000.

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(b) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, every new application for a
license shall be made to the board of license commissioners upon forms prescribed by the
Comptroller and sworn to by the applicant. Every application for a license shall contain
the following statements:

(17) (I) A statement duly executed and acknowledged by the owner of the
premises in which the business is to be conducted assenting to the granting of the license
applied for, and authorizing the Comptroller, his duly authorized deputies, inspectors and
clerks, the board of license commissioners of the county or city in which the place of
business is located, its duly authorized agents and employees, any peace officer of [such]
THAT city or county, and any peace officer of any incorporated municipality in which the
business is to be conducted, to inspect and search, without warrant, the premises upon
which the business is to be conducted, and any and all parts of the building in which
[said] THE business is to be conducted, at any and all hours. [; except that in]

(II) IN Montgomery County, [no such] A statement and
acknowledgment fare] IS NOT required where the applicant for a license is the lessee of
the entire building in which the business is to be conducted for the entire term of the
license to be issued.                                                                 

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