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Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010 | 2:38 p.m.
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Plans for a liquor store at McCarran International Airport are moving forward after Clark County commissioners on Tuesday authorized negotiations to begin with a local franchise.
The proposed 1,200-square-foot Lee’s Runway Liquor, an affiliate of Lee’s Discount Liquor, would be located near baggage claim. A design review will be part of the negotiations. No open containers would be allowed within 1,000 feet of the store.
The store would provide revenue for the airport, which takes a cut of each tenant's sales.
“We must be innovative in developing new revenue sources,” said Randall Walker, director of the Clark County Department of Aviation. He also listed about 50 examples of cities with liquor stores in their airports.
Commissioner Steve Sisolak, however, questioned if the county could be held liable for accidents related to the store — if someone bought a bottle, got drunk, had an accident and sued, for example. A lawyer could interpret the current ordinance on liquor licenses to hold a landlord to equal responsibility as a tenant, he said.
The county’s lawyers assured the board that Clark County was free of such liability.
Ed Uehling, a private citizen, stepped forward at the end of the meeting to protest the plan after the item had already been approved. He argued that the airport was taking business from other local businesses by creating new competition.
The board voted 4-2 for the county’s staff to reach an agreement with Lee’s. Sisolak and Lawrence Weekly opposed the negotiations; Chairman Rory Reid abstained. The final agreement and design review will require approval by the commissioners.
Seems like Lee has some deep pockets and high friends.
I would think long and hard about getting into business with Lee's. They have some of the trashiest stores in the valley, many of their managers are jerks, and every now and then they get into trouble with their suppliers. Just because they are the biggest liquor store company in the valley doesn't mean the county should get into business with them.
Typical...another example of our society being taken over by secular socialism. A lack of morality is becoming the norm. This is what happens when we elect people to office that do not have a belief system grounded in Judao-Christian Values.
lol. They do have a major ego at Lee's, every one I've been to they speak to you like they are high and mighty.
... or maybe they're all drunk...
I don't have a problem with Lee's, I have a problem with liquor store. We have so many drunks in this town now, why do we need them before they pick up the rental car. At what cost do we milk the visitor? Is it worth it when a drunk will kill someone after they purchase something at the airport. You know the story will come out where they got the booze from.
Nice work...about time! Only in Las Vegas....oh, and 50 other cities.
Why is this needed? Too many damn drunks here already!
I wonder why Reid abstained from voting?
True_Patriot... seems to me various religions, including Judao-Christian are the source or root of most of the world's problems and conflicts, not the solution.
And... does another liquor store really cause "more drunks"? Guns don't kill people, people do... so can't a similar case be made for liquor stores? Do they cause drunks or do irresponsible people become drunks? I thought most of you were all for personal liberties?
Is the town or McCarren Airport really gonna fall apart if this goes thru? Really?