NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Kansas State Fair will allow alcohol at one of its free stages on its final weekend in 2023.
"The board has approved two nights," said General Manager Bryan Schulz. "We have Blane Howard on Friday night as part of the Chiefs Red Friday. It's a free concert that will take place at Peoples Bank and Trust Arena. Then, on Saturday, we have an Elvis impersonator that will be over there for a concert, as well. We wanted to give the opportunity for people to have a beverage if they wanted."
The Fair Board can vote to allow alcohol anywhere on the fairgrounds.
"We are going to be working with one of our current vendors to set up a smaller area over there to have beverages available," Schulz said.
Before 2022, people who bought alcohol at the Kansas State Fair had to sit and drink it at whichever of the five buildings they ordered it at. Now, if it is in a clear plastic container, it can be carried in the grounds, with the exception of buildings with hanging art and things like that where no beverages at all are allowed, regardless of alcohol content.
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