By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Salt City Brewing is planning an event on Main Street in Hutchinson for April 24th. The City Council approved the event for 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.
"We originally had set this to be inside," said Jason McCool with the brewery. "As the amount of people started to grow above 300, we did the math of how many people would be per square foot in the outside area of Salt City and we thought, we might want to move this outside."
There will be outdoor music between 5th and 6th Avenue on the edge of the street rather than blocking the roadway.
"We are bringing a band from Kansas City called Lost Wax," McCool said. "They are traveling with their equipment, setting up the stage, which really simplified the process. We are no longer responsible for getting the stage set up prior to."
Hutchinson Police and Salt City Brewing staff have met to discuss traffic and crowd control issues.
"We have to leave a lane open, obviously, for the fire department," McCool said. "We're hoping to be able to shut it off at 6 p.m. or closely thereafter. We've got Greg from Wray Roofing, moving in the concrete barriers for us and moving them back out after it's over with."
Police Chief Jeff Hooper said the brewery has been pretty great to work with and that four of his officers will be around to assist and that they're comfortable with the event.