§ 8-223. Wicomico County

   (a) Applicability. -- This section applies only in Wicomico County.

(b) Stadium beer and light wine on-sale license authorized; eligibility. -- The Board of License Commissioners may issue a Class B beer and light wine on-sale (stadium) license to the owner of any professional baseball team franchise, whether the franchise is a partnership or a corporation.

(c) Authority conferred. -- The license authorizes the holder to sell beer and light wine at the stadium:

   (1) For consumption only on the licensed premises;

   (2) In plastic, Styrofoam, paper, or aluminum containers on the stadium premises, except that glass containers may be used in an enclosed dining premises in which the patrons are seated;

   (3) To persons present:

      (i) At the baseball game in which the licensee's team is playing; or

      (ii) At other events that are held at the stadium; and

   (4) During the hours and days for sale specified in § 11-523(c)(8) of this article.

(d) Fee. -- The annual license fee is $ 2,000.

(e) Carrying alcoholic beverages onto or from premises prohibited. -- Except for a distributor of beer who is conducting business with the licensee for the purposes of this section, the licensee may not permit any person to carry any alcoholic beverages onto or from the licensed premises.

(f) Additional requirements. --

   (1) This license may be issued only for a stadium that has the average daily receipts from the sale of food for each month exceed the average daily receipts from the sale of alcoholic beverages.

   (2) In calculating average daily receipts from the sale of food, an allocation of foodstuff contained in a mixed drink may not be included in average daily receipts from the sale of food.

HISTORY: 1995, ch. 476; 2006, chs. 137, 141; 2013, chs. 460, 461.