Hannah Montana and brew: Never the twain shall meet?
Ken is working on editorial for Wednesday that weighs in on the sale of beer and wine at the Hannah Montana concert Sunday in the coliseum.
Some parents undestandably were mortified that the coliseum would dare sell alcohol at an event that primarily targets pre-teens.
Our first-blush take: The avaliability of cold brews does seem especially jarring at a concert so relentlessly marketed by its sponsor, Disney, as wholesome and family-friendly.
I personally wouldn't feel comfortable drinking a beer at such an event.
But alcohol sales at arenas is hardly unusual, even at kid-oriented events. Plus beer is routinely sold at family-friendly venues such as ballparks, restaurants and even Disney theme parks.
Conversely, high school sports events and the ACC Tournament don't allow beer sales.
The bottom line is that Disney did not ask for such stipulations in its contract with the coliseum.
And that parents who were bothered by beer sales presumably exercised their choice not to buy them -- and their right to report to security anyone whose imbibing created unruly behavior.
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Damn, that's incredibly important. I hope Ken doesn't hurt his brain attempting to opine on such crucial subject matter. How many column inches does he get?
Posted on November 27, 2007 3:42 PM
Oh, about 12. It's not our lead editorial but we found the moral issue interesting.
Posted on November 27, 2007 3:49 PM
The Concert Promoter could have prevented this by forbidding the sale of alcohol on the premise in the Concert Rider Contract. They could have also eliminated the scalping of tickets, over-charging for parking, concessions and so forth. The Smoking Gun (website) got its start by publishing Concert Riders that included such demands as well as other demands.
Unfortunately, the concert business is so corrupt that these type of things never occur to either the promoter or the venue, just as long as each makes their money.
Posted on November 27, 2007 6:52 PM