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Attendees at Bethlehem's Tunes at Twilight series have to bring their own chairs. They can bring their own food. But as of Thursday, they're not allowed to bring their own alcohol. Organizer Downtown Bethlehem Association is changing its alcohol policy after seven years due to liability concerns, said Lynn Collins Cunningham, vice president for Bethlehem initiatives for the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, which oversees the DBA. "It came to our attention that we would be liable if anything would happen if anyone was drinking at our event even if it wasn't our alcohol they were drinking," she said. "To protect ourselves, we're asking people to go to the bars or the restaurants around Tunes at Twilight or go to our bar." The association announced the change today on its Facebook page, and it wasn't well received. Some commenters swore never to attend again while some others accused the association of making the change in order to make money. While it does cost money to put on and staff the free concerts, Cunningham said, increased revenue is not the reason behind the change. Click here to read the article
Attendees at Bethlehem's Tunes at Twilight series have to bring their own chairs.
They can bring their own food.
But as of Thursday, they're not allowed to bring their own alcohol.
Organizer Downtown Bethlehem Association is changing its alcohol policy after seven years due to liability concerns, said Lynn Collins Cunningham, vice president for Bethlehem initiatives for the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, which oversees the DBA.
"It came to our attention that we would be liable if anything would happen if anyone was drinking at our event even if it wasn't our alcohol they were drinking," she said. "To protect ourselves, we're asking people to go to the bars or the restaurants around Tunes at Twilight or go to our bar."
The association announced the change today on its Facebook page, and it wasn't well received. Some commenters swore never to attend again while some others accused the association of making the change in order to make money.
While it does cost money to put on and staff the free concerts, Cunningham said, increased revenue is not the reason behind the change.
Click here to read the article