During this week’s Manhattan City Commission retreat, commissioners considered permitting beer sales at concession stands and adopting the riverfront concept to its parks and recreation master plan.
Parks and rec director Aaron Stewart proposed serving cereal malt beverages and hard seltzers at the Anneberg Sports Complex and Steel and Pipe Supply facility concessions.
Stewart said he’s reached out to other community sporting facilities in the state that sell alcohol, and was told they tend to see more participation with the sales and no increase in rowdiness. Sale of alcoholic beverages would not be permitted during high school events because of KSHSAA rules.
