{"id":166,"date":"2023-12-20T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T17:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/?p=166"},"modified":"2024-06-10T19:58:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T19:58:41","slug":"ny-daily-news-nyc-council-clears-way-for-sports-fans-to-bring-reusable-bottles-to-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/2023\/12\/20\/ny-daily-news-nyc-council-clears-way-for-sports-fans-to-bring-reusable-bottles-to-games\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Daily News: NYC Council clears way for sports fans to bring reusable bottles to games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Read the full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n

By Tim Balk<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pour one out for stadium reusable bottle bans.<\/a><\/p>\n

The New York City Council<\/a> passed a bill Wednesday requiring professional and college sports venues in the city to let ticketholders bring reusable drink containers into their events.<\/p>\n

Any clever\u00a0fans<\/a>\u00a0looking for a loophole to sneak liquor into games may still be out of luck \u2014 the\u00a0reusable bottles<\/a>\u00a0would have to be empty to get in.<\/p>\n

Under the bill’s text, fans would be permitted to bring aluminum and stainless steel bottles no larger than 24 fluid ounces. Stadiums that violated the rules would face escalating fines starting at $500 for the first penalty.<\/p>\n

Councilman Shaun Abreu, a Manhattan Democrat and the bill’s sponsor, pitched the plan as a bid to curb plastic waste that is befouling the planet. He said he hoped the rule would ultimately be extended to movie theaters and other venues.<\/p>\n

“We spend so much time and resources and fossil fuels producing plastic water bottles.” Abreu said in an interview Wednesday. “This Council believes that you should be able to get something so easy as water by just using a reusable water bottle.”<\/p>\n

The bill passed the Council by a 40-to-7 vote on Wednesday afternoon after passing the Council’s Sanitation Committee by a 7-to-1 vote in a morning hearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Read the full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n

By Tim Balk<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pour one out for stadium reusable bottle bans.<\/a><\/p>\n

The New York City Council<\/a> passed a bill Wednesday requiring professional and college sports venues in the city to let ticketholders bring reusable drink containers into their events.<\/p>\n

Any clever\u00a0fans<\/a>\u00a0looking for a loophole to sneak liquor into games may still be out of luck \u2014 the\u00a0reusable bottles<\/a>\u00a0would have to be empty to get in.<\/p>\n

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