Right in a high traffic area where parents are playing with their kids. That's what prompted the calls for concern. The Omniplex says parents don't have anything to worry about. The Omniplex has allowed alcohol at after hours functions for 20 years, but the caterer always had to have his or her own liquor license. If the city approves Lemel's request to serve up beer, Omniplex managers think it will make it more convenient to rent this place out for events in the future.
Public comment is part of that process.
Those events added another 12,000 visitors to the museum.