Huffington Magazine Issue 85 | Page 14

DATA Enter HUFFINGTON 01.26.14 Where You Can Drink in Public Most cities and states across the U.S. have banned street-drinking over the past 40 years. But our analysis uncovered 20 cities that either have no public drinking ban on the books or have specifically permitted public drinking in designated “Entertainment Districts.” — Joe Satran Hood River, OR Butte, MT Sonoma, CA Indianapolis, IN Lincoln, NE Kansas City, MO Las Vegas, NV Louisville, KY Huntsville, AL Birmingham, AL Montgomery, AL Fort Worth, TX Memphis, TN Arlington, TX Fredericksburg, TX LEOSYNAPSE/STOCK.XCHNG; BURY-OSIOL/STOCK.XCHNG Erie, PA New Orleans, LA Gulfport, MS Savannah, GA NO STATEWIDE BAN, SOME PARTS OF STATE ALLOW PUBLIC DRINKING NO STATEWIDE BAN, BUT PROHIBITITED IN MOST OR ALL MUNICIPALITIES TOWNS THAT ALLOW PUBLIC DRINKING IN MOST OR ALL AREAS PENDING LAWS WOULD ALLOW PUBLIC DRINKING IN DESIGNATED AREAS STATEWIDE BAN ON PUBLIC DRINKING WITH NO CONFIRMED EXCEPTIONS TOWNS THAT ALLOW PUBLIC DRINKING IN SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS