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Meeting To Mull Barclays Liquor License

Hearing to be held in Prospect Heights on Tuesday.

Brewskies at Barclays?

That's precisely the question residents prepared to debate at regarding Barclays Center's liquor license application to be held by Community Boards 2 and 6.

And while it's likely that will gain approval to serve alcohol at the arena, longtime critics of the project planned to call for more disclosure from developer Forest City Ratner at the meeting, according to The Local New York Times blog.

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"It’s premature for them to get community board support for a liquor license when they haven’t even made public any plans for security or crowd control of 18,000 people," Prospect Heights resident Gib Viconi told The Local.

Barclays Center at the arena, which in addition to basketball, will host dozens of events—including .

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The meeting will be held at the 78th Precinct stationhouse, located at 65 Sixth Ave., at 6:30 p.m.


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