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title: O.C.G.A. § 3-8-3. Sale of alcoholic beverages at coliseums.
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# O.C.G.A. § 3-8-3. Sale of alcoholic beverages at coliseums.

(a) As used in this Code section, the term:

(1) ‘‘Coliseum’’ means any multiuse coliseum-type facility which has a seating capacity of 9,000 or more and which is a project of a coliseum authority, together with related buildings, facilities, and extensions of the project.

(2) ‘‘Coliseum authority’’ means any public coliseum authority created by law in any county having a population of more than 140,000 according to the United States decennial census of 1990 or any future such census.

(b) Any coliseum authority operating a coliseum may sell or authorize others to sell, upon obtaining a license from the department, alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises only upon property owned or controlled by the authority, including but not limited to the coliseum. The authority shall determine by resolution, as it may amend from time to time, the conditions, including hours and days of sale, under which such sales shall be permitted.

(c) For the purposes of regulating and taxing the sale, storage, and distribution of alcoholic beverages as provided in this Code section, a coliseum shall be considered to be within a municipality if the coliseum, or the greater part of the coliseum, is within the limits of the municipality. A coliseum shall be considered to be within an unincorporated area of a county if the coliseum, or the greater part of the coliseum, is located within an unincorporated area of the county.

## History

Code 1933, § 5A-6503, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1573, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1463, §§ 5, 12; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 4; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2929, § 3; Ga. L. 1993, p. 325, § 1.