Springfield, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – People who go to events at the Scheels Sports Park will be able to buy alcoholic beverages under a new liquor license classification the Springfield city council approved Jan. 6.

Mayor Misty Buscher says this will apply both outdoors and in the Springfield Clinic Dome (pictured).

“There can be mobile units within the designated area,” corporation counsel Greg Moredock told aldermen, “like a cart, or a mobile concession stand can be put out there, but it can’t leave the premises, which would be the fenced-in area.”

Buscher says the existing ordinance only addressed golf courses, not anything similar to a sports park.

“The sports park definitely wants to be able to accommodate those things for the number of tournaments they’re getting,” said the mayor, and the ordinance does state with that Class P license you have to ID the individual who wants to purchase the alcohol, and they have to get a wristband, and they have to wear it at all times. “That way, we can be sure that minors aren’t being served.”