Not wanting to beat a dead bear, so to speak, but had the opportunity to talk to a staffer that was on duty during Polar Bear. According to them, approximately 6000 people attended the event, up from 2011. However consumption of Corona did not hit the estimated 2000 cases quaffed last year, mainly because the bar also offered a drink special on Bud Light. They saw only one fight break out during the time they were on duty and staff and security quickly quelled it.
I haven't found any figures yet regarding the number of arrests for underage drinking and open container violations, but from what I have heard, the event ran smoothly, at least as smoothly as an event focused on consuming large quantities of alcohol can. The Carbondale crime map shows a pair of assaults in the area an hour or so after midnight the day of the event and the residents of the nearby Creekside Apartments acted pretty stupidly but overall, if the downtown bars brought forward a proposal to control patrons in their bars as they did with Polar Bear, worked with the city to help control people after the bars closed and started discussions with city council and the Liquor Advisory Board now, I think they could get the Halloween bar closures reversed.
I haven't found any figures yet regarding the number of arrests for underage drinking and open container violations, but from what I have heard, the event ran smoothly, at least as smoothly as an event focused on consuming large quantities of alcohol can. The Carbondale crime map shows a pair of assaults in the area an hour or so after midnight the day of the event and the residents of the nearby Creekside Apartments acted pretty stupidly but overall, if the downtown bars brought forward a proposal to control patrons in their bars as they did with Polar Bear, worked with the city to help control people after the bars closed and started discussions with city council and the Liquor Advisory Board now, I think they could get the Halloween bar closures reversed.
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