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Moore: Correct.
<br />Gonzalez: We're not going to treat that like a restaurant, it's a concert. Several weeks earlier,
<br />the weekend of February 2nd, they had another concert, they had huge numbers. Some of the
<br />feedback from that was, there were so many people in the drinking area that security actually
<br />couldn't roam and make sure there wasn't underage drinking. And you know there wasn't but
<br />there were people sneaking in alcohol into the all -ages side, is what were some of the reports.
<br />So, Ms. Moore and her team, we take into account each event, so we try as best as we can to
<br />align it with our established restaurant or bar venue, but it's a little different.
<br />Fuke: This is hypothetical, like the Palace Theater, let's assume they have a concert and then
<br />they want to sell alcohol, you're going to have all ages. How do you separate that because
<br />that's going to be a special event?
<br />Takase: The Palace Theater will set off a section in the middle or middle back, one of those
<br />areas and so drinking is allowed in those sections, same like we do with baseball, in the grand
<br />stand, we'll set off certain areas where drinking is allowed. In those places a lot of times it's a
<br />little easier because they're all seated, so you know they can kind of keep watch of them. At a
<br />concert it's hard because everybody is moving around, this venue, Kona Brewer's Block, it's
<br />kind of a small venue, so it can get very crowed fast. So, I've been trying to convince all of the
<br />concert guys to go up to K-Mart but we'll see how that goes because you know, they have
<br />problems because they have other businesses there that are open, they can't fully block them
<br />off, so it's not ideal.
<br />Fuke: Okay, so this is another hypothetical then, say you go to a baseball game, and you
<br />know they serve alcohol. You know, you have a mixture or so, is there any control? We don't
<br />have that kind of stadium here, but I'm just thinking out loud.
<br />Takase: No, not really. So, like Kona Brew has it, they can go and buy the drinks, they're only
<br />allowed to get two at the most, but they will assign ushers basically looking up at the crowd the
<br />whole time and try to monitor them that way.
<br />Fuke: But, in that situation they'll allow like a
<br />Takase: Yes, so we'll work with them and try to cater it to meet our concerns but also to allow
<br />them to run the event. And for concerts, this is going to be the most feasible plan, was to just
<br />kind of split the crowd, and it worked there and King Kam (Kamehameha) too. So, it kind of
<br />provides both sides with an opportunity to get up close to the stage area.
<br />Fuke: So, Ms. Moore, in your situation, have you had any pushback from the customers?
<br />Moore: To be honest with you, we're fairly new to this process, and so you know, this was the
<br />third event that we tried to like have musical acts because of the intent of the foundation and
<br />what we're trying to focus on, it's important to us to highlight local artists as well as farmers
<br />and other musician, so that was craft makers, so that was kind of the spirit of what we were
<br />trying to do. The event before, truth be told, I think it had everything to do with like the parking
<br />lot also. So, the one before with Brett Young where we had so many folks, it was the circular
<br />parking lot where Kona Brew was, and it was really tight. And so, the other parking lot, now
<br />retrospect obviously in hindsight you can see a lot of the issues but the surface area I'll call it,
<br />or the external perimeter is just a lot longer and not as secure in some ways. And, we
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