I heard about this on KQQQ Morning News this morning.
The Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre and the Nuart Theatre in downtown Moscow would be allowed to sell beer and wine during movies if a bill, sponsored by House Minority Leader Mat Erpelding, D-Boise, and Rep. Caroline Nilsson Troy, R-Genesee, passes the state Legislature.
Erpelding said the legislation would allow Idaho theaters listed on the National Register of Historic Places and built before 1950 to obtain a license to sell beer and wine during motion pictures.
About 13 historic theaters could benefit from the legislation.
The Kenworthy opened as a public theater in 1926, but some of the building was in use as the Crystal Theater as early as 1908, according to the Kenworthy website. The theater was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.The Nuart Theater was built in 1935 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001, according to Cinema Treasures’ website.
Kenworthy, Nuart theaters could sell alcohol if bill passes
The Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre and the Nuart Theatre in downtown Moscow would be allowed to sell beer and wine during movies if a bill, sponsored by House Minority Leader Mat Erpelding, D-Boise, and Rep. Caroline Nilsson Troy, R-Genesee, passes the state Legislature.