Thursday, December 12, 2013

[Updated] Report: LIRR will ban booze during SantaCon, though not before it

The Long Island Rail Road has instituted a 24-hour booze ban from noon Saturday through noon Sunday that overlaps with SantaCon, DNAinfo reports.

"We do it based on experience, based on when we've had difficulties….when we're going to be inundated with a lot of people under 21, or maybe just over 21, where they've created problems in the past," LIRR spokesman Salvatore Arena told DNAinfo.

Of course, this year, SantaCon starts at 10 a.m. in Tompkins Square Park... meaning SantaConners arriving via LIRR in the early morning won't be impacted by the ban. So there can be booze business as usual. No word about New Jersey Transit or Metro North.

Metro North and New Jersey Transit have also issued a temporary ban on alcohol this weekend, per Business Insider.

MTA police officers will be patrolling Grand Central Terminal, Penn Station, and other stations, it said. They will confiscate illegal liquor, and those caught drinking can face fines up to $50 or 30 days imprisonment.
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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 12, 2013 at 12:51 PM

    You know it is bad when the LIRR has to institute a booze ban.

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  2. GojiraDecember 12, 2013 at 1:39 PM

    http://www.grubstreet.com/2013/12/santacon-horror-stories-2013.html?om_rid=AABFeL&om_mid=_BSqMtOB83AiNnL

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  3. AnonymousDecember 12, 2013 at 1:55 PM

    BTW, who pays for all of this?

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  4. nygrumpDecember 12, 2013 at 2:37 PM

    The article Gojira linked lays it bare:"they don't tip very well. They order six drinks at a time and leave you one dollar."

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  5. AnonymousDecember 12, 2013 at 3:17 PM

    ...'cuz math not a strong suit for boozing santae. Or a red suit, for that matter.

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  6. MakeoutDecember 12, 2013 at 4:44 PM

    @ nygrump- It's more like they come in half-gassed, order a Budweiser & like three glasses of water. Then no tip! The waters are for their buddies drinking their own booze over there in the corner.

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  7. AnonymousDecember 12, 2013 at 7:01 PM

    NJ Transit too:
    http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20131212/midtown/nj-transit-joins-lirr-banning-booze-for-santacon

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  8. A little while ago IDecember 12, 2013 at 8:02 PM

    If Santacon were cancelled you can be sure a majority of the shitheads would still come en masse and get piss drunk on our doorsteps.

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  9. AnonymousDecember 13, 2013 at 7:54 AM

    I don't get it. Are you normally allowed to drink on the LIRR and Jersey Transit?

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  10. AnonymousDecember 13, 2013 at 8:51 AM

    @ Anon @ 7:54 --
    Yes. As I recall, also on Metro North.

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