Billboard to consider budget, marketing plan, liquor license

On Monday, the Hot Springs Publicity and Promotions Commission will consider approving the 2022 budget, review the annual marketing plan, and consider approving its staff’s request to serve beer and wine at the Majestic. Park.

The commission will meet at 3 p.m. Monday in Wheeler Room at the Hot Springs Convention Center.

Visit Hot Springs submitted its application to the Liquor Control Board for a license to serve beer and wine at Majestic Park in late November.

According to a memo to the commission from Steve Arrison, CEO of Visit Hot Springs, ABC told VHS that it needed to provide the board with minutes from a meeting where the Publicity and Promotions Commission approved the request. .

Arrison asks the committee to present and approve a motion stating the following:

• The Hot Springs Publicity and Promotions Commission authorizes Majestic Park staff to submit this Majestic Park beer and wine license application.

• The commission approves the application on the application to put the license in the name of Majestic Park located at 105 W. Belding Street in Hot Springs.

• The Commission approves that the permit holder on its behalf be the Deputy General Manager of Majestic Park, John Muldoon.

Arrison’s memo also reiterates that the establishment will not serve such drinks at youth league events or youth tournaments.

In an interview in early December, Arrison said minor league teams had also expressed interest in playing at Majestic Park and that he wanted to get a beer and wine license for the resort to sell those drinks when those types of teams arrive in town.

The permit is for special events, including weddings, meetings, and convention receptions, and for potential sales at Babe Ruth Field.

“There are a lot of clubs, teams and leagues that started from Major League Baseball, kind of realigned minor leagues that are asking to play here and it’s a big source of income for them. ( The other thing that I didn’t anticipate is we have a lot of wedding receptions. Convention groups are very interested in using the park,” Arrison said during the interview.

“We’re not going to serve beer or wine during baseball or youth events,” Arrison said. “It would be for if we had professional teams playing here. Some colleges allow it. It would be for them if someone rented the park. … It’s just something we need to have in our arsenal so we can play it. “Use. If you have a big convention of a thousand people coming to town, looking for a place to have an offsite party or get together, what a perfect place.”