(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a beer manufacturer, the holder of a winegrowerâs license, a California winegrowerâs agent, a rectifier, a distilled spirits manufacturer, or a distilled spirits manufacturerâs agent may purchase advertising space and time from, or on behalf of, an on-sale retail licensee if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The on-sale licensee is the owner of any of the following: (A) A fully enclosed auditorium or theater with a fixed seating capacity in excess of 6,000 seats, at least 60 percent of the use of which is for plays or musical concerts, not including sporting events. (B) A motion picture studio facility at which public tours are conducted for at least four million people per year. (C) A retail, entertainment development adjacent to, and under common ownership with, a theme park, amphitheater, and motion picture production studio. (D) A theme or amusement park and the adjacent retail, dining, and entertainment area located in the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, or Orange County. (E) A fully enclosed theater, with box office sales and attendance by the public on a ticketed basis only, with a fixed seating capacity in excess of 6,000 seats, located in Los Angeles County within the area subject to the Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment District Specific Plan adopted by the City of Los Angeles pursuant to ordinance number 174225, as approved on September 6, 2001. (2) The advertising space or time is purchased only in connection with one of the following: (A) In the case of a fully enclosed auditorium or theater, in connection with sponsorship of plays or musical concerts to be held on the premises of the auditorium or theater owned by the on-sale licensee. (B) In the case of a motion picture studio facility, in connection with sponsorship of the public tours or special events conducted at the studio facility. (C) In the case of a retail, entertainment development, in connection with sponsorship of public tours or special events conducted at the development. (D) In the case of a theme or amusement park and the adjacent retail, dining, and entertainment area, located in the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, or Orange County, in connection with daily activities and events at the theme or amusement park and the adjacent retail, dining, and entertainment area. (E) In the case of the fully enclosed theater described in subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), in connection with events conducted at the theater. (3) The on-sale licensee serves other brands of beer distributed by a competing beer wholesaler in addition to the brand manufactured or marketed by the beer manufacturer, other brands of wine distributed by a competing wine wholesaler in addition to the brand produced or marketed by the winegrower or California winegrowerâs agent, and other brands of distilled spirits distributed by a competing distilled spirits wholesaler in addition to the brand manufactured or marketed by the distilled spirits manufacturer or distilled spirits manufacturerâs agent purchasing the advertising space or time. (b) Any purchase of advertising space or time conducted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be conducted pursuant to a written contract entered into by the beer manufacturer, the holder of the winegrowerâs license, the California winegrowerâs agent, the rectifier, the distilled spirits manufacturer, or the distilled spirits manufacturerâs agent, and the on-sale licensee, which contract shall not in any way involve the holder of a wholesalerâs license. (c) Any beer manufacturer, rectifier, distilled spirits manufacturer, distilled spirits manufacturerâs agent, holder of a winegrowerâs license, or California winegrowerâs agent, who, through coercion or other illegal means, induces, directly or indirectly, a holder of a wholesalerâs license to fulfill those contractual obligations entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b
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