* § 106-b. Provisions for governing sports facilities operators and\nretail licenses to sell at certain sporting events for consumption on\npremises. 1. (a) Every person who operates a facility for the\nperformance of a sporting event during which alcoholic beverages are\nsold or otherwise furnished for consumption on such premises shall\nestablish nonalcoholic seating accommodations, separate from other\nseating accommodations within such premises, wherein the sale,\npossession or consumption of alcoholic beverages shall not be permitted.\n (b) Nonalcoholic seating accommodations shall constitute not less than\nsix percentum of all permanent seating accommodations for a given\nsporting event, unless otherwise provided for by this section, and shall\nat such level be equally distributed among each separately designated\nticket price area.\n 2. (a) Every person who operates a facility for the performance of a\nsporting event during which alcoholic beverages are sold or otherwise\nfurnished for consumption on such premises shall establish nonvending\nseating accommodations, separate from other seating accommodations\nwithin such premises, wherein the sale or other furnishing of alcoholic\nbeverages shall not be permitted, but where the consumption of such\nalcoholic beverages shall not be prohibited.\n (b) Nonvending seating accommodations shall constitute not less than\nfifteen percentum of all permanent seating accommodations, in addition\nto those seating accommodations segregated pursuant to subdivision one\nof this section, and shall be equally distributed among each separately\ndesignated ticket price area.\n 3. (a) Immediately upon the effective date of this section, each\nfacility operator shall designate not less than ten percentum of all\nnon-season ticket seating as either nonalcohol seating accommodations or\nnonvending seating accommodations or both, and that such designations\nshall thereafter remain in effect up to and until the commencement of\ndesignations pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subdivision, or\ndesignations pursuant to subdivision four of this section.\n (b) The establishment of seating accommodations pursuant to\nsubdivisions one and two of this section may be implemented over a\nperiod of three years from the effective date of this section, and in a\ncombination of nonalcoholic seating accommodations and nonvending\nseating accommodations, that is consistent with the provisions of this\nsection, provided that\n (i) designations of not less than one-third of the total seating\naccommodations required pursuant to subdivisions one and two of this\nsection are made within one year of the effective date of this section;\nhowever, such designation up to the first one-third of the total\nnonalcohol seating accommodation may be designated in any ticket price\narea, and\n (ii) designations of an additional one-third of the total seating\naccommodations required pursuant to subdivisions one and two of this\nsection are made by January first, nineteen hundred ninety-one; however,\nsuch designation up to the second one-third of the total nonalcohol\nseating accommodation may be designated in any ticket price area, and\n (iii) designations of a final one-third of the total seating\naccommodations required pursuant to subdivisions one and two of this\nsection are made by January first, nineteen hundred ninety-two.\n (c) A facility operator may petition the state liquor authority for an\nexemption from the provisions of subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of\nparagraph (b) hereof as they relate to nonalcohol seating if it can be\nshown that the demand for such seating does not exceed the availability\nunder subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) hereof. The state liquor\nauthority, in evaluating such petition, shall consider, among other\nthings, the availability of such seating, the promotion of such seating,\nthe method of merchandising tickets for such seating, and the location\nof such seating sections within th
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