[Jimturner]

I have heard coolers are not allowed in the squares during performances. Is that a yea but it is not enforced? I like ice cold beer but don't like large containers. With a cooler I could have several 7 OZ ponies iced down in a very small cooler.
Just curious

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Jimturner

I have heard coolers are not allowed in the squares during performances. Is that a yea but it is not enforced? I like ice cold beer but don't like large containers. With a cooler I could have several 7 OZ ponies iced down in a very small cooler.
Just curious

Maybe you could rest the cooler on a seat to save it. That way they can decide which rule to enforce.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Jimturner

I have heard coolers are not allowed in the squares during performances. Is that a yea but it is not enforced? I like ice cold beer but don't like large containers. With a cooler I could have several 7 OZ ponies iced down in a very small cooler.
Just curious

Why don't you try it and see? You mentioned you like your beer by your pool. How's your puppy?

[Topspinmo]

Would cooler full of beer out of the plastic 6 pack be considered open container. I wouldn't want to be traveling around with cooler full of alcohol out of the container? At least if you drink there they can't count how many you've had, unless you drink 6 at time

Course unless on the way home you run stop signs, speed, meander around, flip your cart, or pull your ballbat!

[theorem painter]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

Would cooler full of beer out of the plastic 6 pack be considered open container. I wouldn't want to be traveling around with cooler full of alcohol out of the container? At least if you drink there they can't count how many you've had, unless you drink 6 at time

We have friends who were sitting in a golf cart at Sumter Landing listening to the music. They were drinking beer. They were ticketed by the police for open container. Drinking it in the square might be ok because it is not public property.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by theorem painter

We have friends who were sitting in a golf cart at Sumter Landing listening to the music. They were drinking beer. They were ticketed by the police for open container. Drinking it in the square might be ok because it is not public property.

Were they cited because they had open alcohol in a motor vehicle, as opposed to sitting on the curb, or is there a prohibition against open alcohol in general on public property in Florida or Sumter County?

[Sandtrap328]

You certainly can be ticketed if you are just drinking a beer or whatever while sitting in your parked cart on the public street. Violation of open container law.

I bring a small cooler bag to the squares sometimes with a couple cans of beer in it. No problem. Basically, it is glass bottles that they do not allow.

Same thing on the golf courses. Since the golf courses are private property, there is no prohibition from having a can of beer open in your cart.

[Chi-Town]

Usually at a place that sells drinks they don't let you bring in your own. In fact, some might consider it cheap and tacky.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Chi-Town

Usually at a place that sells drinks they don't let you bring in your own. In fact, some might consider it cheap and tacky.

It is. But it's also cheap and tacky to require purchases be made from a vendor monopoly at double the usual price, as in movie theaters and sports stadiums. Then again, their venue, their rules.

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

Would cooler full of beer out of the plastic 6 pack be considered open container. I wouldn't want to be traveling around with cooler full of alcohol out of the container? At least if you drink there they can't count how many you've had, unless you drink 6 at time

Course unless on the way home you run stop signs, speed, meander around, flip your cart, or pull your ballbat!

It means that the beer bottle and or Can is open not the meaning of being out of the plastic rings.

[justjim]

Most golf carts have a small cooler attached to the golf cart. That small cooler will hold enough to get you over the alcohol limit. I see residents going to their golf cart all the time and then drinking their beer on the Square as they dance or just listen to the music.

Just don't drink it in your cart as you may pay a fine!

[kstew43]

In there nightly messages I do believe they say no coolers allowed on the squares......

[RickeyD]

Originally Posted by kstew43

In there nightly messages I do believe they say no coolers allowed on the squares......

I thought it said " no O'DOUL'S allowed" my mistake.

[Jima64]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Maybe you could rest the cooler on a seat to save it. That way they can decide which rule to enforce.

Nah resting it on a seat and the rule would not be enforced. You might get conked over the head by a irate seat saver though. I would think the refrigerated bags would be less obvious than the actual coolers. My wife would empty her purse and carry a 12 pack.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Jima64

Nah resting it on a seat and the rule would not be enforced. You might get conked over the head by a irate seat saver though. I would think the refrigerated bags would be less obvious than the actual coolers. My wife would empty her purse and carry a 12 pack.

That's all??? Smaller than average woman's purse. My wife puts a golf cart in hers so she doesn't have to worry about parking far away