The City of Langford needs to get a new liquor license for Westhills Stadium.

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According to the cityB次元官网网址檚 manager of parks and recreation Mike Leskiw, the new license is being sought simply because of the bureaucracy of the liquor licensing system. Because the stadiumB次元官网网址檚 temporary bleacher seating has now been replaced with permanent seating, the license needed to be re-posted and re-issued. The re-application should not affect current service levels.

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necessary.

The seating was installed after a funding grant was received from the federal government in April last year for half the total cost of the upgrade. Twelve hundred seats were added at a cost of $465,000 B次元官网网址� $232,500 of which was covered by the Western Economic Diversity Grant B次元官网网址� raising the capacity of the stadium to around 3,500.

Mayor Stew Young said at the time the grant was announced that because of the growth in popularity of Rugby Canada events B次元官网网址� Americas Rugby Championship events held at the stadium in both 2012 and 2013 were sell-outs B次元官网网址� the increased seating was integral if they were hoping to continue hosing premier sporting events.

Anyone with businesses or residences within 0.8 kilometres of the stadium can register any concerns about the liquor license for the stadium can contact the Liquor Control And Licensing Branch by emailing lclb.lclb@gov.bc.ca.

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