Vancouver makes drinking in public plazas permanent summer program
Posted June 8, 2022 11:57 am.
Last Updated June 8, 2022 6:30 pm.
Vancouver City Council has approved public drinking as a permanent program in six plazas around the city this summer.
Alcohol consumption is permitted from June 15 to Oct. 16 at the following locations:
- Cambie St and 17th Ave
- Granville St and 13th Ave
- Granville St and 14th Ave
- Maple St and 4th Ave
- Main St and 21st Ave
- Lot 19 (855 W Hastings St)
According to the city, the plazas will operate from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
“To the many people like me who do not have access to a backyard or private outdoor space, these plazas give us all a chance connect and socialize with one another while enjoying a drink outside,” said Mayor Kennedy Stewart.
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For the past two summers, Vancouverites were able to enjoy alcohol in designated plazas as part of a pilot program.
Similarly, the Alcohol in Parks Pilot Program is still underway at 22 different parks between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m., seven days a week.
The city implemented the public drinking programs in response to the pandemic as a way to support businesses, and increase limited options to go out at the beginning of the health crisis.
