Why are Sunday alcohol sales limited to sporting events, bars, restaurants and taverns?
By law, Sunday sales are allowed at sporting events, bars, restaurants and taverns where bartenders, waitresses and other servers should be taking responsibility for encouraging moderate and responsible alcohol consumption in their facilities. Under current law, gas stations, drug stores and convenience stores don’t have that responsibility. Worse, they refuse to participate in mandatory training for their clerks. Also worth noting for Colts fans—the cut-off for serving alcohol is at the end of the third quarter and sometimes sooner. That’s the same in many publicly owned and operated stadiums. Q: Are Indiana’s alcohol laws outdated? A: The truth is that Indiana’s system of alcohol regulation has resulted in one of the lowest alcohol-related fatality rates in the nation, largely because we don’t have Sunday sales. While special-interest lobbyists representing big box chains with out-of-state ownership claim Indiana’s laws are “outdated” and “archaic” as they aggressively lobby for mark
