INDIANAPOLIS — Notre Dame Stadium would be allowed to store alcohol for use at concerts and sporting events under legislation headed for the House floor.
Currently, the stadium can't store alcohol because it chose previously to contract out alcohol services for events rather than hold a license of its own.
Alcohol is prohibited at Notre Dame football games at South Bend.
Officials are planning to open up the 80,795-seat stadium for concerts. The stadium will host the 2019 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic for ice hockey featuring the Chicago Blackhawks and the Boston Bruins on Jan. 1, 2019.
The provision was added Wednesday to a legislative bill, House Bill 1419 by Rep. Ben Smaltz, R-Auburn, clarifying language on alcohol laws. The bill passed out of the House Public Policy Committee and now heads to the House floor.
In part, the bill would allow the sale of alcohol from portable structures or carts at a golf course and would force groceries, convenience stores and pharmacies to display alcohol in one area. The bill does not address Sunday sales of alcohol or sales of cold beer.
Other provisions added to the bill on Wednesday include removing a state requirement that outdoor beer gardens must have fences to hide service bars.
The committee postponed a vote on an amendment to allow the sales of alcohol on Sweet Breeze, a historic canal boat that offers cruises on Fort Wayne rivers. Committee members felt that the boat operators might be able to instead get a catering license.