{"id":306899,"date":"2026-05-09T00:48:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T00:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/306899\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T00:48:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T00:48:55","slug":"regal-edwards-at-the-marketplace-gets-permit-to-sell-alcohol-from-city-planning-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/306899\/","title":{"rendered":"Regal Edwards at The Marketplace gets permit to sell alcohol from city planning commission"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Going to the movies at The Marketplace in Bakersfield will soon come with the option to buy alcohol.<\/p>\n

The Bakersfield Planning Commission voted to approve a conditional use permit for the Regal Edwards movie theater at The Marketplace after getting approval from the city Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Some members of the public raised concerns during the meeting, including safety and whether alcohol belongs in a setting frequented by children. \u201cYou’re probably all familiar with the <\/a>incident at Studio Move Grill a few years ago<\/a> when a passed out, inebriated person [was found] with a gun in their lap. They had to evacuate the theater for safety … it could have been a disaster though,\u201d one speaker said.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Court docs: Officer who fell asleep in theater had hand on gun, smelled of alcohol<\/a><\/p>\n

A board official said, \u201cYou’re going to put alcohol is a children’s environment – it’s definitely making me have second thoughts about this.”<\/p>\n

Last year, the theater began upgrading its menu<\/a> to include full meals, which makes it qualify for a license with the Alcoholic Beverage Control. All workers who are 18 or older will be certified by the ABC.<\/p>\n

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Other local theaters, including AMC and Studio Movie Grill, already sell alcohol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Going to the movies at The Marketplace in Bakersfield will soon come with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-306899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}