{"id":158421,"date":"2026-03-09T21:08:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T21:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/158421\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T21:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T21:08:20","slug":"new-bill-would-allow-outdoor-drinking-in-nyc-during-world-cup-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/158421\/","title":{"rendered":"New Bill Would Allow Outdoor Drinking In NYC During World Cup: What To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK CITY \u2014 A new bill introduced in state assembly looks to allow New Yorkers to drink outdoors during the World Cup this summer by creating &#8220;entertainment zones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Assemblymember Tony Simone, who represents Chelsea, Midtown and parts of Hell&#8217;s Kitchen, is sponsoring the HOST Act (Hospitality and Open Space Transformation Act). <\/p>\n<p>The legislation would give local governments temporary flexibility to support restaurants and manage crowds safely, according to Simone. <\/p>\n<p>Local governments would opt into creating &#8220;entertainment zones&#8221; and allow New Yorkers and visitors to enjoy a drink outside instead of a crowded bar. <\/p>\n<p>Only businesses that already have a liquor license will be allowed to participate. The &#8220;entertainment zones&#8221; would run through June 11 through July 19.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The World Cup kickoff is coming! Let&#8217;s make sure small businesses are in the starting lineup,&#8221; Simone said in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p>New York City already has two designated &#8220;fan zones&#8221; for the World Cup at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens and Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. <\/p>\n<p>The bill would still need to pass the state legislature and get approval from the State Liquor Authority with the tournament less than 100 days away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK CITY \u2014 A new bill introduced in state assembly looks to allow New Yorkers to drink&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":{"0":"post-158421","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-ny","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-nyc-headlines","12":"tag-nyc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}