{"id":9768,"date":"2020-09-22T11:05:51","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T15:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dining\/?page_id=9768"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T16:30:23","slug":"cateringguidelines-alcoholuse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dining\/cateringguidelines-alcoholuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus Alcohol Policy &#038; Booking Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"Any college event taking place on campus where alcohol (beer\/wine) is served must be booked through Bobcat Catering, which holds the institution&#8217;s liquor license.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\">Definition of a College Event: Any event taking place in an EMS-reservable space<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_c390b096fac76488\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel enable-luminous-fast-follows enable-updated-hr-color tutor-markdown-rendering\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-busy=\"false\" aria-live=\"polite\">\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\">As the liquor license holder, Bobcat Catering (or its designees) must serve all alcohol at sanctioned campus events. BYOB (Bring Your Own Beverage) is strictly prohibited.<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,1,0\">Bobcat Catering may serve alcohol at events where individuals under the age of 21 are present. However, the sale or consumption of alcohol by a minor, serving anyone without proper ID, or serving anyone who appears intoxicated is strictly prohibited.<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,2,0\">Any student-led event requesting alcohol service must obtain formal approval from the Campus Life Office and the AVP for DCCE before the reservation can be processed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h4 data-path-to-node=\"8\">Deadlines &amp; Licensing Costs<\/h4>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9\">To avoid steep late fees, please note the differing notice requirements for indoor and outdoor venues.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"horizontal-scroll-wrapper\">\r\n<div class=\"table-block-component\">\r\n<div class=\"table-block has-export-button new-table-style has-scrollbar is-at-scroll-start\">\r\n<div class=\"table-content\">\r\n<table data-path-to-node=\"10\">\r\n<thead>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th><span data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0,0\">Event Type<\/span><\/th>\r\n<th><span data-path-to-node=\"10,0,1,0\">Required Notice<\/span><\/th>\r\n<th><span data-path-to-node=\"10,0,2,0\">Fee (With Notice)<\/span><\/th>\r\n<th><span data-path-to-node=\"10,0,3,0\">Late Fee (Without Notice)<\/span><\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Indoor Event<\/b><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"10,1,1,0\">Minimum\u00a0<b data-path-to-node=\"10,1,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"8\">10 working days<\/b><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"10,1,2,0\">$30.00<\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"10,1,3,0\">$150.00<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"10,2,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"10,2,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Outdoor Event<\/b><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"10,2,1,0\">Minimum\u00a0<b data-path-to-node=\"10,2,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"8\">20 working days<\/b><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"10,2,2,0\">$55.00<\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"10,2,3,0\">$150.00<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Any college event taking place on campus where alcohol (beer\/wine) is served&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_hide_page_title":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-9768","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","with-sidebar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9768"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15720,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9768\/revisions\/15720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}