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The Battalion
Monday, February 27,1989
TABC, police stop Play day
after lake usage fee dispute
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By Sherri Roberts
STAFF WRITER
The fun and games of Playday,
the annual philanthropic project
sponsored by the Alpha Delta Pi so
rority, were halted prematurely Sat
urday by representatives of the
Bryan Police Department and the
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commis-
A discrepancy in the fee paid by
the sorority to rent space at Bryan
Utilities Lake, the location of the
event, and the fee charged by lake
officials was the cause of the conflict,
Melinda Jordan, president of Alpha
Delta Pi, said.
The fee paid by the sorority was
not adequate to cover the number of
participants who attended the event,
she said.
“It was just a misunderstanding
between us and the park officials,”
Jordan said.
Police officials made individuals
evacuate the site of the event and
pay $2 for each car as it left, she said.
An officer with the Bryan Police
Department said the department
was called by representatives of
TABC to investigate the conflict.
More than 750 individuals at
tended the event, which exceeded
the number of individuals allowed to
attend the event under the fee paid
by the sorority, he said.
Because of the number of cars
blocking the entrance to the event’s
location, emergency vehicles would
not have been able to reach the site
of the event if an accident had oc
curred, he said.
“There were so many vehicles that
it was unsafe,” the officer, who de
clined to identify himself, said.
Police officials refused to com
ment further on the situation until
today.
Jordan said the event started at
10:30 a.m. and police and TABC of
ficials arrived at about 1:30 p.m.,
about 45 minutes bef ore Playday was
to end.
Police did not make any arrests.
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Bryan police officer B.W. Cooper takes information from a
participant at Alpha Delta Pi Playday, which was stopped
before its completion on Saturday.
uals on alcohol-related charges, she
said. TABC could not be reached for
comment Sunday.
Because there are no rules at the
lake prohibiting alcohol on its prem
ises, several fraternities brought
kegs of beer to the event, Jordan
said. Alpha Delta Pi did not provide
alcohol, she said. Representatives of
die sorority of fered to provide rides
to those who were intoxicated.
Playday probably will be held ad
Bryan Utilities Lake next yeariflalj
officials do not object, she said. I
The event pits members of AlplJ
Delta Pi and A&M frateiniiiesl
against each other in variouscoium
titions. Proceeds of the event benefil
the Ronald McDonald house.
Houston group enters race for horse track
HOUSTON (AP) — A local businessman says his
company has entered the race for a Class I horse-racing
facility in Harris County.
Woodrow W. Mann, president of American B-T-R
Inc., said Friday that hig group will build a 432-acre fa
cility at the corner of U.S. 290 and FM 1960 if a racing
license is granted by the Texas Racing Commission.
Although a half-dozen groups have discussed plans
to pursue the license for a Class I site in Harris County,
American B-T-R is the first to publicly announce filing
an application.
By law, the state can have only three Class 1 tracks:
one each in Harris, Bexar and Dallas-Tarrant counties.
The Class I licenses for Harris and Bexar countiesan
scheduled to be awarded in July.
The $100 million Houston 'facility Would bee
Blueribbon Downs. I he company will add a 1.25 mil
lion-square-foot multilevel mall during the secon
phase of construction.
Mann said the project will be financed throughHaii
ris County industrial bonds and a public stock offerii|
The construction period for Blueribbon Downsi
one year. The second phase would he completed 18s
24 months later. Mann said races could be held byli
February 1990 if all goes according to plan.
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