Sports centre gets alcohol licence on fight nights

Grangemouth Sports Complex was given the green light to sell alcohol at three forthcoming sporting events.

By The Newsroom

Published 17th Feb 2017, 12:25 BST

Updated 1st Mar 2017, 08:56 BST

Grangemouth Sports Complex was given a drinks licence for two boxing matches and an MMA event

At a meeting of Falkirk Council Licensing Board on Wednesday, members agreed to grant an occasional licence to allow the premises to have alcohol at a mixed martial arts event and two boxing matches.

The events, one run by Andrew Phillips on March 4 and two organised by Colin Green on March 18 and April 29, were only granted permission for onsales after the applicants agreed to a number of conditions put in place at the request of Police Scotland.

These requirements included all alcohol being served in plastic glasses at all three nights and all stewards on duty must be Security Industry Authority (SIA) qualified. All three events will run from 6pm to 11pm at the Abbots Road premises, with no children allowed access to the March 4 and April 29 matches.

Police Scotland