IN THE MATTER OF THE LIQUOR LICENCE ACT
R.S.O. 1990, c. L. 19 s. 15(1) AND 21(1)
AND IN THE MATTER OF THE LIQUOR LICENCE OF
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF EXHIBITION PLACE (THE) OPERATING AS
BMO FIELD,
170 PRINCES BLVD, TORONTO
LICENCE NUMBER 812542
O R D E R
WHEREAS a hearing into Notice of Proposal number 16700 dated October 7, 2008 to suspend liquor licence number 812542 (the "Licence") issued to The Board of Governors of Exhibition Place (The) (the "Licensee") operating as BMO FIELD, 170 Princes Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario, M6K 3C3 (the "premises"), on the basis of alleged violations of subsection 30(4) of the Liquor Licence Act ("LLA") and subsection 41(1) of Ontario Revised Regulation 719/90 ("O.Reg") made pursuant to the LLA, was held on April 17, 2009 in the City of Toronto;
AND WHEREAS in its decision of April 22, 2009, the Board found that the Licensee had breached subsection 30(4) of the LLA;
AND WHEREAS in its decision of April 22, 2008 the Board ordered the Licence be suspended for one (1) professional soccer event on May 30, 2009. Should that event not take place, the one event suspension shall take place on a date scheduled for one Toronto FC home game at the Licensee's premises between May 30, 2009 and September 8, 2009, such alternative event to take place on a Saturday or Sunday, and the Licensee shall provide notice of any request for the change, including the reasons for the requested change to the Board and the Registrar as soon as possible and no later than May 29, 2009. The alternative event shall not take place for at least three weeks following the Licensee's request for the change;
AND WHEREAS the Licensee has provided notice that the professional soccer event scheduled for May 30, 2009 was cancelled and has requested, on consent of the Registrar, that the one event suspension be served instead on July 18, 2009;
THEREFORE the Board hereby ORDERS that the liquor licence issued to The Board of Governors of Exhibition Place (The) operating as BMO FIELD, 170 Princes Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario, M6K 3C3, licence number 812542, be SUSPENDED for ONE (1) Toronto FC home game on July 18, 2009, replacing the previously ordered suspension date of May 30, 2009.
DATED AT TORONTO THIS 16th DAY OF JUNE, 2009.
GUY MAURICE, BOARD MEMBER