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This would allow alcoholic beverages within the specified area throughout the open-air section of the mall. Open-carry drinks will not be allowed inside the shopping center.  



New social district comes to The Streets at Southpoint

WRAL DOT COM, SOCHI OLYMPICS SCHEDULE. WELL, IMAGINE WRAPPING UP A DAY AT THE MALL WITH COCKTAILS. YOU CAN ENJOY IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY BEYOND A BAR AND RESTAURANT THAT WILL SOON BE A POSSIBILITY AT THE STREETS OF SOUTHPOINT MALL IN DURHAM IS PREPARING TO OPEN THE BULL CITY SECONDS. SOCIAL DISTRICT WRAL'S. LAURA LEVINE TALKS WITH SHOPPERS AND EXPLAINS HOW THIS ALL WORKS. >> HERE THE OUTSIDE PERIMETER OF THE STREETS AT SOUTHPOINT. YOU'LL SEE THE SIGNS CURRENTLY COVERED UP. THEY'RE OPEN CONTAINER SIZE. SO WHEN YOU'RE DONE SHOPPING HERE AT SOUTH POINT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO COME HERE AND GRAB A DRINK TO GO. >> WHETHER YOUR WINDOW SHOPPING OR HAVE MAXED OUT THE CREDIT CARDS, THE PROBABLY AND SPENDING MORE MONEY BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE THIS SYSTEM A NICE PLACE TO STOP AND SOCIALIZE WITH FRIENDS IS ALWAYS A TREAT AFTER A LITTLE RETAIL THERAPY. DID YOU KNOW THAT SOUTH POINT MALL OR >> IS PREPARING TO OPEN ITS OWN SOCIAL DISTRICT? >> I DID NOT. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME. YEAH. RHONDA JONES IS HERE GRABBING LAST-MINUTE ITEMS FOR HER DAUGHTER WHO IS HEADING OFF TO COLLEGE SOON. EXCITED TO HEAR THAT CHANGE IS COMING. IT FEELS LIKE IT NEEDS SOME LIFE. >> REACH BACK INTO IT. AND I THINK THAT WOULD HELP. >> BRINGING LIFE BACK TO MALLS IN DOWNTOWNS ACROSS THE STATE HAS BEEN THE GOAL WITH THE SO-CALLED SOCIAL DISTRICTS, ACCORDING TO DOWNTOWN DURHAM, INCORPORATED, WHICH RUNS THE BULLPEN, 60% OF BUSINESSES SURVEYED IN EARLY 2024. REPORTED AN INCREASE IN SALES SINCE THE SOCIAL DISTRICT STARTED THEIR THE PANDEMIC ACTUALLY OPEN THAT UP. STREET VENDORS EVEN RESTAURANTS KIND OF BEING OUTSIDE. >> I THINK THAT THEY ACTUALLY HOPED IN A WAY THIS WOULD ALLOW ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WITHIN THE SPECIFIED AREA DESIGNATED BY THE CURRENTLY COVERED SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE OPEN AIR SECTION OF THE MALL. SO NOT INSIDE THE SHOPPING CENTER TO GO DRINKS WOULD BE LIMITED TO THOSE SOLD BY ABC PERMANENT ESTABLISHMENTS AND WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSUMED WITHIN THE DISTRICT BEFORE LEAVING. I WAS LIKE, OK, AS LONG AS NO ONE IS GETTING LIKE TO CARRY AWAY WITHOUT A MOM, LIKE I'D LIKE TO SEE LIKE A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH YOU CAN HAVE ABOUT THEM ON A SPOKESPERSON TELLS ME THE MALL IS STILL SORTING OUT SEVERAL DETAILS AND REQUIREMENTS TO GET UP AND RUNNING. >> SOME POINT HOPES TO LAUNCH IN EARLY AUGUST. MOST WE SPOKE WITH ARE EAGER TO SEE THE HUSTLE BUSTLE AND EXCITEMENT RETURN TO THE STREETS. I THINK DESTROYING MORE OF A CROWD ESPECIALLY ON WEEKENDS. I DON'T THINK THIS IS A PLACE THAT PEOPLE POTENTIALLY THINK ABOUT COMING FOR SOCIAL ATMOSPHERE. >> SO I DO THINK IT WOULD HELP THE BUSINESSES OPEN CONTAINER AREA WILL BE IN EFFECT DURING MALL HOURS AND 30 MINUTES AFTER THE MALL CLOSES. LAURA LEVINE, WRAL NEWS IN DURHAM. >> PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES ARE ALSO STILL TRYING TO SORT IT ALL OUT. NOW SUMMIT SOUTHPOINT TELL WRAL THEY ARE

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