: Warrensburg, Mo. News
Club Blue, The Warehouse, Fan Club face 'last call' this week
Feb 28, 2008, 10:48
Andrea Bartlow
WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- Club Blue and The Warehouse will close their doors permanently effective March 1, following a license revocation process handed down from the Missouri Division of Tobacco and Alcohol Control (MDTAC) that began in January.
In spite of an appeal request, Fan Club is also scheduled to close as of March 6.
Club Blue and The Warehouse are run by BOAZ International, LLC., owned by Chris Smith and Bob Cochran, and were charged with being disorderly places with improper acts, while Fan Club was charged with improper acts. The violations occurred during 2006.
The revocations marked the first time such orders were issued from the state level, following regular annual reports of alcohol-related regulations violations at the three establishments sent by the Warrensburg Police Department to the MDATC.
The revocations went into effect on Feb. 1 for Club Blue and The Warehouse, and Feb. 8 for Fan Club.
Joe Hodgin, district supervisor for MDATC, previously told digitalburg.com that Fan Club had a "huge amount" of reported minors being caught in possession at the establishment and added that the reported MIPs for all three establishments were all "within 10 percent of each other."¯
In a recent interview, Hodgin said that although Club Blue and The Warehouse received extensions on their revocations, they never sought to appeal them.
"They got the revocations extended because their lawyer couldn't be present at the time, but they still did not appeal the revocations,"¯ Hodgin said. "As far as Fan Club is concerned, they appealed but it was denied and they have to close."
Furthermore, although Hodgin would not state a specific date, a hearing will be conducted by the MDATC concerning the status of Smitty's license, also because of alcohol infractions, in the coming weeks.
In spite of an appeal request, Fan Club is also scheduled to close as of March 6.
Club Blue and The Warehouse are run by BOAZ International, LLC., owned by Chris Smith and Bob Cochran, and were charged with being disorderly places with improper acts, while Fan Club was charged with improper acts. The violations occurred during 2006.
The revocations marked the first time such orders were issued from the state level, following regular annual reports of alcohol-related regulations violations at the three establishments sent by the Warrensburg Police Department to the MDATC.
The revocations went into effect on Feb. 1 for Club Blue and The Warehouse, and Feb. 8 for Fan Club.
Joe Hodgin, district supervisor for MDATC, previously told digitalburg.com that Fan Club had a "huge amount" of reported minors being caught in possession at the establishment and added that the reported MIPs for all three establishments were all "within 10 percent of each other."¯
In a recent interview, Hodgin said that although Club Blue and The Warehouse received extensions on their revocations, they never sought to appeal them.
"They got the revocations extended because their lawyer couldn't be present at the time, but they still did not appeal the revocations,"¯ Hodgin said. "As far as Fan Club is concerned, they appealed but it was denied and they have to close."
Furthermore, although Hodgin would not state a specific date, a hearing will be conducted by the MDATC concerning the status of Smitty's license, also because of alcohol infractions, in the coming weeks.
