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Zion Ceiling

The new Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City, Utah, has a grand, multi-story lobby. That’s the problem: from some vantage points, the views included the beverage-preparation area — and in Utah, it’s illegal for customers to be able to see where alcoholic beverages are mixed. In restaurants, the drink-mixing area is hidden behind what are known as “Zion Curtains.” In this case, a ceiling was needed. It was installed, and the theater got its alcohol license. (AC/KSTU Salt Lake City) ...So patrons can drink while waiting to see (in just the first season!) Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Dirty Dancing, and Book of Mormon.
Original Publication Date: 23 October 2016
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 23.

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