Item - 2025.EP16.21

The Board of Governors of Exhibition Place:

1. Re-opened Item EP15.3, titled: “Nighttime Economy - Municipally Significant Designation”

2. Deleted Decision 1, and adopted the following instead:

“1. Request the Chief Executive Officer to provide a letter of support to tenants and event organizers at Exhibition Place for events held between May 1 and September 30, 2025, such as those specifically listed in Attachment 1 of this Report, to be considered as Municipally Significant for the purpose of applying for a Special Occasion Permit or for a temporary extension of premises and/or hours for the sale of alcohol at permanently licensed locations.”

At its last meeting on February 4, 2025, the Board of Governors of Exhibition Place made the following decisions:

1. Designated the events held from May to September at Exhibition Place listed in Attachment 1 to the report (January 21, 2025) from the Chief Executive Officer, Exhibition Place as Municipally Significant, in order to apply for a temporary extension of operating hours to sell alcohol at licensed tenanted locations.

2. Requested the Chief Executive Officer, Exhibition Place to report annually to the Board on the Nighttime Economy - Municipally Significant Designation.

It has come to my attention that the Board cannot designate an event as municipally significant for liquor licensing purposes. They can only write a letter supporting the event as being designated as municipally significant.

By re-opening this item, I am requesting that the Board of Governors of Exhibition Place amend Decision 1.