Beale Street cover charge, would this work on Bourbon Street

No way. Too many intersections and you have hotels that people need to get in and out of

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Where we are, Agee continued, is that the street has to do something to reduce the number of people who bring their own beer to the street in the early mornings, catcall women and pick fights. The street has also seen a couple of stampedes recently along with violent incidents, including a widely circulated video of a bloody man passed out on the street.
The street isn't normally a rough place, he adds, but it can get "salty" between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. That's why the merchants, even if their sales suffer, are willing to pay the price, Agee said.

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I like this. Whenever you're out on beale you can tell when its time to go home or to Raifords. It just looks dangerous (ETA: ie. there are a ton of people on Beale). A cover charge will keep people who don't plan on spending any money off the street.

I agree it wouldn't work on Bourbon, but the idea is interesting. I wonder what the result would be if someone anonymously polled all of the Bourbon Street businesses.

This got discussed up in Shreveport a few years back when they threw a ton of money into the open area downtown by the Texas Street bridge. It was a cool place with several bars, restaurants and a band stand. And then it took a turn for the worse when a certain demographic rolled in (NOT a particular race) but rather people their own intoxicants, not patronizing the businesses and starting trouble.

They were going to do a cover charge right up until someone, somewhere declared it "racist" and that plan died with a quickness. The area went under and is mostly vacant last time I was up there.

They should keep it free but they should ID everyone that enters, just like s bar does. They could also check for warrants while doing this so it would keep out criminals, keep out the young thugs and if anything happens they would have a list of all of the people there.

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They should keep it free but they should ID everyone that enters, just like s bar does. They could also check for warrants while doing this so it would keep out criminals, keep out the young thugs and if anything happens they would have a list of all of the people there.

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You want them checking IDs at 15 intersections? Speaking of things that will never work.

And lets not forget that small issues of vehicles needing to get across these intersections