UPDATE:
The Chattanooga Beer Board has suspended the beer license for a sports bar for 3 days after it found it committed 2 violations.
The board ruled Studio 58 violated a ban against open alcohol containers outside the club and found it was operating a disorderly place.
They also ordered the club to undergo beer training and acquire a brown-bag permit, if they choose to continue their brown-bag service.
The board dismissed an allegation that it failed to call 911 after a large fight in April.
Owner Terrence Jones told the board “I’ll take my responsibilities and move forward.”
Read our previous coverage below:
EARLIER:
A sports bar whose parking lot was a homicide investigation scene last week addressed past violations with Chattanooga's Beer Board Thursday morning.
The Beer Board cited Studio 58 on Highway 58 for violations that include failing to report a fight, allowing open alcohol containers outside the building and running a disorderly place.
All of those violations happened before last week's shooting in the Studio 58 parking lot that left one man dead and another injured.
At Thursday's meeting, the board reviewed police body cam video from April 16th, which shows the aftermath of an alleged fight outside the bar.
A security guard on camera says chairs were being thrown during the fight. The video also shows customers carrying open containers of alcohol outside the club.
Studio 58’s owner Terrance Jones asked Chattanooga Police officers on the scene for security recommendations.
The video shows officers telling him they were unable to provide that due to liability concerns.
One officer notes the young college audience the club tends to, saying, “this will happen again when you have this clientele.”
An officer told the board there were 250 people at the club, over the 190 maximum capacity. But Jones replied that their counters only had 182 people. Jones admitted to the open container violations, saying he normally stands by the door to make sure non one takes one outside, but he said he was distracted by the disorder.
Jones told the board he normally provides brown bags at the door for people to contain their beers.
City attorney Phil Noblett said a permit is needed to provide brown bags to customers, but Studio 58 does not have one.
Jones told the board there wasn’t a physical fight on the 16th. He said the security guard speaking about chairs being thrown around was not referring to a fight. He says people were upset they couldn’t get in and began swarming.
This is a developing story and will be updated