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UFC In CANADA AND OTHER EVENTS?

Is it legal for bars to charge cover during UFC events in Canada?

  • A bartender once told me that bars can collect money to pay for the events however if they profit beyond the cost, it is illegal.  Is this true?

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    Bars don't pay the same PPV rates that individuals pay. A bar can be charged thousands of dollars to show an event depending on square footage and other factors such as FCO (Fire Code Occupancy) or FVC (Fixed Viewing Capacity), so they charge a cover to balance out the cost of the fight. It is not illegal to make a profit, however, most places lose money or barely break even. Usually the profit is made from drink sales and publicity.

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Seems  fishy to me. It's certainly legal for bars to charge a cover charge for  live music, for recorded music and other kinds of presentations. A PPV  televised MMA fight or other PPV program would be similarly legal. I can't find anything to suggest that liquor licensing laws prohibit this. It's  possible that the contract between the bar and the PPV provider  includes terms that make the bar want to make a loss on the cover change  but that both seems unlikely and if it were true would not be specific  to Canada.

Norm Soley

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