Police Chief Jim Bush is wary of Sturgis motorcycle rally-goers having open containers on Main Street — even if it is just for three hours on one night.
The Sturgis City Council approved a special event liquor license for the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum at one of the busiest corners in Sturgis during the rally — Main Street and Junction Avenue.
People can buy beverages in a beer garden in a parking lot to the east of the museum and will be allowed to take them into the public right of way in front of the museum from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3, during the reveal of the new model year Indian motorcycles.