Name: Bar owners toast to improved ability to serve as Cooper lifts curfew
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Description: Zack Medford, president of the North Carolina Bar and Tavern Association, called Cooper's announcement that bars will be allowed guests indoors "huge, hard-fought win."

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>>> TODAY I AM ANNOUNCING THAT WE WILL EASE BUT NOT LIFT RESTRICTIONS. THAT MEANS NO MORE CURFEW STARTING FRIDAY, BARS AND TAFFE TAVERN ALSO BE ALLOWED TO OPEN INDOORS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC. TODAY'S ACTION IS A SHOW OF CONFIDENCE AND TRUST. >> AND WITH THAT IN MIND, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, THE COUNTDOWN IS ON. NOW LESS THAN 48 HOURS WE WILL SEE THOSE CHANGES AND MORE AS THE SAFER AT HOME ORDER ENDS AND EASED RESTRICTIONS TAKE EFFECT. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I'M DAVID CRABTREE. >> AND I'M DEBORAH MORGAN. IN THE NEXT 10 MINUTES WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT CHANGES THE GOVERNOR MADE AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR YOU, YOUR FAMILIES AN THE BUSINESSES IN YOUR COMMUNITIES. WRAL INVESTIGATES CULLEN BROWDER BROKE THIS NEWS FOR YOU LAST NIGHT AND HE STARTS OUR TEAM COVERAGE WITH A LINE-BY- LINE LOOK AT WHAT IS CHANGING. >> Reporter: WE NOW HAVE SOME SPECIFICS AND THE GO SAY THIS IS IS ALL MADE POSSIBLE BY OUR IMPROVING COVID METRICS. IT BEARS REPEATING THAT MOST OF THESE RESTRICTIONS ARE JUST BEING EASED. THEY'RE NOT BEING LIFTED. LET EST GO THROUGH THE HIGHLIGHTS. THE OVERNIGHT CURFEW OR THE MODIFIED STAY-AT-HOME ORDER IS BEING LIFTED, IN FACT. BARS CAN NOW OPEN INDOORS AT 30% CAPACITY WITH A CAP OF 250 PEOPLE. ALCOHOL SALES CAN NOW GO UNTIL 11:00 P.M. INDOOR SPORTS, INCLUDING HIGH SCHOOL GYMS KTHROUGH ACCOMMODATE 30% CAPACITY UP TO 250 PEOPLE. INDOOR ARENAS THAT SEAT MORE THAN 5,000 CAN HAVE 15% CAPACITY WITH NO CAP. AND OUTDOOR VENUES, SO THAT INCLUDES STADIUMS, CONCERT FACILITIES, CONVENIENT OUTDOOR BARS, CAN NOW WELCOME 30% CAPACITY WITH NO CAPS. >> TODAY'S ACTION IS A SHOW OF CONFIDENCE AND TRUST, BUT WE MUST REMAIN CAUTIOUS. PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR LOVED ONES EACH DAY. WE MUST KEEP UP OUR GUARD. MANY OF US ARE WEARY. BUT WE CANNOT LET THE WEARINESS WIN. NOW IS THE TIME TO PUT OUR STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE TO WORK SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO TURN THE CORNER AND GET THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC. >> Reporter: SO, AGAIN, EVEN WITH THESE EASED RESTRICTIONS, SAFETY PROTOCOLS REMAIN IN PLACE. SO THAT INCLUDES THE MASK MANDATE. AGAIN, DEBORAH, THIS NEW ORDER GOES INTO EFFECT ON FRIDAY. >> A LOT OF GOOD NEWS IN THIS. PEOPLE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. CULLEN, THANK YOU. >>> THE HOSPITALITIES INDUSTRY HAS TAKEN A BIG HIT FROM THE PANDEMIC. SOME BARS AND TAVERNS HAVE NOT BEEN OPEN FOR A YEAR. AND JOE FISHER IS LIVE IN GLENWOOD SOUTH TO SHOW US WHAT THESE CHANGES MEAN FOR THAT INDUSTRY. JOE? >> Reporter: SOME THINGS WILL STAY THE SAME LIKE SOME RESTAURANTS OPERATING AT 50% CAPACITY. YOU CAN SEE THE PATIO HERE AT KILLJOY, WHICH IS A COCKTAIL BAR HERE IN GLENWOOD SOUTH. BUT THE BIG CHANGE IS HAPPENING INSIDE, AND IT IS HAPPENING BEHIND THE BAR WHERE THEY ARE NOW ABLE TO SERVE DRINKS AN EXTRA TWO HOURS EVER NIGHT. KILLJOY OPENED ITS DOORS IN GLENWOOD SOUTH THIS SUMMER WITH RESTRICTIONS TO ITS HOURS. CAPACITY, AND DISTANCING. >> IT IS TROUBLING. IT IS TOUGH TIMES. >> Reporter: BUT THE OWNER PATEL IS OPTIMISTIC WITH NEW ORDERS FROM THE GOVERNOR ALLOWING HIS BARTENDERS TO SERVE UP FANCY COCKTAILS UNTIL 11:00 P.M. STARTING ON FRIDAY. >> I DO FEEL LIKE THE RAMPING IT UP INSTEAD OF A FULL FLOODGATES OPEN, I THINK 11:00 WOULD BE REASONABLE. >> Reporter: KILLJOY, WHICH SERVED FOOD AND TRADITIONAL RESTAURANTS, MUST CONTINUE OPERATING AT 50% CAPACITY. PATEL ALSO OWNS HAY MAKER ON MAY YETVILLE STREET. THAT HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR MUCH OF THE LAST YEAR. THE CURRENT ORDER RESTRICTS BARS THAT ONLY SERVE ALCOHOL FROM HAVING PATRONS INSIDE, BUT STARTING FRIDAY, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY CAN OPEN INDOORS AT 30% CAPACITY. >> WE STILL WANT TO REALLY KIND OF LEVEL OUT AND WE DON'T WANT THIS SECOND WAVE TO COME AND HIT US. >> Reporter: PANDEMIC CHANGES LIKE CONTACTLESS MENUS AND RIGOROUS CLEANING WILL STILL BE IN PLACE, BUT THERE IS HOPE FROM THE HARD HIT SERVICE INDUSTRY THAT TIPS, FOOT TRAFFIC AND PROFITS WILL ALL INCREASE. >> HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME BACK STRONGER AND BETTER. >> Reporter: AND THE NORTH CAROLINA BAR AND TAVERN ASSOCIATION IS CALLING THIS A HARD FOUGHT WIN. THEY TELL ME THAT 1,000 BARS FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY WHERE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO OPEN INDOORS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT SERVE FOOD. SO THIS IS A BIG IMPACT ON A LOT OF BUSINESSES. I ALSO TALKED WITH THE RALEIGH MAYOR BALDWIN WHO TELLS ME SHE PLANS TO BRING RALEIGH'S LOCAL EMERGENCY ORDER IN LINE WITH THE STATE ORDER FOR CONSISTENCY AS THE STATE BEGINS THIS GRADUAL REOPENING. >> JOE FISHER LIVE IN RALEIGH

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