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Skydine asks Fargo board for new airport liquor classification to allow post-security possession

Fargo Liquor Control Board · January 22, 2026
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Summary

Skydine and the Fargo airport authority presented a proposal asking the Liquor Control Board for a new classification that would allow passengers to possess alcoholic beverages in defined sterile (post-security) concourse areas; the proposal included a two-drink-per-transaction limit, signage and delineated service/possession zones, but board members pressed for clear monitoring plans and state licensing confirmation.

Skydine, the food-and-beverage concessionaire at Fargo’s airport, and representatives of the airport authority asked the Fargo Liquor Control Board to consider a new liquor classification that would permit passengers to possess alcoholic beverages in specified post-security concourse areas.

Austin Shenaha, executive vice president of Skydine, described the request as a partnership with the airport authority to let passengers carry beverages in otherwise passenger-accessible sterile areas. "Passengers to possess alcoholic beverages in the normally passenger accessible areas of the sterile side," Shenaha said, summarizing the proposal to create distinct alcohol…

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