TROOPERS BLOCKED TRAFFIC AND
METRO TRANSIT SHUT DOWN BLUE
AND GREEN LINE TRAIN.
THE BOMB SQUAD DISCOVERED
THE DEVICE WAS NOT EXPLOSIVE
BUT THEY ARE STILL
INVESTIGATING.
SURLY BEER HALL CLOSING
INDEFINITELY IN NOVEMBER.
THE LATEST PLACE TO DEPART FROM
THE TWIN CITIES.
DAYS AFTER WORKERS SHARE
THEIR INTENT TO FORM A UNION.
SOME LAWMAKERS CALL THIS
UNIONBUSTING, ILLEGAL
RETALIATION AGAINST WORKERS.
THE FACILITIES AS THE DECISION
WAS MADE BEFORE THE MOVE.
WE FOUND OUT WHAT THIS MEANS
FOR THE FUTURE OF OTHER
BREWERIES AND TAP ROOMS.
COME NOVEMBER SURLY WILL BE
DESOLATE.
THE BEER HALL AND LARGE OUTDOOR
SPACE CLOSED AFTER THE SECOND.
HEART WRENCHING THIS IS A
BUSINESS THAT WAS TRULY
GROUNDBREAKING.
Reporter: HOSPITALITY
MINNESOTA SAYS THIS HITS HARD.
SURLY HELPED CHANGE THE LAW
ALLOWING BREWERIES TO SERVE
BEER ON-SITE, PAVING THE WAY
FOR DOZENS MORE TO OPEN.
IN A STATEMENT THEY SAID THEY
TRY TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN AND
PEOPLE EMPLOYED BUT THERE
WASN'T A WAY FORWARD WHEN
REVENUE WENT DOWN 82%
ANTICIPATED LOSS OF AT LEAST
$750,000 THIS WINTER.
REALLY A TIPPING POINT FOR
US, A JARRING WAKE-UP CALL
ABOUT WHAT IS AHEAD THIS IS
PROBABLY THE START OF WHAT WE
WILL SEE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
MONTHS.
SHE EXPECTS THE FALL AND WINTER
WILL STEM EVEN MORE.
DESPITE THE DIRE NEWS LAKES AND
LEGENDS IS OPTIMISTIC THEIR
BUSINESS MODEL WILL HOLD.
IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING THE
AMOUNT OF SUPPORT WE HAVE SEEN
FROM DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS AND
BEYOND HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING.
THE OWNER SAYS PEOPLE HAVE
ORDERED RECORD NUMBERS OF
GROWLERS TO GO FROM THE
BUSINESS.
HE SAID THEY ARE USED TO
ADAPTING AND WITH A LARGER
TAPROOM THEY CAN SPACE OUT
INDOOR SEATING, EVEN WHEN
OUTSIDE SEATS GO AWAY WHEN
WEATHER CHANGES, HE REMAINS
HOPEFUL.
TRYING TO SECURE REVENUE AND
CUTTING COSTS WHERE WE CAN
HOPEFULLY THE COMBINATION OF
ALL THAT WILL GET US THROUGH.
.
THE MINNESOTA CRAFT BREWERS
GUILD SAYS THERE JUST UNDER 200
BREWERIES IN THE STATE.
ONE IS CLOSED PERMANENTLY AND
