San Angelo, TX Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)

City Code Sec. 005 makes it unlawful for any person, firm, company, organization or corporation to sell, consume or possess, or to permit or promote the selling, consuming or possessing of any alcoholic beverage within any area of the Texas Bank Sports Complex, defined as the ground bounded on the east by East Angelo Draw, on the south by the North Concho River, on the west by Bell Street and on the north by St. Ann Street. The ban covers the fenced-in quadrangles, the picnic and play areas, and every parking lot serving the Complex.

The only way around it is an affirmative defense: a group must first secure a permit, contract, lease or other written permission from the Parks and Recreation Department to use the city's concessionaire to sell, promote, consume or possess alcohol during a specific event in one or more designated quadrangles. That written authorization has to name the event, the date, the hours and the exact quadrangle covered, and it must comply with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code and other city ordinances. Under subsection (c), the Parks and Recreation Department may only issue that permission for adult tournaments and permitted special events, and never while a youth league or youth tournament is playing at the same time.

This section was adopted by ordinance on July 19, 2011, and amended by Ordinance No. 2021-087 on July 20, 2021, reflecting the complex's Texas Bank naming-rights sponsorship. Outside the Complex, the general alcoholic beverage article (Ch. 5, Art. daily, or until noon on Sunday) rather than public consumption, so this section is the city's specific open-container control for a public recreational venue.