MassChallenge, the startup accelerator and competition that has become a symbol of the Innovation District's success and a bragging point of city and state officials, is in hot water with the Boston Licensing Board over an unlicensed party it hosted last fall where guests played "beer pong" before the event was shut down by police.
Detectives went shortly before 10 p.m. Nov. 8 to MassChallenge's Drydock Avenue headquarters, which was being used as an "unlicensed place of assembly with unlicensed dispensing of alcohol and unlicensed live entertainment for 160 patrons," according to a police report.
"The entire event was found to be in violation of ABCC (Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission) regulations on prohibited practices," police said.
The "Roadhouse" party was part of a larger event known as Thirst Boston, which was taking place at locations across the city and which rented out the premises from MassChallenge, police said. Patrons either showed a paid ticket from other "Thirst Boston" events or paid a $20 fee for open-bar service, police said.
Inside, people were playing the drinking game beer pong and being served unlimited alcoholic beverages without paying for them at the point of service, police said. Four bars were dispensing distilled liquor, police said, and 16-ounce cans of Narragansett Beer were available in self-service steel tubs.
Food also was being served, and a band was entertaining guests — both without a license, police said.
Detectives told the people in charge of the event to stop the entertainment, shut down the bars at 10 p.m. and have the guests leave.
The people promoting the event for Thirst Boston told detectives that MassChallenge had said the location was covered by a license for the alcohol service, police said, but MassChallenge showed detectives only an expired Boston Fire Department assembly permit. The owner of the building had not been told of the event, police said.
"Due to the fact that Thirst Boston was sponsoring numerous alcohol-related events at other licensed premises," police said, "a licensed premise violation ... was issued to MassChallenge."
A Licensing Board hearing where the organization was supposed to answer the charges today was canceled due in part to the weather and has not yet been rescheduled.
MassChallenge did not return phone calls or emails yesterday. A spokeswoman for Thirst Boston could not immediately be reached for comment.
Donna Goodison and Laurel J. Sweet contributed to this report.
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