Place of entertainment license

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Definition

Any privately owned place where entertainment is offered. 

Entertainment includes: 

  • Live theater, dance and musical productions 
  • Public dances
  • Productions produced by:
    • Radio, phonograph or television
    • Video reproduction, tape recorder, slide or movie production
    • Orchestra, band, any musical instrument
    • Spotlight, or flashing light device 

The following do not need a Place of Entertainment License:  

  • Religious Organizations
  • Theaters 
  • Dance Halls 
  • Carnivals 
  • Places with an on-sale beer, wine or liquor license 
  • Food businesses with less than 2,500 square feet 
  • Places that sell radios, phonographs, tape recorders, musical instruments, records, tapes, movies, televisions or stage equipment 

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Public Service Building
505 Fourth Ave. S., Room 220
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Office hours
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Monday – Thursday

9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Friday

Minneapolis 311

Hours

7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Monday – Friday

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