I don't disagree with most of what you say Jane2 but they can do most of what you state already. They key to the issue is the little difference between a licence for up to 10000 people and one for 14999. If they are worried about being one or two over then they shouldn't be running events that they can't control in the first place. Also if you don't live on the doorstep which I suspect you don't, then you would be far enough removed from it all not to really be concerned about the impact. Some of us have painful Memories still of the last badly run event. No one is trying to put the Horniman out of business just want a common sense approach. I'd love to enjoy a nice beer or glass of wine up there but would personally want to
see major improvements in the quality of the food before choosing to spend money on alcohol to go with it.