as far as drinking in the lodge lobby We have been lucky they have allowed us to endanger there liquor license as long as they did. they offered many alternatives. I am sure you can come up with your own solutions to the ban on drinking in the lobby. its more important to me to visit catch up and meet new drivers. when I thought we where Banned I was very disappointed, I thought we would have to find somewhere else because I feel the lobby is the glue to our gathering.