Article: Liquor-store plans displease city

Plans for a liquor store to serve southwest Salt Lake County have changed, but not enough to satisfy Riverton officials.

State Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to build a state liquor store in the Riverton Depot shopping center on the northeast corner of 13400 South and Bangerter Highway.

The $2 million store will be built on a little more than an acre of vacant land at the shopping center anchored by Home Depot. Construction is expected to begin in March, allowing the store to open before Thanksgiving next year.

Despite the Riverton City Council's opposition to having a state liquor store in the city, DABC commissioners in June approved a ...

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