Why your next beer in Nova Scotia could be coming from a vending machine
Global News
A Nova Scotia company is taking the way you get your beer one step further by creating a vending machine just for beer, but it's drawing concern from some professors.
The next beer you get at a sports game could be one from a vending machine. At least, that’s the hope of Nova Scotia company Dispension — whose owners are working to get automated beer vending machines into stadiums across the country.
A kiosk will scan the patron’s government-issued photo ID and verify whether or not they’re eligible to buy the product before cracking and dispensing the can.
Settings can be changed to limit the amount of alcohol sold, and the company is working on biometric technology to detect impairment.
The company has already beta-tested at the 2022 MLB All-Star game in Los Angeles, but has yet to operate anywhere in Canada.
“Typically, during a hockey game, for example, everyone is trying to buy a beer at the same time. (This would increase) the number of points of sale where can get people back to their seats with a cold beer in their hand,” said Corey Yantha, the company’s founder, in an interview with Global News.
“We’d love to see them here in Nova Scotia, and there’s certainly a need here in Halifax.”
According to the Minister of Service Nova Scotia Colton Leblanc, the province approved a request to set it up in Scotiabank Centre, but there’s no timeline on whether or when the product could come to the home of the Quebec Maritime Junior Hockey League’s Halifax Mooseheads.
During a cabinet meeting on Thursday, LeBlanc said he’s working with the tourism industry to ensure the safe rollout of the machines. One of the stipulations of the set-up is to ensure there is “physical monitoring” to control who is buying the beverages.
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