GLYNN COUNTY, Ga. — Glynn County Commissioners voted unanimously Thursday night to ban alcohol on East Beach, also known as "frat beach" during the yearly matchup between the Florida Gators and the Georgia Bulldogs football teams in Jacksonville, Florida.
That location is widely known for the weekend of drinking and revelry in Georgia’s Golden Isles around the annual Georgia-Florida game.
"My concern is the pandemic and COVID-19 and how that may not only spread to college students, but our community as they interact with other places and our county employees," County Manager Alan Ours said during the meeting.
The ban is in effect only on Nov. 6 and 7 and applied exclusively to East Beach on St. Simons Island. Georgia Bulldogs and Florida Gators play Nov. 7.