Club owner wins fight, $1.5 million verdict against New Brunswick in naming of sports bar | NJ.com:Lawrence Blatterfein, a dedicated Yankees fan who owns other clubs in New Brunswick, wanted to open a sports bar in New Brunswick in 2011 and name it Buck Foston’s Road House, which is a twist on the sports rivalry between the Yankee’s and the Boston Red Sox.
But New Brunswick officials opposed granting Blatterfein a liquor license for the new sports bar, which would have been at Routes 1 and 18 in the former Benningan’s Restaurant.
.....But Cahill said today that the name was not the reason why he and the city council opposed the sports bar—it was its location at one of the heaviest traveled intersections in the city.
Cahill, who testified during the trial, said he was disappointed with the verdict but, “while it would have been better to win, the verdict was not for the amount Mr. Blatterfein was seeking” and the sports bar never opened.
The mayor said Blatterfein was asking for $7 million to $10 million in damages.
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