March 18, 2005 -- It's finally legal to hoist a few in the Miller Park parking lot before a concert.

City ordinance actually prohibited drinking on the Miller Park parking lot, along with all the other public parking lots in the city, said Ald. Michael Murphy.

But, in a heroic move to save a city tradition, the Common Council this week adopted a resolution waiving the city's prohibition. The waiver applies to the Miller Park lot for the rest of the year on the days the stadium is used for sporting events or concerts.

Murphy said the waiver was needed because some members of the Milwaukee Police Department, which is taking over stadium duty this year from the Sheriff's Department, insisted they would enforce the no drinking ordinance.