Scoreboard Sports Bar license application

Said her Near West Side Partners organization and residents have invested heavily to reduce loitering, public intoxication and disorderly conduct, and a new standalone liquor license could undermine that progress.

Marquette's senior director of community engagement said the university had not connected with the applicant and wants conversations to ensure a safe establishment with food options.

Marquette's police chief said the campus patrol zone already contains 14 liquor and entertainment establishments and the location sits just outside the zone; the university opposes further saturation.

The building owner, a former Marquette student, said he vetted tenants carefully, does not want a nightclub, and believes the sports bar is the best match for the location.