TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) -
The Tucson City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to deny
Walmart at El Con Mall a beer and wine liquor license.
The retailer can appeal the decision to the state liquor
board as it prepares for its fall opening, City of Tucson spokesman
Michael Graham said.
El Con demolished the old Macy's store on the site last
year, and Walmart started construction on its new store.
The City Council approved the store's development plan in
2011 despite opposition from the El Encanto Estates Neighborhood Association.
A Pima County judge last year ruled the city's big-box
ordinance, passed in 1999, could not keep Walmart from opening.
The judge's ruling was not appealed by an Aug. 6, 2012
deadline, allowing construction to begin.
The new store is being built at the west end of the mall at
3601 E. Broadway. It will face El Encanto Estates.
