The National Park Service has waived its policy prohibiting partnerships with alcohol makers, allowing the National Park Foundation to forge a two-year, $2.5 million deal with the world’s largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev.
Re: “National parks ink $2.5M marketing pact with Anheuser-Busch,” May 2 business news story.
So Anheuser-Busch is being allowed to wrap their cans of Budweiser in images of Lady Liberty and hold Bud-branded summer events in several national parks. What a sweetheart deal. It cost Anheuser-Busch $2.5 million — mere pocket change to that massive corporation. I was also outraged to read that, in a recent defense bill, Congress encouraged the National Park Service to name parks or park facilities for private donors. Coors Rocky Mountain National Park anyone?
Linda Pohle, Denver
This letter was published in the May 5 edition.
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