CBS19 spoke to the experts about why you can't by alcohol on Sunday and much more. Author: Channing Curtis Updated: 10:50 PM CST February 7, 2021 TYLER, Texas — Most of the 21-and-up crowd in Texas is aware of the fact you can't buy liquor on Sundays or after 9 p.m. any other night of the week. Why is this though? According to Lance Lively, the Executive Director of the
Texas Package Store Association, the reason has nothing to do with the Blue Laws. "For us, it's an economic issue," says Lively. "You take profits of six days, you spread them over seven. The legislation doesn't say we have to be open, but if our competitors are open, by golly, we're gonna have to open, so it literally by de facto, forces liquor stores to open on Sunday. And what happens when you have to open a seventh day, you have to hire more people, utility costs go up, insurance costs go up. And if all those costs go up, where do you think the liquor store owner is gonna make that up? They're gonna have to raise their prices."