INDIANAPOLIS -- Of all the weekends that Indiana could start mandating observance of daylight-saving time, this one -- with the NCAA's Final Four in town -- might be one of the worst for downtown bar owners.

The cutoff time for alcohol sales in the state is 3 a.m. Daylight-saving time will begin at 2 a.m., so the time will immediately jump to 3 a.m. In other words, there goes what would have been the final hour of sales.

"It's really going to hurt us," said Kara Gordon, a bar manager. "I wouldn't be surprised from downtown all the way to Broad Ripple if all the local bar owners aren't going to lose probably close to a quarter of a million dollars."

For years, most of Indiana didn't observe daylight-saving time, but the General Assembly passed a law last year requiring its observance statewide. This weekend will mark the first time switch.

Will losing one hour of sales really hurt much? Yes, according to an industry spokesman, who said many bars have late crowds to begin with, and that will only be magnified by this weekend's basketball schedule.

"The last game of the Final Four is not going to let out until about 11:30 p.m. You're going to have a later crowd just naturally from those people filtering out," said Brad Klopfenstein, of the Licensed Beverage Association.

Bars will get to stay open an extra hour for one night in October, when daylight-saving time ends and clocks are set back. But owners say that will not make up for sales lost this Sunday morning, because all of the Final Four basketball fans will be gone, 6News' Norman Cox reported.

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