Shelves of liquor inside former SLGA store. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)

By northeastNOW Staff

SOLD!

Winning bid on Nipawin SLGA permit surpasses $800K

Feb 17, 2023 | 3:11 PM

The license for the former provincially owned liquor store in Nipawin has sold for $800,100.

The auction officially wrapped up Friday afternoon with a total of 195 bids happening over a 10-day stretch.

On the final day, 108 bids were made by eight different bidders. The identity of the winner isn’t known as the auction only publicly shared the person or group’s username.

This is one of several auctions that have either wrapped up or are still ongoing after the province announced last year they would no longer operate retail liquor stores and that the permits would be sold off.

Meanwhile, there are two other permits currently being auctioned off in the northeast.

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The first is one in Melfort which, as of 3 p.m. on Friday, has had five bids with the highest being $40,100. This auction is scheduled to close at 2 p.m. on Feb. 22.

The last permit is in Humboldt which, as of 3 p.m. on Friday, has not received a single bid. This auction is slated to close at 2 p.m. on Feb 23.

These auctions could go past 2 p.m. as the timer is reset to 10 minutes remaining when a bid is made after 1:50 p.m.

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