"Much of this additional revenue hinges on a reasonable increase in the number of stores. This past legislative session, state Sen. Mark D. Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg) offered a privatization plan that would permit one retail liquor license per 10,000 people. That is actually a rather low ratio: Most states have a licensee rate of one per 2,500 to 3,000 residents. Virginia would hardly be awash in liquor stores.
But the commonwealth currently only has about 300 ABC stores to serve nearly 8 million people, or about one per 27,000 people. The District, in contrast, has more than 500 stores. D.C. consumers are much better served with broader selection, greater convenience and lower prices. Many Virginians, particularly the half-million or so who live inside the Beltway, travel into the District to buy spirits, costing Virginia revenue.
Virginia's ABC stores are a tower of mediocrity. They are centrally managed retail outlets that would have been palaces in the Soviet Union, but today they are anachronistic. They offer highly limited choices, often lacking exciting new brands or those with a cult following. Staff members generally aren't knowledgeable about how to mix drinks or make cocktails. And the prices are artificially high because there is no competition: The state decides what to charge."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/06/AR2009110601355.html
There you go...they'll be more stores and the stores will make money buy selling more liqour....ought to make Rep Dave Albo whe defends drunk drivers happy.