Laravel - Add view with migration

laravel_view_migration.php

public function up()
    {
        // Delete the view in case of "php artisan:fresh", to workaround bug
        DB::statement('DROP VIEW IF EXISTS userItemlistsView');
	// Create views
        DB::statement("CREATE VIEW userItemlistsView AS
                        SELECT
	                    U.NAME AS USER_NAME,
	                    I.NAME AS LIST_NAME
                        FROM
                            USERS U,
                            ITEMLISTS I
                        WHERE
                            1 = 1
                            AND U.ID = I.USER_ID");
    }

public function down()
  {
    // Nothing needed here, see workaround above
  }