Bay Area card room looks to expand
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According to a story published today by local newspaper The Argus, Bay Area card room The Palace Card Club is seeking to expand, with plans to double the club’s current capacity of eight tables.
The proposal is apparently meeting with resistance from local officials and community groups. Excerpt from The Argus:
The 24-hour poker club is in cramped quarters on Mission just south of D Street. The relocation application seeks to move the venue to Foothill near San Lorenzo Creek and double the number of gaming tables from eight to 16, as well as increase the number of players per table from eight to 10.
The proposal also outlines plans for a bar with food services. The card club would be open at all hours, seven days a week, according to the application.
Mayor Mike Sweeney said he has not seen the application but that he would be concerned about any plans to expand the establishment’s gambling operations downtown.
“That would be a very large operation,” he said of the Foothill building. “I don’t see how that would be good for the city.”
