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The Commerce Hotel & Casino, The Gardens Casino in Hawaiian Gardens, The Bicycle Hotel & Casino in Bell Gardens and Hollywood Park Casino will close operations beginning this weekend, company. Bicycle Casino BICYCLE CASINO. 7301 Eastern Avenue Bell Gardens, California (562) 806-4646. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. The final table will take place at the HyperX Esports Arena at the Luxor Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cards will be in the air at 4 p.m. (PT) on Thursday, April 2. 7th: Shi Chen - $144,735 8th: Daniel Strelitz - $113,425 9th: Charles Kassin - $90,010 10th: Kevin Eyster - $90,010 11th: Isaac Baron - $71,950 12th: Greg. The Bicycle Casino is one of PokerStars’ announced partners in the state. So we could potentially see the fracturing of the PokerStars coalition. Another possible result: The Bicycle Casino (and Gardens Casino) being deemed ill-suited to be licensed with or without PokerStars.
The Bicycle Hotel & Casino in Bell Gardens, California has officially reopened after roughly six months of closure due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The legendary Los Angeles card room has resumed offering gaming action as of 8:00 a.m. Monday, with a brand new outdoor gaming area featuring 52 tables, including 17 poker tables ready for cash game action.
A social media post announcing the reopening stated that, “Your health and safety will remain our top priority. Masks and temperature checks will be required. We look forward to seeing you soon!”
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— Bicycle Hotel Casino (@BicycleCasino) October 5, 2020
The Bike briefly reopened in late June after roughly three months of temporary closure, announcing a sweeping safety plan called the ‘WE CARE’ initiative that was “designed to enhance safety and minimize risk for our patrons and Team Members.'
The Bike had to once again halt operations just a few weeks later after an order from California Gov. Gavin Newsom that imposed restrictions on indoor businesses that included card rooms, along with dine-in restaurants, wineries and bars, family entertainment centers, movie theaters, zoos and museums. The Bike was just one of several card rooms in the Los Angeles and Bay Areas impacted by the Governor’s order.
“Many games that you are familiar with will be offered, but not all games types and limits will be available and may change on a daily basis. Please download our Bicycle Casino App for active tables available and contact us before your visit.” Those interested can contact the Bike via their website or by calling (562)806-4646.
The outdoor gaming areas have impacted the way that parking was set up previously. Valet services have been temporarily suspended. Hotel guest parking is located in Lot A, near the main entrance, while casino parking will be located in the south parking lot.
The Bike Brewery and Starbucks are open daily, but eating and drinking won’t be allowed at gaming tables due to health guidelines. Food and drink must be consumed in outdoor designated areas.
The Bike has also provided some information for guests regarding what they need to know before visiting the property.
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● Bring a mask to wear while on property. Masks that cover your nose and mouth are required for everyone at all times. Complimentary masks will be available while supplies last. Masks are also available for purchase.
● Bring hand sanitizer if possible. You will be required to use hand sanitizer when you sit down to participate in any and all games.
● Maintain social distance from other guests and team members.
● Wash your hands for 20 seconds with soap and water at least once per hour.
● Stay home if you are experiencing symptoms, have tested positive, or have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.
● All visitors, employees and vendors will be required to pass a temperature check and respond to questions regarding COVID-19 symptoms before entry.
● Players will be required to have a Player’s Rewards Card to play any game on the property incase we may need to contact our players as needed.
For more information head to the Bicycle Hotel & Casino’s official website.
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Casinos in Los Angeles are a weird thing. For starters, they're barely casinos; with the exception of those on tribal land, California casinos are limited to table games like poker and blackjack. Instead of glitzy Vegas-like skyscrapers, you often find catering hall-sized rooms in an 'I think I know where that is?' city like Commerce or Gardena.
The Bicycle Hotel and Casino is trying to change that by putting its Bell Gardens complex on the map in a way that's more meaningful than 'just east of the 710.' The casino's card room has been open since 1984, but on December 1 the venue will expand into a new seven-story, 70-room, 29-suite hotel stocked with a gastropub, cocktail lounge, spa, pool deck and private cabanas.
The hotel certainly has flashes of that gaudy club-chic aesthetic—think crystals, white chairs and blue lights—but overall it's clean and modern. When you walk into the lobby, it feels luxurious, not like some third-rate banquet hall, and that's a big step up for LA casinos. The rooms, too, are surprisingly handsome and affordable; traditional king setups start just under $120 a night, with suites from $150. Of course, if you're feeling like a baller, you may want to opt for the $1,500 suite. The views aren't much to brag about—unless you find power lines and the 710 exciting—but you can catch a glimpse of Downtown Los Angeles from west-facing rooms.
Photograph: Michael Juliano
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On the other hand, the actual casino part—with the exception of a new VIP room—is the same as it ever was. That high-roller atmosphere dissipates when you turn the corner into the colossal card room (there are over 200 tables) and find mostly men seemingly on their lunch breaks playing a few rounds of poker. That's kind of LA gambling in a nutshell; you won't find slot machines or roulette wheels, nor will you find traditional dealers. Instead, card rooms charge per seat or wager and in return allow patrons to play each other in 'games of skill.' That's not to say the room is devoid of any appeal; it's well-kept and is home to the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker, as well as a stop on the World Series of Poker circuit—that's the one you can watch on ESPN.
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Governor Jerry Brown was at the casino for a ceremonial ribbon cutting on Wednesday. He along with Bell Gardens officials championed the hotel's opening as an opportunity for local jobs for local people. 'The economy and the production of jobs comes in many different ways,' remarked Gov. Brown. The Bicycle Hotel and Casino is Bell Gardens' largest employer and brings in tons of tax money to the local economy. We rarely see casinos as anything other than Vegas-style getaways, but Wednesday's event definitely got us thinking about this local, weird world where state and private interests meet and mingle. But more than anything, it's left thinking about its baffling open ceremony: A brigade of showgirls were wheeled out on motorcycles to the tune of Tomoyasu Hotei's 'Battle Without Honor or Humanity'—you know, that song from Kill Bill. Casinos, man. Casinos.