Daytona Beach Kennel Club opens $30 million facility

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The Daytona Beach Kennel Club and Poker Room has opened its new $30 million facility on Williamson Road in Daytona Beach, complete with 50 poker tables. It replaces the club's 60-year-old home next to Daytona International Speedway.

"Although the old and new facilities are within a mile of each other, they're really worlds apart,” said Dan Francati, the club's president and general manager. "Now we're a real entertainment destination.”

The 53,000-square-foot facility features a poker room that can accommodate 450 players, a full-service restaurant, concessions, simulcast center with private betting carrels and more than 260 televisions. Poker room patrons can order food and drinks and eat while playing at their table.

"The 50-table poker room at the new facility enables the club to step up its recent focus on higher limit tournament play "to become the region's poker leader,” Francati said.

The club has introduced a Players Card. Patrons accumulate points for their wagers in poker, live greyhound racing, and simulcast.