The state Department of Justice eventually denied Bay 101's license application because of alleged failures to disclose certain financial information, and other reasons that were not made public. As the licensing process dragged on, the club was closed and its 600 employees were laid off in December. īay 101 held a grand opening in November 1993, but could not offer gaming because background checks for the owners' gaming license had not been completed only the restaurants and bar were operating. The cardroom was built at its new location at a cost of $15 million.

A contest was held to choose a new name for the casino, and Bay 101 was selected out of 7,400 entries. Developers instead selected a site in an industrial area near Highway 101. Initial plans called for it to move to the Italian Gardens complex near Downtown San Jose, but negotiations with the site owner failed. However, Bumb's group successfully lobbied the city council to amend the law to allow Sutter's to move to a new location and expand to 40 tables. The move would have been prohibited under a 1978 city law intended to phase out card rooms by ending issuance of new licenses and transfers of existing licenses. A group of investors including Berryessa Flea Market owner Jeff Bumb announced a plan to acquire a 49 percent interest in Sutter's Place and move it to a new, larger facility. In 1989, Caltrans released plans for widening of Highway 237 that would require demolishing the club. Sutter's son, Joseph Sutter Jr., took over the establishment in 1947, and added poker tables in 1961. purchased the Panama Inn in Alviso, which he would rename as Sutter's Club.

The Bay 101 Shooting Star is a major bounty tournament, and the only one of its type on the World Poker Tour.

Contentsīay 101 is perhaps best known for hosting the Bay 101 Shooting Star, a World Poker Tour tournament created by Bay 101 owner Marko Trapani in 1997. Like other California cardrooms, Bay 101 offers poker cash games and tournaments as well as special 'California' style table games. Bay 101 is a cardroom in San Jose, California.

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