Overview

• Judge Veretta Frazier concluded a seven-hour evidentiary hearing Thursday and said she will issue a ruling Friday morning on whether to reopen Rodeo Dallas.
• Asana Partners secured the temporary restraining order on August 8 and on Friday asked the court to impose an 11 p.m. closing requirement if the club is allowed to resume operations.
• Dallas police officers testified that two shootings and a stabbing this year began inside Rodeo Dallas and spilled into surrounding streets, straining department resources.
• The City of Dallas has served notices of abatable crime and code violations on Rodeo Dallas that could lead to its designation as a “habitual nuisance property.”
• Rodeo Dallas maintains it is not responsible for Deep Ellum crime and has offered enhanced security staffing, improved lighting and metal detectors even as it remains locked out by its landlord.