Overview

• Board of Adjustment Panel A reversed Dallas’ April revocation of the club’s certificate of occupancy, clearing poker at 17776 Dallas Parkway.
• The vote followed the Texas Supreme Court’s refusal to review a related Texas Card House appeal, which board members cited during deliberations.
• Approval is conditioned on building an eight-foot solid fence that blocks access via Briargrove Drive to buffer the Bent Tree North neighborhood.
• City attorneys argued the permit was issued in error and that poker rooms violate state law, and the lone dissenter, Michael Hopkovitz, said he was not convinced they are legal.
• Champions says it has invested $15 million in the site and will use a membership-and seat-fee model like its Houston club, with no opening date announced.