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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Starting successful September, Table Mountain Casino Resort volition statesman serving intoxicant connected the gaming floor, a displacement from its long-standing argumentation that allowed radical 18 and up to gamble.
While the casino has agelong served intoxicant successful its restaurants, this alteration is raising concerns among immoderate who unrecorded nearby.
"I deliberation drinking happens anyway, but I deliberation if determination are less regulations than that could pb to much accidents," said Fresno nonmigratory Dalia Yellin.
Yellin lives successful the country and said Friant Road, which connects Table Mountain and Fresno, is already prone to car crashes.
"I'm really pursuing an Instagram relationship that shows accidents that hap astatine the Friant intersections. And those hap each the time, rather frequently, similar weekly, actually," said Yellin.
In a property release, Table Mountain said allowing alcoholic beverages connected the gambling level is portion of their years-long effort to connection an enhanced acquisition for guests.
That included gathering a caller casino, caller restaurants, and a high-rise hotel, which opened successful 2022.
But cyclists who predominant the country accidental this enlargement is troublesome.
"For the cycling community, I deliberation I could talk for the full community, it'd beryllium atrocious to let much drinking astatine Table Mountain," said Lance Burger.
The casino said it volition strictly travel each authorities regulations regarding intoxicant service.
The Fresno County Sheriff's Office said its deputies patrol the country and telephone CHP to analyse erstwhile they fishy drivers whitethorn beryllium impaired.
Still, adjacent residents anticipation for much patrols.
"There person to beryllium much checks by the CHP connected the road, backmost from Table Mountain and besides astatine the Friant intersections, particularly astatine night," said Yellin.
Action News had much questions for Table Mountain Casino and reached retired to their representatives, but they declined our petition for an interview.
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