Owners Brian Bumb and his family purchased the 16-acre site down the street from its competitor, the high-rise, Las Vegas-style Casino M8trix, which opened in 2012 following the $50 million reinvention of the Garden City Casino card room on Saratoga Avenue.īay 101 Director of Sales, Marketing and Special Events Rich Alvari said, “The energy efficient lighting, the open space, the rich wood. The operation was forced to move after its lease was set to expire in November. Originally founded in 1929 as Sutter’s, the club became Bay 101 when it moved in 1994 to Bering Drive. The new feng shui-certified casino offers 49 poker tables, the same allowed by the city at the club’s former location. One of two San Jose, California card rooms, the million, 68,000 square foot Bay 101 Casino, recently opened on North 1 st.
