VictoryLand seeks Alabama's OK for new liquor license

MONTGOMERY 
VictoryLand is seeking state permission to serve alco­hol again after surrendering its liquor license last year.
A spokesman for VictoryLand said the business applied for a new license to serve alcohol in the area where pa­trons bet on simulcast races. The li­quor license will allow the business to better serve customers in the simul­cast area and to hopefully provide for more jobs at the track, he said.
VictoryLand currently only offers gambling on simulcast dog and horse races. Electronic bingo machines and live dog racing are currently not of­fered at the track.
Lt. Darrick Wilson of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board said track officials met with the state this week to discuss the license. He said VictoryLand officials indicated the li­cense was for the simulcast area.
VictoryLand voluntarily surrendered its liquor license last year during the controversy over electronic bingo ma­chines.
State law allows enforcement offi­cials to inspect liquor license holders without a warrant. At the time, then-Gov. Bob Riley's gambling task force was trying to gain entry to the facility in an effort to seize thousands of elec­tronic gambling machines in opera­tion there.