The Question Is a Date, Not a Place
No documented closure date for Elegant Occasion Bingo is available in this article's reference material, so the honest first answer is that the date cannot be stated here. A closure date is a recorded event held by state or local licensing offices, business registries, and the operator's own filings. This article can explain where that record lives and why the venue's fixed location matters even after it closes.
Because the venue is no longer operating, its physical location becomes the anchor for every other question: which jurisdiction holds the record, which newspaper covered the closure, and which local historical society may have the file. The location is fixed. The record of when it closed is a separate, checkable fact.
What a Venue's Fixed Location Tells You
A land-based bingo hall sits at one set of coordinates. That point does not move when the business closes. The building may be repurposed, demolished, or left vacant, but the parcel of land keeps its position, its city, its county, and its state. Those fixed facts determine which government office keeps the business record.
For any closed venue, the sequence of records is usually the same: a business licence or permit lapses or is surrendered, a liquor or gaming licence file is closed, and a final filing appears in a state registry. None of those records is a single national database. Each is held at the level of government that issued it.
Where a Closure Date Is Recorded
The authoritative record of a closure date depends on how the venue was structured and where it operated. A bingo hall may have been a commercial business, a charitable operation, or a tribal enterprise, and each path leaves a different paper trail. The reader's job is to identify the right channel, not to guess a date.
- State gaming or charitable gaming commission: if bingo was regulated at the state level, the commission holds licence issuance and surrender dates.
- County or city clerk: business licences, fictitious business names, and occupancy permits are filed locally.
- Secretary of state or corporations division: the entity's formation, dissolution, or withdrawal filing carries a date.
- Local newspaper archives: a closure often produced a news item or a public notice, dated in print.
- Property records: a sale, lease termination, or demolition permit can bracket the closure window.
None of these channels is named here with a specific office, because the venue's state and county are not documented in this article's reference material. The reader must start from the venue's last known city and state, then work outward to the county and state agencies that cover that place.
Why the Closure Date Is Not a Single Public Fact
Different records can show different dates for the same closure. The last day of play, the date the licence was surrendered, the date the entity filed dissolution, and the date the building was vacated may all differ by weeks or months. A reader asking "when did it close" is usually asking for the last day the public could walk in and play, but that specific date may only exist in a local news story or an operator announcement.
This is why the question resists a one-line answer. The honest response is to name the categories of record and let the reader match the venue's known city and state to the office that holds each category.
How to Confirm the Date Yourself
Start with the venue's last known city and state. From there, identify the county, then search the county clerk's business licence index and the state's business entity registry. Both are public records in most jurisdictions, and both usually offer online search by business name.
For a bingo hall specifically, add the state's charitable gaming or bingo licensing division to the search list. If the venue operated under a different legal name than the one on the sign, search both names. A closure date often appears in the licence file as a surrender or non-renewal entry.
What to Confirm Before You Rely on a Date
A date found in one record is a starting point, not a conclusion. Confirm it against a second independent source before repeating it. The items most likely to need checking are the legal name of the operator, the county where the licence was issued, and whether the venue moved before it closed.
- The operator's legal name, which may differ from the name on the building.
- The county of record, which may differ from the mailing city.
- Whether the venue relocated before closing, which would create two addresses and two files.
- Whether the closure was a licence lapse or a formal surrender, which affects which office holds the date.
FAQ
Why can't this article state the closure date?
A closure date is a specific recorded fact, and no such record is present in this article's reference material. Stating a date without a source would be fabrication. The article instead explains which public offices hold closure records and how to search them by the venue's last known city and state.
Does the venue's physical location still matter after it closes?
Yes. The fixed location determines which county, city, and state offices hold the business, licence, and property records. Even after closure, the parcel's coordinates and jurisdiction remain the key to finding the paper trail that contains the date.
What if I only remember the venue's name, not its city?
Search the business name in state entity registries and newspaper archives. A bingo hall's name often appears in local news, licence listings, or public notices that include the city and county. Once the city is found, the county and state records become searchable.
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