Victory Land Greyhound Racing can be found at exit 22 off Interstate 85 in Shorter, Alabama at 8680 County Road 40. The facility is open all year long with live horse and greyhound racing broadcast at the same time except for when the facility was closed after a raid by the Governor's taskforce. The parking and admission to the facility are both free and you must be nineteen years of age to enter.
The dress code for Victory Land is casual although the management has the right to deny access to the Lounge or Clubhouse to anyone they deem to be dressed inappropriately. The facility has a variety of mechanical equipment including Sportsview Television, Knight's Greyhound Equipment and Scientific Games to name a few.
Cash advances can be gotten with various credit cards from any of the Special Teller windows. There has to be a driver's license with a picture to go with the credit card. The clubhouse and first floor of the lobby both have ATM machines located in them. The facility has a five star hotel, casino and track for greyhound racing.
The Victory Land Hotel and Casino has a 1230 foot racing track for Greyhounds that has been open for more than twenty-five years and has more than forty Greyhounds at the track. Quincy's 777 is the casino at the facility which has more than seven thousand slot machines. The Oasis Hotel which has its own coffee shop and restaurant is in the facility also.
The Oasis Hotel offers three hundred rooms that include eight suites with all the luxuries of home and then some. There are touch screen phones and 32' LCD television sets in the rooms. The O's Lobby Bar offers cocktails and coffee can be gotten from O Brew in the hotel. The O'Brew serves Starbucks coffee; there is the Whitfields Steakhouse which offers wine and seafood for dining. In room dining is available twenty-four hours a day at the hotel.
After over two decades in business the controversy surrounding Country Crossing in Dothan, Alabama led to raids on Victory Land because of a disagreement over the definition of bingo and the legality of gambling in Alabama. There was a great deal of debate over the issue and eventually the doors of Country Crossing and Victory Land closed because of raids on the facilities.
Victory Land was reopened at approximately 1:30 in the afternoon on the 5th of March 2010 for the first time in over a month. The hotel and casino was closed during January when Governor Bob Riley's illegal gambling taskforce attempted a raid on the casino. There was a temporary restraining order placed to stop the raids without warrants and the facility closed to keep other raids from occurring. While Victory Land is currently open it is uncertain what the future will hold for this entertainment venue as long as those in political office refuse to listen to what the people want.
Anyone wishing to obtain additional information or simply verify that the facility is still open should contact the offices of Victory Land directly.
