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| [[File:Goldie's_Betting_Parlor,_Caprica.jpg|thumb|Exterior: Goldie's Off Track Betting, Caprica City.]] | | [[File:Goldie's Betting Parlor, Caprica.jpg|thumb|Exterior: Goldie's Off Track Betting, Caprica City.]] |
| '''Goldie's Off Track Betting''' is a betting parlor located in the [[Little Tauron]] section of [[Caprica City]] in the years before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]]. It is also a hub of activity for the [[Tauron]] crime syndicate, the [[Ha'la'tha]], and its confederate [[Samuel Adama]]. | | '''Goldie's Off Track Betting''' was a betting parlor located in the [[Little Tauron]] section of [[Caprica City]] in the years before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]]. It was also a hub of activity for the [[Tauron]] crime syndicate the [[Ha'la'tha]] and its confederate [[Samuel Adama]]. |
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| The parlor consists of the main establishment and a large back room where Ha'la'tha members, including [[Francis|Frankie]] and the [[Guatrau]], meet. Television screens display footage of horse races as well as shows like ''[[Backtalk with Baxter Sarno]]'' in the backroom, which also contains tables for games of [[Triad (RDM)|Triad]] {{CAP|Reins of a Waterfall}}.
| | Composed of the main establishment and a large back room where Ha'la'tha members including [[Francis|Frankie]] and even occasionally the [[Guatrau]] himself would meet. Television screens displaying footage of horse races as well as shows like ''[[Backtalk with Baxter Sarno]]'' were located in the backroom along with tables for games of [[Triad (RDM)|Triad]]. |
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| Sam Adama principally controls the location in {{BCH|58}}, and both Sam and his brother [[Joseph Adama]] store their "bug out" supplies—namely [[cubits]] and forged identification—in a safe on the premises {{CAP|Here Be Dragons}}. | | A young [[Willie Adama]] was briefly employed at Goldie's, influenced by his uncle Sam Adama to skip school and learn the ways of Tauron men. Willie was later killed by a stray bullet at Goldie's after the Guatrau called for the killing of Sam and Willie's father, [[Joseph Adama]] {{CAP|Reins of a Waterfall|Here Be Dragons}}. |
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| == Home to Tragedies ==
| | Joseph Adama created a [[virtual world|virtual]] version of Goldie's as a place to meet the Guatrau who communicated with Adama from the real location and was soon murdered there, retribution for the death of Willie Adama {{CAP|Apotheosis}}. |
| A young [[Willie Adama]] is briefly employed at Goldie's, influenced by his uncle Sam Adama to skip school and learn the ways of Tauron men {{CAP|Reins of a Waterfall}}. Willie is later killed by a stray bullet at Goldie's after the Guatrau calls for the killing of not only Sam, but also Willie's father, [[Joseph Adama]] {{CAP|Here Be Dragons}}. Later, while mourning Willie's murder, [[Dave (Caprica)|Dave]] recalls to the Adamas that he teaches Willie how to play Triad, noting that Willie becomes adept at cheating in the game {{CAP|Apotheosis}}.
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| Joseph Adama creates a [[Virtual world|virtual]] version of Goldie's as a place to meet the Guatrau, who communicates with Adama from the real Goldie's and is soon murdered there in retribution for the death of Willie Adama, under the watch of future Guatrau [[Fidelia Fazekas]] {{CAP|Apotheosis}}.
| | :''Goldie's was a real location in Vancouver, British Columbia, filmed at the corner Gore Avenue and Powell Street, a few blocks south of the Little Tauron street exteriors seen in "[[Rebirth]]". [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=gore+avenue+and+powell+vancouver&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sa=N&tab=wl] |
| [[File:CAP_-_The_Imperfections_of_Memory_-_Goldie's_on_Gore_Ave_-_494.jpg|thumb|Exterior of Goldie's {{CAP|Rebirth|There is Another Sky}}.]] | |
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| == Notes ==
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| Goldie's exteriors and interiors were filmed at the Komura Building on 269 Powell St, Vancouver, British Columbia, at the corner of Gore Avenue and Powell Street, itself a few blocks south of the Little Tauron street exteriors seen in "[[Rebirth]]." <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maps.app.goo.gl/daN8SLgTGHZeGXKYA|title=269 Powell St, Vancouver, BC on Google Maps|accessdate=21 April 2025}}</ref> The Komura Building is one of the last standing buildings in old Japantown.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Japanese-Canadian-District-ENGLISH-web.pdf|title=Vancouver Heritage Foundation - History Japanese Canadian District|pages=6|accessdate=21 April 2025}}</ref>
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| The location remains present as of 2025, and is currently home to St. Lawrence Restaurant.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stlawrencerestaurant.com/|title=St. Lawrence Restaurant|accessdate=21 April 2025}}</ref>
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| == References ==
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