Goldie's Off Track Betting
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Goldie's Off Track Betting is a betting parlor located in the Little Tauron section of Caprica City in the years before the Fall. It is also a hub of activity for the Tauron crime syndicate, the Ha'la'tha, and its confederate Samuel Adama.
The parlor consists of the main establishment and a large back room where Ha'la'tha members, including 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 (CAP: "Reins of a Waterfall").
Sam Adama principally controls the location in 58 BCH (42YR), 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").
Home to Tragedies
edit sourceA 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 recalls to the Adamas that he teaches Willie how to play Triad, noting that Willie becomes adept at cheating in the game (CAP: "Apotheosis").
Joseph Adama creates a 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").
Notes
edit sourceGoldie'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." [1] The Komura Building is one of the last standing buildings in old Japantown.[2]
The location remains present as of 2025, and is currently home to St. Lawrence Restaurant.[3]
References
edit source- ↑ 269 Powell St, Vancouver, BC on Google Maps (backup available on Archive.org) (in English). Retrieved on 21 April 2025.
- ↑ Vancouver Heritage Foundation - History Japanese Canadian District (backup available on Archive.org) (in English). pp. 6 Retrieved on 21 April 2025.
- ↑ St. Lawrence Restaurant (backup available on Archive.org) (in English). Retrieved on 21 April 2025.