{"id":54617,"date":"2025-03-17T21:34:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T01:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=54617"},"modified":"2025-03-17T21:36:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T01:36:24","slug":"rec-room-gets-ok-to-expand-downtown-with-police-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/03\/17\/rec-room-gets-ok-to-expand-downtown-with-police-presence\/","title":{"rendered":"Rec Room gets OK to expand downtown with police presence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of Lakeland&#8217;s popular&nbsp;downtown&nbsp;bars has gotten the green light to expand as long as it promises to boost its security.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"768593\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"285\" height=\"177\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/imagesa.webp?resize=285%2C177&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54620 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #768593; width:581px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lakeland commissioners&nbsp;voted 4-0 on Monday to approve Rec Room&#8217;s plans to expand its footprint. Mayor Bill Mutz and Commissioners Stephanie Madden and Bill Read were absent and did not vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The arcade bar needed the city&#8217;s approval to expand the footprint covered by its conditional use permit, as bars are allowed to operate in Downtown Lakeland only with&nbsp;the express approval of the City Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"4b5355\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"254\" height=\"199\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/download-5.webp?resize=254%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54619 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #4b5355; width:565px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the conditions of approval is that Rec Room pays for&nbsp;at least one off-duty Lakeland police officer&nbsp;to be present from on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from 10:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Lakeland&#8217;s popular&nbsp;downtown&nbsp;bars has gotten the green light to expand as long as it promises to boost its security. 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