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WEBVTT MYRA, WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE-- FOR THAT PLACE?MYRA WELL, MICHAEL, WE ARESTILL TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT ISTHE ASKED, BUT TOMORROW THEBUILDING OWNER WILL PROPERTY.REGAIN CONTROL OF THE IT HASBEEN EMPTY -- AND YOU WILLREMEMBER BACK IN JULY A JUDGEORDERED PLATINUM PLUS TO SHUTDOWN FOR SIX MONTHS AFTER THESTRIP CLUB OWNER WAS FOUND INVIOLATION OF A COURT ORDER.ACCORDING TO RANDY HILLER THEATTORNEY WHO REPRESENTEDELEPHANT, INC THE COMPANY THATOWNED PLATINUM PLUS, THROUGHOUMOST OF ITS COURT BATTLES HISCLIENT COULDN'T AFFORD TO PAYRENT WITHOUT BEING IN BUSINESS.SO SHORTLY AFTER THAT COURTORDER THE COMPANY RELOCATED AFEW MANAGERS BUT LET ALL THEOTHER EMPLOYEES GO.THAT INCLUDED PART-TIME ANDFULL-TIME WORKERS IN ADDITION TOTHE DANCERS, WHO WERE CONSIDEREDTO BE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORNOW, THE 13TH CIRCUIT SOLICITORWALT WILKINS TELLS US THAT WHENCONTROL OF THE BUILDING ISRETURNED TO THE OWNER TOMORROWHE IS FREE TO DO WORK ON THE, PROPERTY WHICH THE COURT ORDER, PREVIOUSLY PROHIBITED.MEANTIME RANDY HILLER TELLS USTHAT THE GUIDELINES FOROPERATION SET FORTH IN A COURTORDER WOULD FOLLOW ELEPHANT, IAND ITS OWNER SHOULD HE OPEN UPANOTHER STRIP CLUB HOWEVER, HILLER TELLS US THAHIS CLIENT HAS ACTUALLY LEFTGREENVILLE COUNTY, AND HAS NOTIES TO ANY EXISTING OR PLANNEDBUSINESSES HERE.NOW, DID CALL THE OWNER OFTHIS BUILDING TO FIND OUT IF HEHAD ANY TENAN PLANNING TO MOVE

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The former Platinum Plus strip club has a new tenant who is apparently playing off its questionable past. Bucks Racks and Ribs restaurant will open Thursday in the former Platinum Plus location on Frontage Road, according to the restaurant’s website. Bucks’ slogan is "Home of the Nice Racks." A sign advertising the new restaurant can been seen just off Interstate 385. The owner of the building, Tom Schweitzer, of Frontage Road Associates, said the new tenant is Greenville Bistro LLC. The Department of Revenue said Tuesday that Greenville Bistro LLC applied for a beer and wine license under the business name Dream Girls. Platinum Plus was shut down permanently after Solicitor Walt Wilkins said it continued to violate stipulations prohibiting complete nudity and sex acts at the venue. The club had been temporarily closed in 2015. In 2010, a patron who was removed from the club by three bouncers died after he was asphyxiated. One of the bouncers pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to probation. Wilkins said deputies were called to the club nearly 300 times from 2012 to 2015. Platinum Plus was named in lawsuits for over-serving alcohol to patrons who had serious motor vehicle accidents. Two of those lawsuits were settled out of court for more than $1 million. In April 2014, a Platinum Plus security guard was shot and killed. The case against the patron who shot the guard is still pending. A WYFF News crew that checked on the business on Tuesday said as of late Tuesday afternoon, the stripper pole and stage were still in place. The restaurant can hold 609 people, according to the certificate of occupancy.