[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 42150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20507]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing and Registration 
on the American Stock Exchange Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application 
To Withdraw From Listing and Registration; (Patriot American 
Hospitality, Inc. and Patriot American Hospitality Operating Company, 
Common Stock, $.01 Par Value) File No. 1-13898

July 30, 1997.
    Patriot American Hospitality, Inc. and Patriot American Hospitality 
Operating Company (``Company'') have filed an application with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''), pursuant to 
Section 12(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') and Rule 
12d2-2(d) promulgated thereunder, to withdrawn the above specified 
security (``Security'') from listing and registration on the America 
Stock Exchange, Inc. (``Amex'' or ``Exchange'').
    The reasons cited in the application for withdrawing the Security 
from listing and registration include the following:
    On July 1, 1997, the Company merged with and into California Jockey 
Club (``Cal Jockey''). Cal Jockey, the surviving company, changed its 
name to Patriot American Hospitality, Inc. Prior to the merger, the 
common stock of Bay Meadows Operating Company (``Bay Meadows'') were 
paired and traded as a single unit on the Amex.
    As a condition of the Merger, the Company agreed to list the paired 
shares on the New York Stock Exchange (``NYSE''). The post-merger 
paired shares began trading on the NYSE on July 2, 1997. In determining 
to withdraw the security from listing, the Company considered the added 
costs of being listed on both the Amex and the NYSE and the added 
difficulty of complying with the reporting and other requirements of 
the two exchanges.
    The Company complied with Rule 18 of the Amex by filing with the 
Amex a certified copy of preambles and resolutions adopted by the 
respective Boards of Directors prior to the merger, which authorized 
the withdrawal of the pre-merger paired shares from listing on the Amex 
and by setting forth in detail to the Amex the reasons for such 
proposed withdrawal, and the facts in support thereof. By letter dated 
July 1, 1997, the Amex informed the Company that the Exchange does not 
intend to object to the Company's filing of an application to withdraw 
its Security from listing and registration.
    Any interested person may, on or before August 20, 1997, submit by 
letter to the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 
Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549, facts bearing upon whether the 
application has been made in accordance with the rules of the exchange 
and what terms, if any, should be imposed by the Commission for the 
protection of investors. The Commission, based on the information 
submitted to it, will issue an order granting the application after the 
date mentioned above, unless the Commission determines to order a 
hearing on the matter.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation, 
pursuant to delegated authority.
Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-20507 Filed 8-4-97; 8:45 am]
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