Bahitis Club Sopocachi La Paz
La Paz, Bolivia
About the casino
- Operator: Bahitis Club
- License: Autoridad de Fiscalizacion y Control Social del Juego de Bolivia (AJ)
Bahitis Club Sopocachi is the casino in La Paz most cultural and bohemian neighborhood, with video bingo, video poker, electronic roulette and slot machines. It operates under AJ regulator license. Sopocachi is La Paz highest concentration neighborhood of art galleries, literary cafes and signature cuisine restaurants, being the Buenos Aires Palermo or Bogota Chapinero equivalent in the Bolivian capital. The neighborhood has Plaza Abaroa as its civic heart, with the statue of national hero Eduardo Avaroa, who died in the Battle of Calama of 1879 during the Pacific War with Chile in which Bolivia lost its sea access. The loss of the sea is the highest-weight historical claim in Bolivian political identity: March 23 is celebrated as Sea Day in Bolivia with military parades and civic events throughout the country, with the claim of sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean being a constant of Bolivian foreign policy.
Sopocachi and La Paz bohemian neighborhood at altitude
Sopocachi is La Paz highest-level residential neighborhood, with tree-lined streets, high-value apartment buildings and the highest concentration of embassies and diplomatic residences in the capital. The neighborhood has Calle Montevideo as its highest-level gastronomic corridor, with modern Bolivian, Peruvian, Italian and French cuisine restaurants making Sopocachi the La Paz reference gastronomic destination. Plaza del Estudiante, at the border between Sopocachi and downtown La Paz, is the starting point of the Prado, the La Paz central boulevard connecting the historic center with the southern neighborhoods. Bolivia has in coca, the sacred shrub of Andean peoples, one of its most emblematic crops: coca leaves are an integral part of the Andean worldview, used in rituals for Pachamama, as a high-altitude digestive and as a symbol of national sovereignty.
The casino of La Paz bohemian and diplomatic neighborhood
Bahitis Club Sopocachi is the gaming reference of La Paz bohemian and diplomatic neighborhood, the world highest-altitude government seat. It operates under AJ Bolivia license, minimum age 18.
Contact information
- Address: Sopocachi, La Paz, Bolivia, Sopocachi, 0000
- Phone: +591 2 000 0000
- Opening hours: 20:00 a 04:00
Location
-16.5098, -68.1315 — Google Maps
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