LINCOLN PARK, Mich. -- The decision on a liquor license for a strip club in Lincoln Park, one of the state’s largest, is not immediately being released.

Larry Flynt’s Hustler’s Club has been at the center of controversy for the past seven years. Some city leaders tried to keep it from opening, and the fight between the city and the club wound up in federal court.

In October, a judge threatened the city would be fined $12,000 a day if the council did not approve the club’s liquor license, because the state had already approved it.

Opposition to the club came not only from the City Council but also from the community.

Just last week, members of the Lincoln Park Religious Association submitted nearly 1,000 letters of protest to the liquor control commission.

In October, members of churches located near the strip club protested outside the building.

Both sides met Monday but said they would not release their decision until the end of the week.