Cross the pedestrian bridge over Lake Natoma on a Saturday morning and you can already feel the shift. The Historic District has its rhythms, its regulars, its farmers. But six miles east, on the other side of Folsom, the Palladio at Broadstone has spent the last nine months adding a hotel, a 14,000-square-foot beer hall, a gaming shop, a yoga studio, and a full summer calendar of free programming. For anyone living in American River Canyon, the neighborhood's second downtown just finished a renovation nobody talked about all at once.
The thesis of this guide is simple. Palladio in 2026 is no longer a shopping center you drive to for a specific errand. It is a weekly-use destination with fixed hours, named partners, and, as of June, overnight lodging. That changes how a west-side Folsom weekend gets planned.
What actually changed between February and June
The most visible addition sits at 350 Palladio Parkway. Yard House officially opened at Palladio on Sunday, February 8, occupying approximately 14,000 square feet in a prominent space at the Palladio shopping center that previously housed Forever 21 and, more recently, Stichic. It is the third Yard House in the greater Sacramento region after the DOCO and Roseville locations, which matters mostly because it means the wait times on Friday nights will normalize faster than they did in either of those markets. Yard House locations are known for offering more than 100 beers on tap, supported by complex cooling systems designed to keep beer consistently fresh and cold from keg to glass, with menus featuring a wide range of American fusion dishes, including burgers, sandwiches, steaks, seafood, salads and appetizers, with several plant-based options also available.
The larger structural change happened four months later. The five-story AC Hotel by Marriott at Folsom's Palladio was scheduled to open June 10 and officially welcome staying guests beginning June 11, becoming the first and only lodging destination located directly within the Palladio shopping and entertainment center. Located on 1.5 acres that used to be parking near Dave & Buster's, the five-story, 130-room AC Marriott hotel offers approximately 130 guest rooms, including eight executive suites, and a variety of upscale features, with plans that include a lobby and lounge, fitness center, breakfast area, and meeting spaces designed to blend into the Palladio's established style. At last summer's construction topping celebration, former Mayor Sarah Aquino noted the AC Hotel would become Folsom's ninth hotel while helping strengthen the city's growing tourism and hospitality economy.
Ninth hotel is the number worth pausing on. Folsom went from a market with a handful of business-corridor options along East Bidwell to a nine-property lodging city, with the newest one dropped inside the Piazza itself. If you have hosted family in the guest room every Thanksgiving since you moved into ARC, the AC gives you a walkable alternative that keeps out-of-town guests fifteen minutes from your front door without a rental car.
Two smaller openings round out the year. Fire and Ice Games is on track to open its newest location within the first quarter of 2026, moving into an approximately 4,800-square-foot space at 250 Palladio Parkway, Suite 1319, bringing a blend of retro and modern gaming culture to the Palladio at Broadstone shopping center. The store offers video games spanning multiple generations, popular trading card games such as Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering, collectibles, and console repair services, while also serving as a hub for in-store events and tournaments. On the wellness side, YogaSix Folsom is opening its studio at the Palladio, with owner Michelle also operating YogaSix El Dorado Hills.
The weekly cadence at the Piazza
The programming is what actually earns Palladio a spot on a resident's calendar. Palladio's summer schedule includes outdoor yoga, Tot Tuesday, farmers markets and a 70s-themed disco dance party. Here is the recurring lineup, keyed to how an ARC household is likely to use it.
| When | What | Where | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturdays, 9–10 a.m., June–October | Free yoga in partnership with Serenity Spa and Soul Yoga at Piazza | Piazza (bring a mat) | The weekend routine before farmers market |
| Wednesdays, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. | Living Smart Farmers Market featuring fresh fruits and vegetables from local farms in the parking lot near Whole Foods Market | Near Whole Foods | Midweek produce run |
| Saturdays, 9 a.m.–1 p.m., from June | Additional weekend farmers market featuring locally grown produce and vendors in the parking lot near Nordstrom Rack | Near Nordstrom Rack | The full Saturday morning loop |
| 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 10 a.m., through October | Themed story time and activities, parents must be present, ages six and under, at Piazza | Piazza | Grandparent mornings, toddler routines |
A one-off worth flagging: the 70s Disco Party on June 6 at 8 p.m. in the Piazza, a themed disco dance party featuring a DJ, illuminated dance floor, themed drinks for guests 21 and older, giveaways and a 360-camera experience, with guests encouraged to dress in disco attire. Palladio hosts more than fifty of these each year, and the summer ones have historically been the best-attended.
For a longer view of the calendar, the center's own listings at gopalladio.com stay current through October.
Why the hotel changes the math on hosting
Set the AC opening against Palladio's existing footprint and the effect becomes clearer. Palladio is a regional outdoor shopping, dining and entertainment center in Folsom with approximately 100 retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues, including Sephora, H&M, Whole Foods Market, Nordstrom Rack, Palladio 16 Cinemas, Windsor, Victoria's Secret and Dave & Buster's. Layer a 130-room hotel on top of that inventory and the center now supports a two-night stay without a car. Movie at Palladio 16, dinner at Yard House, coffee and pastry in the morning, farmers market on Saturday, and a room to walk back to at the end of it.
For ARC homeowners specifically, that resolves a small annual problem. Guest rooms fill up during graduation weekends, holiday shoulder seasons, and the summer stretch when relatives visit before school starts. Having a nine-minute drive between your front door and a Marriott property that opens onto Whole Foods is a logistical relief the neighborhood didn't have last summer.
Routing it from the west side
American River Canyon sits on the far side of Folsom Lake Crossing and the historic pedestrian bridge, which means Palladio is a straight shot down East Bidwell but never quite feels like the closest option compared to Sutter Street. Three small route tips that only make sense once you've done it a few times.
The Wednesday market beats the Saturday market. Both farmers markets carry the same core vendors, but the Wednesday setup near Whole Foods lets you consolidate the grocery trip. Saturday's Nordstrom Rack lot is larger and better for browsing, though weekend Palladio traffic starts around 11 a.m. If you like a full morning, the yoga class at 9 a.m. and the Saturday market flowing right after is the intended sequence.
Tot Tuesday is the sleeper. Two Tuesdays a month, ages six and under, on the grass. If you have grandkids visiting or a young family in the neighborhood, this is the Palladio programming with the least competition for a parking spot.
Yard House at 5:30, not 7:00. The Roseville and DOCO locations both hit their choke points around 7 p.m. on weekends. A 5:30 seating gets you the outdoor patio adjacent to the Piazza and puts you out the door in time for a walk to the cinema or a coffee. Reservations were opening up steadily through the spring as staffing normalized.
Bring the visitor to the AC on a Sunday night. The hotel began accepting reservations on June 29, 2026. Sunday inventory across most Folsom Marriott properties runs softer than Thursday and Friday, which usually translates to a friendlier rate for a family visit.
The point
The through-line here is that a shopping center added a hotel, a beer hall, a farmers market twice a week, a gaming shop, and a yoga studio inside a nine-month window while the rest of Folsom kept its head down. That is not a "new things to try" list. That is a neighborhood asset repositioning itself. For anyone who bought in American River Canyon before 2020, when Palladio was mostly a Whole Foods run and a movie, the honest read is that the center you know has effectively become a second downtown for the east side of the city, and it is worth another look this summer even if you thought you had it mapped.
If you are weighing what all of this means for what your home in American River Canyon is actually worth in a Folsom that keeps adding density and destinations, Jackson Lundy Group tracks these shifts block by block. Get a Free Home Valuation when you're ready to see the numbers behind the neighborhood.
