Things are heating up in Florida with sports betting and casinos especially the Seminole Indians. I will check to see if this affects Hialeah Park. It does involve Florida's established decoupling laws. Gulf and Tampa will be unaffected in terms of horse racing itself but are involved secondarily.
Multi billions on the line.
Here is a possible answer regarding Hialeah, a track which DOES NOT run T-breds. We can dream a little dream that Gulfstream Park (Owned by The Stronach Group) would operate a T-bred meet at Hialeah similar to the now completed agreement at Calder (owned by Churchill Downs) under the brand name Gulfstream Park West.
Hialeah was owned by John Brunetti, Sr. who passed away in 2018 but now is under the guidance of his two sons. The track, once considered by many as the most beautiful track in America, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (by edict worthy of preservation; tax incentives) in the USA. Hialeah has a casino as of 2013 and now does not need to operate quarter horses in order to keep its casino permit.
As of now, Gulfstream could expand its already lengthy racing schedule in terms of 52 weeks but perhaps reduce which days of the week the track operates.
Hialeah isn't geographically as close to Gulfstream as GPW/Calder -- those two were about 10 miles apart. GPW/Calder will not conduct live horse racing anymore and instead instituted Jai Alai.
Gulf and Hialeah were once at their own odds over racing dates. Any chance the two groups can meet is easier said than done but ... Start the ball rolling. A short meet in the fall at Hialeah to replace GPW/Calder and offer the main Gulfstream track time off is on the minds of many. Sentimental dreamers perhaps but maybe worth it.
Possible answer
Florida Legislature Hands Sports Betting To Seminoles, Permits Non-Thoroughbred Tracks To Decouple From Gaming - Horse Racing News | Paulick Report
On the final day of a special session, Florida legislators on Wednesday approved three separate gambling measures that will strengthen the Seminole tribe's dominant position in the gambling market, allow non-Thoroughbred pari-mutuel facilities to decouple casinos and card rooms from their racing and jai-alai operations, and create a five-member Gaming Commission that will replace the state's Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering.
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The decoupling bill likely will end live racing at South Florida's Pompano Park, the state's only harness track that opened in 1964 and is now known as Isle Casino Pompano, a Caesars Entertainment property. A last-minute amendment in the Florida House version of the bill to exempt harness racing from the decoupling law was stripped in the final version that passed the Senate by a 39-0 vote and the House in a 73-43 vote.
Hialeah Park may also have seen its last race. The historic track that once hosted South Florida's best winter Thoroughbred meet has been operating its casino since 2010 in connection with a Quarter Horse permit that began with competitive racing sanctioned by the Florida Quarter Horse Association. Those races were replaced by match races that were run so that Hialeah fulfilled its casino license obligation to conduct races as defined by Florida statute. That will no longer be necessary.