I loved Hialeah. But I can't see it coming back, especially with slots defeated in Dade County. Maybe the owners were holding back from selling or developing the property hoping for slots to pass which didn't happen.
Also, the trend of fewer T-bred tracks seems pretty clear. One of the NoCal tracks is shaky as far as continuing as well as Hollywood Park. Aksarben, DRC, Birmingham, Sportsman's, Hialeah, Garden State, Atlantic City Washington Park have all closed in the last 15-20 years, many within the past 10. Probably a couple I missed.
I find it amazing a couple new harness slots tracks have opened up. But the racing is just an excuse for slot machines. There are tons of harness tracks in Ontario and a friend of mine runs horses there. But there are many nights when the purses exceed the pools which are laughably low. I don't think they can last very long that way.
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