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Hialeah Cuts Takeout Rate to 12% for All Bets

Hialeah Cuts Takeout Rate to 12% for All Bets

Hialeah Park, a racetrack traditionally known for its high pari-mutuel takeout, has greatly reduced it to 12% across the board.

 Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Brunetti: Plans to Reopen Hialeah Progressing

Brunetti: Plans to Reopen Hialeah Progressing

Hialeah Park will be back in business "as soon as possible" with plans to eventually add Thoroughbred racing, officials of the Florida racetrack said June 8.

 Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Tuesday May Have Been Hialeah's Swan Song

The doors closed Tuesday on Hialeah Park's 75th -- and possibly its last – live racing meet. With legislation set to take effect on June 30 that discontinues the historic track's exclusive hold on spring racing dates, even the normally optimistic chairman of the board John J. Brunetti was forced to admit the likelihood that Hialeah has hosted its last live race. "By now you have heard that Hialeah Park will probably end its racing career with our last racing day, May 22," he wrote in an open letter printed in the track program, "This is sad, but true."

 Wednesday, May 23, 2001