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Brunetti Rejects Minor's Hialeah Offer

Brunetti Rejects Minor's Hialeah Offer

John Brunetti has rejected technology entrepreneur Halsey Minor's first official offer to buy Hialeah Park.

 Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Calder Gets Slots OK in Referendum

Calder Gets Slots OK in Referendum

Voters in Miami-Dade County, Fla., approved slot machines for Calder Race Course and the county's two other pari-mutuel facilities in a Jan. 29 referendum. They passed the ballot issue by a 63%-37% margin--a decisive victory in a race many observers expected would be close.

 Wednesday, January 30, 2008
'Tough Race' Seen for Calder Slots

'Tough Race' Seen for Calder Slots

Calder Race Course president Ken Dunn expects "a tough race" during the last days before Miami-Dade County's Jan. 29 vote on slot machines for Calder and two other pari-mutuel facilities.

 Sunday, January 27, 2008
Calder Launches Pro-Slots Effort

Calder Launches Pro-Slots Effort

Calder Race Course in South Florida has launched its campaign for the Jan. 29, 2008, Miami-Dade County vote on whether to allow Las Vegas-style slot machines at pari-mutuel facilities.

 Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Calder Takes Small Step Toward Slots Vote

Calder Race Course moved a small step closer to having slot machines when a Miami-Dade County committee passed a resolution June 12 to allow for a countywide vote next year.

 Thursday, June 14, 2007

Calder, Dog Track Seek Referendum on Slot Machines

Calder Race Course and Flagler Dog Track and Sports Entertainment Center,have initiated a formal request before a committee of the Miami-Dade County Commission for a referendum for voters to consider the inclusion of slot machines at the three existing pari-mutuel facilities in Miami-Dade County.

 Thursday, June 07, 2007

Meeker Says Churchill Will Continue to Pursue Alternative Gaming in Florida

Following the defeat Tuesday of a referendum that would have permitted slot-machine gaming at Churchill Downs Inc.-owned Calder Race Course in Florida's Miami-Dade County, company president and chief executive officer Tom Meeker said CDI is encouraged by slots approval in a neighboring county and would continue to seek alternative gaming.

 Wednesday, March 09, 2005

Miami-Dade Sets Slots Vote for March 8

Miami-Dade County (Florida) voters, like their counterparts in Broward County, will decide March 8 whether to permit slot machines at pari-mutuel facilities.

 Friday, January 21, 2005

First VLT Election in Florida Set for March

The Broward County (Florida) Commission voted Tuesday to approve a plan allowing voters to decide whether to allow video lottery terminals at the county's four pari-mutuel facilities, although a number of details are still undetermined.

 Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Absentees Push Florida Slots Vote Over Top

With vote totals changing minute by minute Nov. 4, a constitutional amendment that would allow voters in Broward and Miami-Dade counties in Florida to vote on racetrack slot machines headed into the win column.

 Thursday, November 04, 2004