Hialeah Park Racing & Casino
Located in Southern Florida, near the city of Hialeah, and with a history going back to 1921, Hialeah Park is one of the oldest and widest continuously operating turf horse racing tracks in the country. The track and recreational facility was originally built to attract the rich and famous and has earned a reputation as contributing to the State’s emergence as a popular winter resort.
Skip navigation. In Hialeah Park Casino. 100 East 32nd Street. Hialeah, FL 33013. Thanks for submitting! Gaming at Hialeah Park. There is 90,000 square feet of gambling space at Hialeah Park Racing & Casino, all laid out in a splendid architecture. Enjoy a fine cigar with your poker game out on the terrace, or come in for some electronic gambling with 822 machines to choose from. The Hialeah Park Race Track (also known as the Miami Jockey Club or Hialeah Race Track or Hialeah Park) is a historic racetrack in Hialeah, Florida.Its site covers 40 square blocks of central-east side Hialeah from Palm Avenue east to East 4th Avenue, and from East 22nd Street on the south to East 32nd Street on the north.
The racetrack started life as part of a major enterprise wherein massive amounts of land were acquired and public buildings and facilities were built. These facilities included a greyhound parimutuel track and later a horse racing track. The horse racing track was initially furnished with a grandstand, a clubhouse, an administrative building, just over twenty stables and a paddock area. The entertainment complex also featured an amusement park complete with a roller coaster, a dance hall, a jai-alai fronton and a number of dog kennels. It soon became a popular place for the people of South Florida to congregate together for weekend activities and before long it began to draw large crowds. Unfortunately, much of this came to a dramatic end in 1926 when a massive hurricane swept across the area completely destroying the jai-alai fronton, the dog kennels and the roller coaster. Facing such massive destruction and the financial costs involved in trying to rebuild these facilities, the track owners decided instead to focus on horse racing.
This racetrack was quite famous during its' heydey (the 1930s thru 1960s) when presidents,movie stars and world leaders like Winston Churchill visited to attend horse races and wager bets on some of the famous horses of their time. Remember that this was an era before internet.
In 1930 the racetrack came under new ownership and it underwent major renovations. The wooden grandstand and clubhouse was replaced with concrete and steel buildings and the stables, paddock area, walking rink and infield turf track were remodelled and improved. Hundreds of royal palms and coconut trees were planted and a lake was even fashioned in the track infield. The lake was populated with large numbers of pink flamingos imported from Cuba and the colony still populates this area today. In fact, the area has been declared a sanctuary for the American Flamingo in more recent years. All this work gave the entire facility a much-needed face-lift which resulted in a number of the rich and famous of the time attending races here. Today, Hialeah Park continues to host exciting horse racing events and is well supported by the horse racing community and eager punters.
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Step back in time to an era of grand celebrations,manicured grounds with picturesque gardens, and 16th Century French Mediterranean... experience Hialeah Park! A South Florida mainstay for over 90 years, Hialeah Park has 200 acres of lush landscape and historic architecture. Known simply as “The World’s Most Beautiful Horse Race Course”, Hialeah Park is eternal, magnificent and iconic, while holding the distinction of being an Audubon Bird Sanctuary with Flamingos on site and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.