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With slots spinning, Hialeah Park eyes hotel

BY NICK SORTAL

Sun Sentinel
Hialeah Race Track slots celebrated its second anniversary on Friday. The big opening is around Labor Day weekend. There are about 800 slots, poker and all kinds of dining options. This track was the premiere horse racing emporium in the U.S. in the 1920s, ‘30s, 40s and ‘50s.
Hialeah Race Track slots celebrated its second anniversary on Friday. The big opening is around Labor Day weekend. There are about 800 slots, poker and all kinds of dining options. This track was the premiere horse racing emporium in the U.S. in the 1920s, ‘30s, 40s and ‘50s. GABRIEL PINERAS, COURTESY SUN SENTINEL

Hialeah Park got a late start in getting its slots spinning, but it’s aiming to be the first racetrack casino with a hotel.

Hialeah Park president John Brunetti Sr. said hotel construction is expected to start in late 2016, with work on a shopping mall to begin the year after that.

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This story was originally published August 14, 2015 at 8:56 PM with the headline "With slots spinning, Hialeah Park eyes hotel."

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