Fair Grounds Race Track Ready To Start Season With Slots Room
The state of Louisiana has been through a lot since Hurricane Katrina, and now one of the premier winter racing tracks is ready to open its doors to a new season. only this time slot machine gambling will be available.
Fair Grounds Race Course is set to begin its Winter racing season on Thursday, and officials are hoping that the addition of 245 slot machines will increase revenue at the track.
In the Winter months, there are three major racing venues, Oaklawn Park, in Arkansas, Gulfstream Park, in Hallandale, Florida, and Fair Grounds. The latter is hoping that the inclusion of the slot machine room will help the track compete with the other two venues.
Churchill Downs Inc. bought the track back in 2004, and the season after Hurricane Katrina was wiped out, now, the track is ready to open its doors to racing and gambling for the first time in the Winter season.
Fair Grounds President Randy Soth had this to say about the opening of the new slots room, "It will go a long way to our goal of being the premiere race track during the winter months."
The new slot room is expected to bring in about $2.8 million in additional annual purse money, according to Soth.
