Our first order of business was to alert the Dania Jai-Alai players of the surprise resignation of GM John Knox. Boyd VP Jack Bernsmeier had already left South Florida to return to his home base, Delta Downs Racetrack and Casino in Louisiana. His parting instructions were, “You three (Clint Morris, Dave Winslow, and yours truly) […]
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The Dania Jai-Alai Fronton was a massive building. There were winding hallways, four floors of offices, closets, nooks, and crannies. There were underground pump stations, electrical closets, a/c cooling units, roof top compressors, and a catwalk over the playing court. John Knox knew every square inch of that building. He had keys to every door […]
The U.S. National Jai-Alai Championship brings the focus of an international sport to the Magic City of Miami, Florida. U.S. bred athletes take the court to fight it out in an epic battle of skill, speed and athletic prowess to dominate The World’s Fastest Game – Jai-Alai. 2022 WINNERS Singles ChampionJAIROJairo Baroja Doubles ChampionsARRIETA & […]
Okay, you puppy kickers and girl beaters. Evan W. Coleman has had enough of your bullshit. Texas Jai-alai is going to be the REAL DEAL!!! Just Google “Texas Jai-alai” and you will see for yourself. Texas Jai-alai has been open since 2009 and is alive and well. Yes, even drawing up to 12,000 fans a […]
April 1, 2023: Word has leaked out that former President Donald Trump, a Palm Beach resident, is purchasing the long-closed building that was once West Palm Beach Jai-alai fronton and intends on bringing back jai-alai. Details are still emerging , but it is believed that he wants this to get more involved in the gambling […]
Dress codes, time clocks, 8-hour workdays, overtime, vacation schedules, employee surveys, action plans… these were just some of the highlights of the new Boyd Gaming Policy Manual. Being a newly acquired company, Dania’s employees were expected to abide by these policies. While all this may seem logical for normal businesses today, realize that pari-mutuels (tracks […]
America’s first and only public jai-alai court is getting a makeover. After major expansion work in late 2021 that brought the cancha close to regulation amateur sizing for international tournament play, a couple of wrinkles needed to be addressed. The overhead protection screen, designed to protect wild throws from going into a soccer practice court […]
Wall Street Tumbles, Boyd Stock Craters “Panic on Wall Street” April 2, 2007: New Century, an American real estate investment trust specializing in subprime lending and securitization, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. I saw the crawl at the bottom of the television screen as I watched CNBC. I had never heard of New Century, nor did I pay much attention. All […]
Plans were to tear down building and build and new fronton/casino Boyd Gaming was founded by Sam Boyd. He was a gambler. His early investments paid off and began a small casino empire. His heirs were expanding that empire and gambled on a Florida property, Dania Jai-Alai. Now, it was apparent that Boyd had miscalculated […]
