The new historical horse racing gaming facility and grandstand at Turfway Park in Florence, Ky., will officially open to guests on Sept. 1, 2022, reports Spectrum News 1.
A total of 840 HHR machines will fill the gaming end of the facility, said longtime Turfway executive Chip Bach.
“The people that play those games love them,” Bach told Spectrum News 1. “We're seeing (nearby HHR facility) Newport grow by leaps and bounds. And we just know with the amenities we'll have here at Turfway Park, it's going to be a great gaming location.”
Fans will also be welcomed back for live racing when it resumes in December, and Turfway will offer the largest simulcast area in Kentucky.
Bach said that even without fans present for the past several years, first due to COVID and then because of the $150 million renovation project, Turfway has seen its live racing handle grow by 34 percent. The facility was purchased by Churchill Downs, Inc., in 2019, and the legalization of historical horse racing in 2021 has allowed CDI to significantly boost purses at the Northern Kentucky racetrack.
“When we start again in December, they're going to see a whole different product, and it'll allow Turfway to uphold the Kentucky brand in a much better way,” Bach said.
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