Jai-Alai Question of the Week


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Re(1): #487 - Would Connecticut jai-alai resurrect if Milford reopened?

Posted on June 26, 2013 at 01:24:11 PM by TommyK8

If there is any place that jai-alai could have survived, it was at Bridgeport. Even there, the handle and attendance was declining, but it was still doing ok when it closed in 1995. Unlike Hartford and Milford, Bridgeport did not close its doors and walked away, it closed its door in favoring of opening a greyhound park on the same site. This was a disasterous decision. Whoever thought greyhounds would be more popular than jai-alai was sadly mistaken.

IF a fronton was still standing, I would think that someone could make an attempt to open.

Unfortunately, a new fronton would cost tens of millions of dollars to build, and a potential owner can't expect to get a return on that kind of investment to warrant it. So, I think it would never happen, unless there was a change in the law and a potential owner could expect to get slots and/or table games.

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