Today, only two in the country offer performances year-round — Dania and Miami. Only four others remain, all in Florida, including Fort Pierce, but they offer jai alai about two months a year largely to maintain licenses for poker rooms.

Calder, the Miami area horse track owned by Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, now runs jai alai. Hialeah Park opened a jai alai fronton in Florida City near the south terminus of Florida’s Turnpike. Isle Pompano, the harness track and casino owned by Eldorado Resorts, has taken a jai alai permit and expects to build a fronton this year.