City and state lawmakers on Thursday passed measures to ensure the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots remains what it has been for nearly two centuries: a horseracing facility.

The geographic footprint of horse racing is shrinking. That could be taken one step further as Churchill Downs Inc. sets the wheels in motion to shutter the second-oldest racetrack in America.

Churchill Downs Inc. will continue racing at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in New Orleans after reaching an agreement with ...

Churchill Downs told the Louisiana racing commissioners and lawmakers that the company plans to relinquish its license to ...

Amendment to Senate Bill designates New Orleans track as "historic site," says "demolition, structural alteration, sale or ...

Horse racing will take place at the New Orleans Fair Grounds this season from Nov. 20, 2025, through March 22, 2026, following a deal approved Tuesday between Churchill Downs and the Louisiana Racing ...

Fair Grounds parent company Churchill Downs had threatened in May to pull out of Louisiana, where it also owns a dozen ...

Churchill Downs acquired the Fair Grounds out of bankruptcy in 2004. For 21 years, CDI has operated both the racetrack and its on-site casino. The Gentilly site has been the home to New Orleans horse ...

The discussions mark a potential shift after the Louisville-based Churchill Downs Inc. had threatened to surrender its horse racing and video poker licenses.

WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS, the business attitude of Bunker Bill Carstanjen and Churchill Downs Inc. has some of the ...

Churchill Downs Inc., which owns and operates Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, has reached an agreement with Louisiana ...

After signaling last month that it planned to walk away from its racing and gaming operations at Fair Grounds entirely, ...