MEETINGS WITH BRUNETTI ABOUT HIALEAH CALLED ‘PRODUCTIVE’
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008Meetings between Hialeah Park owner John Brunetti and a team of advisers representing track suitor Halsey Minor were held last Thursday in South Florida and described as “productive” by individuals involved.
Minor, a Virginia-based owner and breeder and the Internet entrepreneur who founded and later sold the technology Web site CNET.com, assembled a team of experts who made presentations to Brunetti on a variety of issues related to Minor’s interest in buying, renovating and reopening the historic track. In advance of the meetings, a telephone book-sized proposal went to Brunetti that included a detailed operating plan, plus cost estimates on architectural work and construction for renovations to existing buildings and a new stable area. The proposal also included some architectural renderings and layouts. The mayor of Hialeah also received the notebook.
Minor did not attend the meetings.
According to one source, Brunetti used the opportunity to drill the people who drafted the individual reports on their assumptions. Brunetti made a number of suggestions in response to the proposals and indicated he is interested in meeting again with Minor in the near future.
Hialeah Park has been closed to racing since May 2001.
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