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Thursday s Daily Pulse | 5/27/2021
Florida-Seminole pact hinges on federal approval of ‘new business model’
The compact faces two immediate challenges – a likely lawsuit claiming it violates 2018’s Amendment 3 and uncertainty in how federal regulators will view “a new business model” that forges a “hub-and-spoke” partnership between remote servers on tribal lands and pari-mutuel operators. Under the agreement, the Seminoles can contract with other operators to manage the three new casinos, including, conceivably, international casino corporations that have enviously eyed access to Florida for decades. [Source: The Center Square]
By the numbers: South Florida’s torrid housing market
New data shows just how tough it is to buy a home in South Florida. The region has fewer homes for sale than anytime in the past three years; the median price has increased steadily for a year; and the houses are disappearing faster than anyone can remember, according to data fro
Before Walt Disney brought his big theme park concept to town, Florida was filled with roadside attractions on highways that took motorists around the state before the turnpike and interstates appeared.