Why Hallandale Beach is racing to become South Florida's buzziest city

Hallandale Beach had long sat in the shadow of its bustling, H-named neighbor Hollywood — which, population-wise, is more than thrice its size. Now...

March 4, 2023
1:22 AM

Hallandale Beach had long sat in the shadow of its bustling, H-named neighbor Hollywood — which, population-wise, is more than thrice its size. Now, the region's other dale (this, a non-Fort) continues to remind us: It's no longer just here to place. It's here to win. In recent years, the Broward County beachside town, just an hour north of South Beach, has become best known for hosting the Pegasus World Cup equine extravaganza at its octogenarian Gulfstream Park . And it's continuing to bet big on gambling, with a newly renovated racing-dining-shopping-eventing-über-mega-godplex for increasingly younger gamblers at Gulfstream, owned and operated by betting app 1/ST.

Chris Bunting