MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- Florida is one of the few places in the country where you can still watch and bet on jai alai in local casinos. The heyday of jai alai was decades ago, but there are signs of a ...

Explore the captivating history and uncertain future of Jai Alai, once the pride of Miami's sports scene. From its European ...

It's a Friday night at Miami Jai Alai and the place is dead. Only 46 seats are taken — 47 if you include the center-court spot occupied by a garbage can cordoned off by yellow police tape. Evidently, ...

MIAMI, Jan. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Jai-Alai League (WJAL) will kick off a fresh chapter for the sport of professional jai-alai when it opens its ninth competitive Battle Court season Friday ...

MIAMI, Nov. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The historic Miami Jai-Alai venue is rebranding and renovating its entertainment space. The 1,500-seat venue to be known as JAM Arena (short for Jai-Alai Miami ...

DANIA BEACH (CBSMiami) -- It is the end of an era at The Casino @ Dania Beach, which announced on Wednesday morning the 2021 Jai-Alai season will be its last. The final Jai-Alai game will be played in ...

An elegant man took a seat at a beaten up bench with a view of the jai-alai court in front of him, his red tie knotted just so, his hair slicked back just so, his hands crossed in front of him just so ...

Dania Jai-Alai, the lone Broward County pari-mutuel without slot machines, is being sold. The Boyd Gaming Corp., which bought the fronton in 2006, announced Monday that it is selling the property to ...

The fastest-moving ball sport in the world is still generating interest in South Florida for sports enthusiasts seeking the thrill of competition and gamblers looking to cash in on the action with the ...

Bennie Bueno remembers when Jai-alai players were the toast of Miami back in the 1970s and 80s. “You had the Miami Dolphins, the Orange Bowl and Miami Jai-alai,” Bueno told a recent ESPN documentary. ...