Treasure Valley Racing, the operators of Les Bois Park in Idaho, have announced that the track closed its doors for the final time yesterday (Sunday, March 20), thus turning the page on a business that had been running for four decades.

As an article by KTVB explains, officials with Treasure Valley Racing have stated that the track needed Instant Racing terminals in order to stay in operation.

The article states that the Idaho Legislature had opted to not hear an appeal from local horsepeople. The appeal was asking legislators to re-examine their decision that had deemed the ‘historic racing’ machines unconstitutional.

Treasure Valley Racing officials are not commenting on the closure.

(With files from KTVB)