Both settings host guests during live racing. Several new food and beverage venues have opened, including The Bugler, which is a signature fine-dining restaurant, and the First Turn Bar, both of which overlook the track. The Astral Spa features needle showers, which are representative of the iconic Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park an infrared sauna and a Himalayan salt wall. The accommodations include luxury linens and large-screen televisions. Guests staying on the track side can watch morning training or afternoon races from their rooms. The Hotel at Oaklawn is eight stories tall and has 198 rooms, including two presidential suites. “When my family started Oaklawn 117 years ago, we focused on two things: quality and class,” Cella said. Oaklawn was founded by the Cella family, and Louis is the fourth generation to be at the helm. Louis Cella, president of Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort, stated that the driving force behind the project was to increase Oaklawn’s position as a national leader in the Thoroughbred industry. track that includes a hotel, spa, event center, and new dining options. Instead of summoning Thoroughbreds, he ushered in a new era at the grand opening of the more than $100-million expansion project at the Hot Springs, Ark. Oaklawn Park bugler Chris Holt played “Call to the Post” on Wednesday, April 21, a day without live racing at the track.
