Fair Grounds Race Course is home to the Louisiana Derby, which is a premier Road to the Kentucky Derby race. Fair Grounds also offers one of the very few wintertime turf courses in the eastern half of the U.S. and plays a key strategic role in the migration of racehorses in the colder months.” One month later, CDI said it had reached an agreement with Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and horsemen to continue operations at Fair Grounds after local elected officials threatened to designate Fair Grounds a state historic site. A historic designation would have prohibited the demolition or alteration of Fair Grounds without local government approval, making the real estate less attractive and valuable to potential buyers and developers if CDI decided to sell it. At the same time, Fair Grounds, Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs are the only winter-operating tracks in the warmest climate zones east of the Mississippi River.