Richard Fields
Businessman in the entertainment industry
Richard Fields is a businessman in the entertainment industry.
Richard Fields is Chairman of Coastal Development, LLC a company that finances and develops resort properties, entertainment venues, and casino gaming facilities.
Through Coastal Development LLC, Fields co-developed the Seminole Hard Rock Casino and Hotel in Tampa and Hollywood, Florida. The casino resorts are among the most successful in North America. In 2008, Richard Fields managed a deal for Coastal Marina, an affiliate of Coastal Development LLC, to acquire Donald Trump’s Trump Marina Hotel Casino from Trump Entertainment Resorts.
Richard Fields is the largest shareholder of Suffolk Downs, a thoroughbred racetrack in Massachusetts.
Richard Fields became the largest shareholder of Suffolk Downs in 2007, when the track was struggling and the MassCap hadn’t been held in several years. Richard Fields bought Suffolk Downs out of a love for thoroughbred racing and hopes to expand the property into a casino resort and entertainment destination.
Richard Fields gives back to the community through the Fields Family Foundation. Richard Fields contributes to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the New York Police Department, Farm Aid, Good Shepherd Services, the University of Rochester Medical Center, and the American Quarter Horse Foundation.
Richard Fields is also the owner of Jackson Ranch Land of Cattle.
Highlights
Fields Day: Feature article about Richard Fields’ career and interest in horses at Suffolk Downs
Press Releases
- June 5, 2008: Richard Fields offers $5 Million Purse for MassCap if Big Brown Faces Curlin in Battle of Unbeatens.
- May 29, 2008: Richard Fields Acquires Trump Marina Hotel Casino.
- December 2007: Richard Fields contributes to medical research on muscular dystrophy.
- August 11, 2006: Richard Fields joins Excelsior Racing Associates..
- July 7, 2006: Coastal Development Chairman Richard Fields.
In the News
- Richard Fields rejects slaughtering racehorses.
- Richard Fields supplies the purse for the 2008 MassCap.
- Richard Fields purchases Trump Marina Casino
- Trump Marina Hotel Casino Acquired by Richard Fields.
- Richard Fields leads Suffolk Downs rebirth.
- Excelsior Racing Associates consider Suffolk Downs purchase.
