In April 1977, Dario claimed he had a deal to purchase Narragansett Park, but those claims proved unsubstantiated. The track was renamed as Lincoln Greyhound Park, and began its first season of greyhound racing in June 1977.
Later that year, Dario sold his 82 percent controlling interest in the park to the Taunton Greyhound Association. In 1976, Dario closed the track early, stating that it had lost $400,000 in 28 days, due to the loss of customers to Connecticut's off-track betting and jai alai, and the state's refusal to allow the track to keep a larger share of the betting handle. A 1965 newspaper advertisement for Lincoln Downs Dario, owner of the Pascoag Park Racetrack in Pascoag, Rhode Island, and accommodated 5,800 spectators in the grandstand, plus 2,000 more in the clubhouse and turf club.
Other amenities include a 29,000-square-foot (2,700 m 2) event center, 16 eateries, 7 bars, and a racebook. The facility has 202,000 square feet (18,800 m 2) of gaming space, with 4,108 slot machines, 97 table games, and 23 poker tables. Bally's Twin River Lincoln Casino Resort, previously Twin River Casino Hotel, is a casino, hotel, and former race track in Lincoln, Rhode Island, owned and operated by Bally's Corporation.
