MIAMI – The Latest on Hurricane Irma and its impact on sports (all times local):
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12:05 p.m.
Gulfstream Park has cancelled racing from Thursday through at least Sunday because of Hurricane Irma's expected arrival in Florida.
The track in Hallandale Beach, about 20 miles north of downtown Miami, says it plans to resume racing on Wednesday, Sept. 13 — and even that date is tentative for now.
Simulcasting will be available at Gulfstream on Thursday and Friday, and the track's casino is scheduled to be open through Friday night.
Track general manager P.J. Campo says horsemen are being offered the option to keep horses at Gulfstream Park, Gulfstream Park West (located near Hard Rock Stadium, the home of the Miami Dolphins) or at the Palm Meadows training facility further north in Palm Beach County. "Our first priority is the safety of our patrons and our equine athletes," Campo said.
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10:25 a.m.
No. 10 Florida State has moved its game against Louisiana-Monroe up to a noon kickoff on Saturday out of concern for Hurricane Irma's expected wrath, and the NHL's Florida Panthers are canceling their plans to play in a prospect tournament in southwest Florida this weekend.
The Seminoles were originally set to play a night game Saturday.
FSU President John Thrasher says the earlier start time "will give ULM the opportunity to travel safely after the game, and provide many of our fans a chance to come to the game and return home in time to make any necessary preparations."
The Panthers were scheduled to be in a four-team tournament in Estero, Florida. The team will close its offices on Thursday afternoon in anticipation of the storm.
The Panthers' home arena, the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida, will be a tactical operation site for Florida Power and Light during the storm.
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10:10 a.m.
For the Miami Dolphins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Week 1 will become Week 11.
The NFL has decided to have the teams play on Nov. 19 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida — moving the game from Sunday's original date out of concern for Hurricane Irma.
That means the Dolphins and Bucs will have their bye in Week 1. Both teams will now play 16 consecutive weeks, starting in Week 2.
The NFL decided earlier in the week to not play the game in Miami on Sunday. Neutral sites were considered, before the decision was made to simply move the game back later in the season.
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9 a.m.
No. 16 Miami's game at Arkansas State on Saturday has been cancelled over concerns about Hurricane Irma, a powerful Category 5 storm that forecasters believe will affect Florida this weekend.
Getting to Arkansas for the game would not be the problem for Miami. Getting back to Miami would be the potential issue, and the uncertainty over what will happen with the storm led to the decision to err on the side of caution.
The game will not be made up in 2017.
Some members of the Hurricanes' women's basketball team were evacuating on Wednesday to Georgia, to get out of Irma's expected path. Miami has canceled classes until at least Monday.
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