In 2007, Boyd purchased Dania Jai Alai, a fronton in Dania Beach, Florida. The Basque pelota Club trains on the village fronton. One Florida fronton, in Melbourne, was converted from jai alai to greyhound racing. For several years, he worked for a jai-alai fronton in Florida, battling alcoholism. The Bridgeport and Hartford frontons closed in 1995, and the Milford fronton followed in 2001. Olaizola started to play "pelota" on the local fronton of his hometown, Goizueta. The main modalities played in the fronton are Hand-pelota and Paleta-rubber. The Pala is used in fronton 'place libre' and mur a gauche. It is a covered fronton with additional tracks for the Basque rural sports. It is used in the trinquet, mur a gauche and fronton 'place libre'. The coat of arms composition on the tympanum ("fronton") was long and tall. The trinquet has some basic aspects with the fronton. The structure imitates a house with well-processed quadrats and a fronton. The number of marks depends on the type of fronton used. In 1924, the United States built its first fronton, in Miami.