National Park Shut Down 2025. 8, 2013, because of a partial government shutdown. “at [national park] sites across the country, gates will be locked, visitor centers will be closed, and thousands of park rangers will be furloughed,” the interior department said in a fact.

Services and facilities at national parks will be closed or largely unavailable during the shutdown. Churchill downs has refused to pay nearly $2 million in hisa fees for 2025, which a new lawsuit says led hisa to threaten to shut down both churchill and ellis park