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Arlington Racetrack 2019/2021 Horse Racing
From: gerchgo
8/1/20
I wouldn’t give them any dark day $, or give them dates for 2021 !
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/242627/cdi-requests-2021-dates-for-arlington
- Edited August 1, 2020 10:20 am by gerchgo
From: gerchgo
2/23/21
Selling Arlington, plan to move license elsewhere so workers can work- ha!- they don’t care about anyone !
From: cigarello
2/23/21
What a darn shame-- that is one race track I never got to, but I hear it is really beautiful
From: gerchgo
2/24/21
The Illinois Horsemen have stated perfectly Churchill’s reason;
“The license is not Churchill's to move,” said Mike Campbell, ITHA president. “Moreover, the notion that a seasoned gaming operator would relocate a racing license away from a state of the art, modern racing facility near the heart of the Chicago metropolitan region to some yet-to-be-determined location is absurd. Churchill is just trying to obfuscate from the fact that it cares only about maximizing profit and will gladly sacrifice the spirit of Illinois law and the livelihood of working Illinoisans to serve its greed.”
From: cigarello
2/24/21
Can anything be done to stop them? It is my understanding that Arlington is absolutely beautiful: terrible thing to destroy it!!!
From: gerchgo
2/24/21
I don’t know. The horsemen had buyers a year ago, but Churchill refused. I don’t think there is a law keeping them from selling to whom they want?:(. I don’t believe they can transfer the license to anywhere else, or any new facility. Illinois has specific tracks and where they can be (counties) . They would have to go through the state legislature, I believe.
From: gerchgo
2/24/21
Here are photos of Arlington
https://foursquare.com/arlington_park/photos
This article has videos at the end of the article, including Secretariat’s win there with TV coverage
- Edited February 24, 2021 7:22 pm by gerchgo