A new Suffolk Downs

[jelly]

Looks good

http://www.suffolkdowns.com/resort.html

[Shemp Howard]

Looks good

http://www.suffolkdowns.com/resort.html


Where does the mob fit in?

[beefas]

This will be so good if it happens , i can walk to suffolk in 5 minutes, i live there as it is, but with a new casino, better purses, better horses,this will be freaken sweet, and the mob will be happy as well..:))

[elhelmete]

Where does the mob fit in?

The State House is on Beacon Hill, they won't touch Eastie :lol: :lol:

[lamboguy]

Where does the mob fit in?they will be down the street hanging out at the old STARTING GATE LOUNGE.

[Humph]

gonna have to seriously upgrade 1A

[Jingle]

I hope so--would love to see "Sufferin Downs" resurrected.

[Versajoe]

This will be so good if it happens , i can walk to suffolk in 5 minutes, i live there as it is, but with a new casino, better purses, better horses,this will be freaken sweet, and the mob will be happy as well..:))I thought it took that long just to walk across the parking lot!

[iceknight]

Looks good

http://www.suffolkdowns.com/resort.html Looks great... but "A mile from the airport"? would nt the horses get spooked a lot?

[iceknight]

Looks great... but "A mile from the airport"? would nt the horses get spooked a lot?
Never mind. Aqueduct is close enough to JFK and has been business long enough..

[Track Collector]

If this happens, maybe Suffolk will then work with the Carney's, and let them run a small race meet in Brockton during their annual fair in July.

They could start by waiving the 3% fee for simulcast races.

Besides, marginal horses that have trouble competing at the lowest level of slots purses need a place relatively close to ship to and run.

I firmly believe too that the way to make new racing fans is to introduce them to the sport at places like the fair which have a variety of activities for the whole family, and are much less imposing than the environment of a commercial race track.

[onefast99]

As long as the guy who originally poured those concrete floors isn't hired to do the new casino! :lol:

[elhelmete]

Never mind. Aqueduct is close enough to JFK and has been business long enough..

Suffolk too. It's been near the airport since 1935.

[beefas]

As long as the guy who originally poured those concrete floors isn't hired to do the new casino! :lol:
:lol: :lol: ..i trip and fall every time im there..Roller Derby.. :cool:

[Robert Goren]

Very impressive! One question, Why do they need the race track? It seems like a very good project without the horses. What do the horses add other than a place to burn off excess casino profits?

[lamboguy]

Very impressive! One question, Why do they need the race track? It seems like a very good project without the horses. What do the horses add other than a place to burn off excess casino profits?great businessmen always look forward. there is going to be a day going forward when horse-racing will be bigger than slot machines.

i know its very hard to see now, because the game looks pretty dead now. but i have seen another sport that was deep down underground with its neck in the the sand, that was the NBA. the year the SEATTLE SUPERSONICS played the WASHINGTON BULLETS, CBS network threatened to drop coverage of the sport because of poor ratings. the attendance numbers were awful, and they couldn't get people interested in the game.

the same thing happened with baseball in the early 1970's.

it is very easy to take the stand that this game is on fumes and more race tracks need to be closed. i look at it the opposite way, where the game has no place to go but up, and in 20 years there will be more racetracks open than today.

so ROBERT, while you are taking a very popular view, it doen't mean its the right one

[mannyberrios]

Good post, Lambo!

[Thomas Roulston]

And while they're at it, how about tweaking the rail on the turf course so that the distances of turf races are no longer 50 feet more than the advertised distance?

[Fredo515]

Those floors are unbelievably tough to walk across and are like rolling hills.
I find myself swerving and tripping on them.
The floors have to go !

The project will be a great boon to the local economy.

[wisconsin]

Suffolk was good time when I visited a few years ago. Quick subway ride from the airport.

[beefas]

It was packed today..so good to see those parking lots full..i love suffolk downs, and the terrace restaurant served up some killer filet mignon today with some ice cold sam adams!!!..ahhhh what a day!! :)

[lamboguy]

It was packed today..so good to see those parking lots full..i love suffolk downs, and the terrace restaurant served up some killer filet mignon today with some ice cold sam adams!!!..ahhhh what a day!! :)the food is not bad there, and the maitre dee, julie has been there for years!

they used to have a salad called the "gyro's salad". it was made by the same chef that worked at "gyro's restaraunt" which was on on the corner of hanover st and atlantic avenue in the north end years ago. the salad was great, they don't make it there any longer.

[beefas]

julie sat me today, she was making the rounds like a mad women.... :)

[jelly]

Must be the food from 50 yrs ago.


Wendy's has better food that Suffolk.I'm sure Julie is nice but the food is terrible!