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Originally Posted by classhandicapper
I don't play Arlington except for on the big turf day. I wonder how much of that was related to staying with a synthetic surface. Once the majors starting switching back to dirt, Arlington starting feeling more like a 3rd tier track than a 2nd tier track to me. I never even looked.
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There's a counter-example, which is that even though Golden Gate had the synthetic track, Bay Meadows closed.
I don't know that much about Chicago real estate but it wouldn't surprise me if a big plot of land in Arlington Heights has greater redevelopment value than Hawthorne does. And also Hawthorne can host harness races and Arlington, as a 9 furlong track, can't. So there are other factors here.