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Old 02-24-2021, 11:43 AM   #2
dilanesp
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Originally Posted by bobbyb View Post
Pretty sad to see it end up this way. I guess there's more money in property development than there is in a racing facility.
If you have not been to AP the things I will miss is the ambience, the fans (minus the riff raff) and the OTB trackside.

However, this may be a boon for Hawthorne. We shall see.

https://news.yahoo.com/arlington-par...124419168.html
It's certainly a failure for the sport. Not only is Chicago a massive media market where you want to have a premier track, as well as a place with a longstanding horse racing tradition, but Arlington was rebuilt after the mid-'80's fire as what was supposed to be a prototype for the modern racetrack. It was a palace. In that sense, it would be as if the Orioles moved out of Camden Yards.

But whenever this happens (and I lost my favorite track, Hollywood Park, in 2013), I always remind myself that the economics of the sport require significant contraction, both because we have fewer fans but also because of the brutal reality of simulcasting and remote wagering. It sucks, but there's no way the sport can economically support all the tracks that are still running.
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