Belmont Park decision

[ldiatone]

did i miss this?? and what will happen to racing NYRA???

Belmont Park decision expected Wednesday, sources say
The site will either be the new home of the New York Islanders or the New York City FC soccer team



A decision about the future of Belmont Park is expected to be announced at a news conference Wednesday at the racetrack, according to two people familiar with the situation. The site will either be the new home for the New York Islanders or the New York City FC soccer team. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is expected to be on hand, the people said.

The anticipated announcement comes on the heels of a public hearing at Elmont High School Dec. 10 in which developers representing the Islanders and NYCFC released some details about their competing proposals.

The Islanders want to build an 18,000-seat, year-round arena that would host 150 events annually as well as 435,000-square feet of space for retail, a hotel with 200 to 250 rooms and a 10,000-square foot “innovation center” that would be developed with resident input.

[JustRalph]

https://www.newsday.com/opinion/edit...ers-1.15470467

[VigorsTheGrey]

so is the racing coming to an end when this happens or not?

[Redboard]

Didn't say what renovations would be made to the Belmont track/stands. Like the fact that they're going to get rid of Aqueduct.

[MonmouthParkJoe]

Yonkers racing at Belmont?

I like it, one turn mile and no passing lane

[ldiatone]

who will develop the state land surrounding the racetrack is coming


so is it the land around the track?

[onefast99]

Genting would love to renovate Aqueduct and expand the casino, eventually it will be a full service casino with live games instead of the virtual dealers.
Interesting that the Wilpons who own the Mets may be involved, hopefully they are better at real estate than owning a major league baseball team.

[biggestal99]

Originally Posted by onefast99

Genting would love to renovate Aqueduct and expand the casino, eventually it will be a full service casino with live games instead of the virtual dealers.
Interesting that the Wilpons who own the Mets may be involved, hopefully they are better at real estate than owning a major league baseball team.

Or investing money. They were one of Madoffs victims

Allan

[onefast99]

Originally Posted by biggestal99

Or investing money. They were one of Madoffs victims

Allan

They were approached by many including Repole to take on as an additional investor in the Mets, they declined as have the Mets attendance and wins.

[TheOracle]

Originally Posted by ldiatone

did i miss this?? and what will happen to racing NYRA???

Belmont Park decision expected Wednesday, sources say
The site will either be the new home of the New York Islanders or the New York City FC soccer team



A decision about the future of Belmont Park is expected to be announced at a news conference Wednesday at the racetrack, according to two people familiar with the situation. The site will either be the new home for the New York Islanders or the New York City FC soccer team. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is expected to be on hand, the people said.

The anticipated announcement comes on the heels of a public hearing at Elmont High School Dec. 10 in which developers representing the Islanders and NYCFC released some details about their competing proposals.

The Islanders want to build an 18,000-seat, year-round arena that would host 150 events annually as well as 435,000-square feet of space for retail, a hotel with 200 to 250 rooms and a 10,000-square foot “innovation center” that would be developed with resident input.

Hey ldiatone,

So no more triple crown maybe just double crown ?

Derby, Preakness then....?

Interesting

[HoofedInTheChest]

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[Hambletonian]

The land is too valuable to sit idle. What do you do with a facility that is 10-20x too large for its average daily crowd? If they could use redevelopment money to reduce the grandstand footprint dramatically while somehow allowing for enough seating for major race days it could be really cool. Winterize the new grandstand, and Aqueduct is less necessary except for the stabling issue.

The other factor is that if slots every become completely disentangled from race tracks, there would be no money for purses.

Considering very few people attend live racing...moving the whole shebang out into the country, financed by the redevelopment of Belmont and Aqueduct, allowing for enough ontrack stabling and a dual facility for both breeds, would probably be in everyone's best interest. Build an enclosed grandstand for 5000 folks, and make the ontrack facility the most technologically advanced one ever devised.

[davew]

Is there a giant parking lot that only gets filled one day a year?

[onefast99]

Originally Posted by Hambletonian

The land is too valuable to sit idle. What do you do with a facility that is 10-20x too large for its average daily crowd? If they could use redevelopment money to reduce the grandstand footprint dramatically while somehow allowing for enough seating for major race days it could be really cool. Winterize the new grandstand, and Aqueduct is less necessary except for the stabling issue.

The other factor is that if slots every become completely disentangled from race tracks, there would be no money for purses.

Considering very few people attend live racing...moving the whole shebang out into the country, financed by the redevelopment of Belmont and Aqueduct, allowing for enough ontrack stabling and a dual facility for both breeds, would probably be in everyone's best interest. Build an enclosed grandstand for 5000 folks, and make the ontrack facility the most technologically advanced one ever devised.

Other than the harness part of it this is what Stronach did at GP and everyone laughed!

[ldiatone]

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