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03-05-2021, 10:34 PM
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I don’t see why CDI would sell to a casino operator when there’s a CDI casino not too far away
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03-05-2021, 11:04 PM
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Just another Facist
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Originally Posted by tbwinner
It is kinda comical the trainers that never could adapt to the AP polytrack. Some trainers year over year like Rivelli made FOOLS of everyone else by utilizing tactics over the polytrack correctly. It is amazing how many jockeys used the "Stranglehold" method on their horses there...and it never worked out for them.
One trainer told a friend of mine, "The damn polytrack F**KED up all my horses" the first or second year he was there...and he never thought to do anything else to improve his stock.
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This wasn’t just Arlington. This happened at other tracks. Strangling horses into the stretch and then trying to run a quarter horse race was pretty common on plastic for awhile.
When the horses went away, so did my money. 6 horse races were awful at Arlington
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03-05-2021, 11:43 PM
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AP’s poly was a lot of fun to play back around 2012-2014 when it was nearing the end of its useful life, but you had to track some non traditional stats to do it - temp, humidity, cloud cover, etc. There would be 3 or 4 days a year where you would have a sudden temp drop, with rising humidity going from sun to cloud cover that turned the poly into a turf course that favored deep closers. Judging by how few people id share the pick 4 and pick 5 pools with those days, not too many people had it figured out
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03-05-2021, 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by The_Turf_Monster
AP’s poly was a lot of fun to play back around 2012-2014 when it was nearing the end of its useful life, but you had to track some non traditional stats to do it - temp, humidity, cloud cover, etc. There would be 3 or 4 days a year where you would have a sudden temp drop, with rising humidity going from sun to cloud cover that turned the poly into a turf course that favored deep closers. Judging by how few people id share the pick 4 and pick 5 pools with those days, not too many people had it figured out
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I hope you didn't spend all your winnings in one place.
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03-06-2021, 12:53 AM
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
I hope you didn't spend all your winnings in one place.
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Those days were free money and I knew it the second I stepped outside to walk the dog in the morning. My box was up by a few of the trainers and I’ll never forget the look on one of their faces when I walked back with the ticket and told him he had a lock and he thought I was high. Even the trainers didn’t understand how that track played
I selfishly wish a track like CBY that has the same temperature and humidity swings would install poly
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03-12-2021, 10:10 PM
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Another track CDI purchased and ran it into the ground.
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06-18-2021, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Valuist
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I can only hope. A ton of money was spent to make Soldier Field exactly what the Bears wanted it to be.
The situation with major professional sports stadiums is such a waste. The Braves, Rangers, and Falcons recently moved out of beautiful facilities that were built for them with tax money and weren't very old.
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06-18-2021, 11:47 AM
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I don’t think this is a leverage play against the city. You do that when you’re negotiating in public with the city first
This is what happens when estate planning can’t control the future of an asset because there are too many generations of heirs and nobody can or will have a controlling share, they’re trying to get the franchise worth as much as possible so they can sell. The city has been taking too much of the pie with too many strings attached and predictably, the Mayor’s initial reaction yesterday was to make fun of the Bears.
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06-18-2021, 05:08 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dilanesp
I can only hope. A ton of money was spent to make Soldier Field exactly what the Bears wanted it to be.
The situation with major professional sports stadiums is such a waste. The Braves, Rangers, and Falcons recently moved out of beautiful facilities that were built for them with tax money and weren't very old.
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There is no leverage play. Its a very real threat....The owners want to control the entire revenue stream....and considering how much money NFL owners bring in they don't want to share that with the city.
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06-18-2021, 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by castaway01
Ironically, part of the reason Arlington failed was their massive, beautiful facility. They build a "palace" at the exact time racing was starting to move away from live attendance and they had to maintain it. Couple that with an inability to get a casino license and the decision to go synthetic, and Arlington has been dying a slow death for 20 years now.
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The future of horse racing at least in the US is to build a racetrack with minimal spectator facilities and the entire track wired for broadcast to TVG or whatever broadcast partners. Most of the audience is gambling from home, cell phone, etc and will never set afoot in the track. This is also why racinos are almost the most profitable because they don't spend their money on infrastructure that loses money.
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08-14-2021, 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by dilanesp
I can only hope. A ton of money was spent to make Soldier Field exactly what the Bears wanted it to be.
The situation with major professional sports stadiums is such a waste. The Braves, Rangers, and Falcons recently moved out of beautiful facilities that were built for them with tax money and weren't very old.
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Its a goner. TVG is sending their people on site for the last Arlington Million race tomorrow. The track hasn't asked for 2022 dates. We know what happens when something like that occurs. Even if the Bears end up never moving there it will probably be sold and end up being used as something other than a horse racing track.
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08-14-2021, 07:22 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by horsefan2019
The future of horse racing at least in the US is to build a racetrack with minimal spectator facilities and the entire track wired for broadcast to TVG or whatever broadcast partners. Most of the audience is gambling from home, cell phone, etc and will never set afoot in the track. This is also why racinos are almost the most profitable because they don't spend their money on infrastructure that loses money.
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Agree 100%.
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08-14-2021, 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by horsefan2019
Its a goner. TVG is sending their people on site for the last Arlington Million race tomorrow. The track hasn't asked for 2022 dates. We know what happens when something like that occurs. Even if the Bears end up never moving there it will probably be sold and end up being used as something other than a horse racing track.
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We have to wait to see who the winning bidder is. There are two bids from the horse racing industry. You also have to remember that the local government has enormous power on how the land is used. I would be very hesitant to submit a bid for a retail/industrial complex when permits are needed and can be easily turned away, leaving the land vacant and un-useable. If they truly want horse racing to continue then it will. If the Bears wind up getting the land, you can always tax the property to death, forcing the Bears to sell. Lots of options!
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08-14-2021, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by zico20
We have to wait to see who the winning bidder is. There are two bids from the horse racing industry. You also have to remember that the local government has enormous power on how the land is used. I would be very hesitant to submit a bid for a retail/industrial complex when permits are needed and can be easily turned away, leaving the land vacant and un-useable. If they truly want horse racing to continue then it will. If the Bears wind up getting the land, you can always tax the property to death, forcing the Bears to sell. Lots of options!
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Absolutely zero chance the Bears get Arlington.
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