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Originally Posted by onefast99
The real question is how do you bridge the gap between now and 2018 revenue wise? Opening the Hillsborough OTW facility diluted the Woodbridge facility. Now a reduction in racing days at Monmouth Park, huge purse cuts and MP is going to survive all of this until the revenue stream appears out of thin air? All while the NJ bred foal crop has become near extinct. Those running the MP ship are in choppy waters right now with no real answers on how to keep racing in NJ competitive let alone surviving.
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Monmouth is terminal. There's no way around it. They could race another 5-10 years but there's simply nothing that can be down to pull out of this tailspin. It crashes sooner or later.
Look at whole chessboard...
Falling overall foal crop, almost no NJ-bred crop, casino bills failed massively, simulcasting handle down, living racing fading, sports betting isn't enough to move the needle and you can never forget the state is horrible financial situation so the idea of new revenue streams for the industry is never happening.
You add all that together and its impossible to see something happening that creates long-term healthy horse racing in NJ.
They'll become Suffolk. They'll run a real meet for a bit. A fake, tiny meet for a bit. Followed by no meet. Then Toll Brothers will unveil "The Estates at Monmouth Fields" distinctive homes start at just under a million dollars.