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Its not just MGM's plan at Yonkers that doesnt include racing..Look at Resorts World's plan for Aqueduct...https://qns.com/2024/02/resorts-world-casino-unveils-5-billion-proposal-transforming-queens-into-a-global-entertainment-hub/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter&utm_term=QNS%20Daily%20Newsletter
If thats the caseMonti. Day Night doubleheadersWhy not??
i have a sneaky feeling Monticello can benefit from YR closing
Did someone report YR is closing? In the artists rendering of the new facility it shows the track behind the buildings.
Nfld + Lebanon [less often] used to have them. Lebanon had one the same day as cincy - chargers super super cold playoff game just down the road in cincy [@ -9 temp -59 wind chill] now they cancel if they even predict snow sometimes.
I can't speak to Aqueduct and Belmont, but it's obvious and as old as dirt -- as soon as a casino company which owns a track can decouple or find some other way to exit harness racing, and keep the casino, unless it's at the Meadowlands or Toronto, I can't imagine why they wouldn't.
I think the NY TB tracks are safe but I think those casino dudes would shutter a harness track in a jiffy.
You really think so? Under the current legislation, can shut down racing at Aqueduct and keep the casino open? Initially everyone thought renovate/rebuild Belmont, set it up for year-round racing, get the BC back, and so on. Then all that's left is a casino at Aqueduct, and the push would be to relocate the casino as well. Goodbye Aqueduct. I know there's been pushback to a casino near Belmont. Not sure where all this stands though. A lot of new power in NY racing today.