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04-09-2008, 10:56 AM
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CDI: Dunn Forced Out at Calder?
http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=44502
Dunn held things together at CRC a long while as the slots bills failed. Now they;re passed and he's leaving? “We are transitioning Calder into a destination with horse racing and casino-style gaming, and have a need for management skills and leadership experience in both industries," CDI executive vice president Steve Sexton said in a statement. In an April 8 interview with The Blood-Horse, Dunn talked about Calder’s plans for its 2008 meet but did not indicate he was preparing to leave CDI. Dunn said priorities at Calder this year include CDI’s ongoing studies on “where and how to put in slot machines” at Calder.
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04-09-2008, 11:54 AM
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well before you know it just about all race tracks will have casino people
running them instead of horse people. these schools which offer horse management track will also have to change. to teach the management of both the race track and casino. my two cents worth.
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04-09-2008, 12:01 PM
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This is indicative -- of most -- of the trend we are seeing and it's pathetic. Yes, we as a sport and industry need "alternative revenue sources", but we don't need to be a small, trivial afterthought to some other form of wagering, entertainment, etc. VLT's can be a positive factor and they can be a suitable, viable and substantial "alternative revenue source" -- and they have been. We've seen it.
This type of trend, here, this is exactly what we don't need. Let's be cautiously enthusiastic, but not naive, that Calder doesn't go in the direction of Finger Lakes or what Gulfstream had initially become. Eric
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04-09-2008, 12:53 PM
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And to think... Calder was a "racing first" plant all these years (and a very underrated one at that).
Boy had I been duped.
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04-09-2008, 01:32 PM
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CDI is rivaling Magna Entertainment in upper level personel changes.
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