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Old 10-05-2019, 10:15 AM
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When I read this article, I had a very different impression.

This agreement leaves the Preakness to be run on the same physical ground, but with a different race track (rotated 30 degrees), different grandstand, and no local stabling. Bowie will be divested from the Stronach portfolio resulting undoutedly in its final closure as a thoroughbred center and the short "new pimlico" (small "p") two-week meeting would surely not include a turf course with its expense.

All of this to leave a single two-minutes per year of horse racing focus in Northwest Baltimore?

Why not invest in a site that would have a longer term integrated story with Maryland or mid-Atlantic racing if some $350M is being spent? Honestly, it makes more sense to recast the Triple Crown without the Preakness at Pimlico/pimlico. Why not just allow the naming rights to the "Preakness" go to the highest bidder and move the race to that track?
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Old 10-05-2019, 11:40 AM
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When I read this article, I had a very different impression.

This agreement leaves the Preakness to be run on the same physical ground, but with a different race track (rotated 30 degrees), different grandstand, and no local stabling. Bowie will be divested from the Stronach portfolio resulting undoutedly in its final closure as a thoroughbred center and the short "new pimlico" (small "p") two-week meeting would surely not include a turf course with its expense.

All of this to leave a single two-minutes per year of horse racing focus in Northwest Baltimore?

Why not invest in a site that would have a longer term integrated story with Maryland or mid-Atlantic racing if some $350M is being spent? Honestly, it makes more sense to recast the Triple Crown without the Preakness at Pimlico/pimlico. Why not just allow the naming rights to the "Preakness" go to the highest bidder and move the race to that track?
Agree..this doesn't make sense for 2 minutes..the whole thing needs changed
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Old 10-05-2019, 12:47 PM
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Was moving the Preakness to Laurel an option ?
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Old 10-07-2019, 07:50 AM
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This agreement leaves the Preakness to be run on the same physical ground, but with a different race track (rotated 30 degrees), different grandstand, and no local stabling.
Track remains an unchanged one mile oval.
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Old 10-07-2019, 09:36 AM
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Track remains an unchanged one mile oval.
The circumference might be the same, but this will be a physically different racetrack than the one over which the storied Preakness has been contested.
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Old 10-07-2019, 09:44 AM
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Let me share the broader concern regarding this new "clubhouse" and development. According to the prospectus, accomodations for approximately 50,000 are discussed in the PDF including infield areas. It would seem that some permanent structures are being built inside the oval, similar to how Chelmsford Racecourse was built in the UK.

If the current facility holds 100,000+ on Preakness Friday/Saturday, either they will limit the crowd through admission tickets or some other vehicle. That problem can be solved surely.

If you look at the "New Meadowlands", a smaller grandstand was built to handle today's modern day crowd. In the process, attendance for the Hambletonian has gone from 50,000+ to 12,000.

The point being that you cannot design a facilty for both 5,000 people and 100,000 people and hope to achieve the best experience on both ends of the spectrum.

For the life of me, I do not understand why a $100M uplift to the existing facility cannot be done with land sales forecast from the updated plan. Yes, you will not have nine industrial lots, but you will certainly have some.
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Old 10-07-2019, 10:09 AM
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The circumference might be the same, but this will be a physically different racetrack than the one over which the storied Preakness has been contested.
Every racetrack, including Belmont and Churchill, are 'different' racetracks every time work has been done to their bases or materials added to their cushions.
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Old 10-07-2019, 10:09 AM
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Every racetrack, including Belmont and Churchill, are 'different' racetracks every time work has been done to their bases or materials added to their cushions.
You're reaching again.
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Old 10-07-2019, 11:01 AM
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You're reaching again.
Not really.
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Old 10-09-2019, 10:20 AM
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The circumference might be the same, but this will be a physically different racetrack than the one over which the storied Preakness has been contested.
Ship of Theseus.
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Ship of Theseus.



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Old 10-09-2019, 01:16 PM
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Ship of Theseus.
Can I have potpourri for $1000, Alex?
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Redevelopment legislation process underway: https://www.baltimoresun.com/politic...3nu-story.html
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Hearings go without a hitch.. Bowie arrangements among final details: https://www.baltimoresun.com/politic...jwq-story.html
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Old 10-07-2019, 07:13 PM
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Track remains an unchanged one mile oval.
I want the turns to be no tighter than they are now. I'm too invested in this whole 'not tighter than Churchill no matter what some people try to claim' thing.
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