Steve's Hialeah Idea.

#1 02-20-2007, 09:55 AM

I got to Hialeah a few times...no doubt about the neighborhood now being a negative...the track itself was nice...you could get there by train...imho it was a better place to bet on and watch the races than Gulfstream is now.
not saying that the quality of the races were better than Gulfstream, but imho the facility itself was better.

Rudeboyelvis · #2 02-20-2007, 10:46 AM

I don't know one track that's in a *great* part of a city. Aqueduct, Pimlico, Churchill, etc. If it's in a city, it's probably not the best part of the city.

The Wild card has always been and will continue to be Brunetti. His 30% take closed the doors of the place. How can you figured a guy like that out? How much has he made from his 0% take the last 4 years? Then he was purportedly offered 220 million for the place and turned it down because he wanted to keep the integrity of the property (not turn it into condos, etc.)

#3 02-20-2007, 11:16 AM

There are big cities and then there are smaller cities like Saratoga Springs NY...Nothing wrong with the neighborhood that the track in Saratoga is in...

Rudeboyelvis · #4 02-20-2007, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Payson Dave

There are big cities and then there are smaller cities like Saratoga Springs NY...Nothing wrong with the neighborhood that the track in Saratoga is in...

Yeah...My point was that Hialeah Park is in Miami, a big city...so the logic would follow that the neighborhood it resides in most likely would be suspect. And not likely to change. And while there are a lot of factors that affect the on track attendance at places like AQU, Pim, Churchill - tracks that reside in big cities...the neighborhood they are in is not usually near the top of the list.

Basically saying the Hialeah section of Miami has little, if any, bearing on whether Steve's Idea could fly. Waaay too many other factors involved than location.