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05-27-2011, 06:29 AM
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MORE ON MKTG: Chickasaws boost REM; Lone Star next
How do you get a venue back on track? Amenities
Global Gaming strategy revitalizes Remington Park By HAL LUNDGREN You take over a track where they race horses. Then you knock two items off the top of your priority list. 1. Racing. 2. Horses. That's the drift you get from Global Gaming CEO John Elliott. His Chickasaw Nation-owned company has successfully run Oklahoma City's Remington Park since 2009. "When we took over Remington, we didn't go in asking ourselves, 'What can we do for horse racing?' " Elliott said. "We asked, 'What can we do to offer a better sports entertainment venue?' "
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05-27-2011, 07:57 AM
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Getting ready to start show, but will quickly note that there's an added dimension to success (and potential success) in areas like OK, TX and NM beyond the alternative revenue, and that is proximity to the 'culture of the horse'. As much as the explosion in gaming choices since the '70's, the thing that inhibits racing in much of the country in this era is the distancing of our society from its' agrarian roots.
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05-27-2011, 08:03 AM
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Global Gaming will do well with the purchase of Lone Star. The Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex is very big on sporting events in general and the attendance on a daily basis at Lone Star is what has always enabled it to survive. The facility is modern and needs very little in the way of upgrades.
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05-27-2011, 08:03 AM
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Nice story, but it's all relative to location.
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05-27-2011, 08:09 AM
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05-27-2011, 08:21 AM
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My comment pretty much stems from yesterdays discussion that revolved around Belmont Park and the entertainment options that they are up against in New York City.
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Felix Unger talking to Oscar Madison: "Your horse could finish third by 20 lengths and they still pay you? And you have been losing money for all these years?!"
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05-27-2011, 08:21 AM
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MJC has been holding concerts at Pimlico for years. That's really been a huge boost for Maryland racing.
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05-27-2011, 09:11 AM
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05-27-2011, 09:12 AM
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We had a huge crowd at LAD for the Steve Miller Band last year, and handle was down the following day. In fact, they were setting-up the stage while we were racing and were upset when they couldn't sound test during a live race.
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05-27-2011, 09:12 AM
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05-27-2011, 09:19 AM
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For discussion purposes using the NY area/Belmont is a very tough example.
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Felix Unger talking to Oscar Madison: "Your horse could finish third by 20 lengths and they still pay you? And you have been losing money for all these years?!"
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05-27-2011, 09:26 AM
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What do they see when they take a peak? Is it a dreary run down place? Or is there a cool bar area or trackside restaurant like the one at del mar? Is it full of people that are 85% dead or is it a mixed crowd of people having fun? Is there music or just the sound of railbirds yelling profanity at the jockeys or screaming at old tv sets?
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05-27-2011, 09:27 AM
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05-27-2011, 09:33 AM
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Maybe they can get Mr. Ghetto and his girls to come to the track instead of Wal-Mart.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1tufujnbzU
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05-27-2011, 09:46 AM
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Obviously when it comes to the Remington discussion I was just guessing . I was in Omaha Nebraska once and I envision many of these midwestern cities to look like that (which I understand is unfair and probably very far away from the truth). But, I just assume that the entertainment options aren't aplenty and if a new restauraunt/bar/club opens up somewhere in the area (albeit at a racetrack) it is major news and people want to go.
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Felix Unger talking to Oscar Madison: "Your horse could finish third by 20 lengths and they still pay you? And you have been losing money for all these years?!"
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05-27-2011, 09:48 AM
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People go nuts over a Starbucks opening.
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05-27-2011, 09:52 AM
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Lower takeout. The roof means nothing.
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05-27-2011, 10:27 AM
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 Churn, baby churn.
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05-27-2011, 12:17 PM
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What does Evangeline do? I honestly don't know but they have huge fields consistently. Is the takeout low? How are the facilities?
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