Question for Spa experts/historians
 

Did Saratoga, at one time, have an actual carousel or is that just the accepted name for that circular area of the grandstand?

That is what it has always been called, but it wasn't erected until the period between 1985-1991. It was only intended as a food court along with space for aditional seating and TV monitors.

Thanks.

there is a carousel in town .

And an awesome one at that.

"Carousel" can refer to a number of things:

car·ou·sel or car·rou·sel (kr-sl, -zl)
n.
1. A merry-go-round, as one at an amusement park.
2. A circular conveyor on which objects are displayed or rotated: a baggage carousel in an airport.
3. A tournament in which knights or horsemen engaged in various exercises and races.
4. Slide projector developed by Kodak in the 1960's, about which Don Draper gives a weep-worthy monologue in Season One of Mad Men