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Originally Posted by ne to socal
Ignoring for now what one may think about contraction in the industry overall...
There's no reason Suffolk couldn't be redeveloped into a much smaller plant/facility for racing (i.e., reducing the size of the grandstand and clubhouse) and a bigger food/drink/hotel complex. People want to shop, drink, and eat so hell...give them what they want by reducing the cavernous and unused grandstand and parking areas.
It's 2 miles from Logan.
It has its own subway stop and the Blue Line is being modernized.
Plenty of land.
Near the beach.
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Lou Raffetto talked about this recently, actually, though not on the Suffolk property. Link below to a show down locally in Boston where he said this, but to sum it up:
- NEHPA wants to lease the current facility for 2015 and 2016
- Owners are clear in redeveloping the land (i.e. no track) and they have 2-3 year planning stage
- They're still in talks to run a 65ish day meet in the two years they lease, similar to this past season
- Chip Tuttle and Co. have filed an intent to continue simulcasting in 2015
- The horseman are looking for a new piece of land to build a new track, more in line with what would be suitable (sizewise) for modern days. I imagine this would take an outside entity to pull off. Maybe this is where the rumors of Stronach tie in from a few months back
I still have trouble seeing the financial incentive for the current owners to lease. Hoping it works though, for all involved.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/postime...k-downs-update