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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk
I share your concern with low attendance, but as long as handle remains high, racing will continue. When gambling was briefly banned in NY in... 1910? Was that when? tracks closed all over the state.
BB, you brought up the topic-- what would you do?
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Tracks didn't close all over New York ... they closed all over Brooklyn.
Three of the most important tracks in the country ... Gravesend, Sheepshead Bay, and Brighton (a/k/a Coney Island) ... all located within a 2-square mile patch in the neighborhood which would later become famous for my living there ... closed because of draconian anti-betting laws.
There's a very simple solution to New York thoroughbred racing's woes ... which will never, ever be implemented ...
Get the politicians' hands off it and out of it ... and let it be treated as shabbily as all other businesses are in New York ... not more shabbilier as it currently is.
But as I said ... never gonna happen.