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Old 09-14-2014, 11:36 PM
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Originally Posted by helicopter11 View Post
Last time CD sold a racetrack, it went to owners who didn't care for horse racing and ended up closing it on Dec 2013. Fair Grounds could have the same fate.
FG's value is largely based upon the slots license, and without racing, there is no slots operation. Even if someone wanted to close FG and redevelop the property, they would run into all kinds of local regulatory hurdles, not to mention there are some bad neighborhoods to the north and east of the property.
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Still trying to outsmart me, aren't you, mule-skinner? You want me to think that you don't want me to go down there, but the subtle truth is you really don't want me to go down there!
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