BEYER: Racing still draws, just not to track..

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Terrific piece..

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports...9_story_1.html

In 1983, when the Belmont grandstand with bustling with activity, the average daily betting at the summer meeting was $3.46 million. Adjusting for inflation over three decades, that amount is the equivalent of $8.12 million today.

At the Belmont summer meeting of 2013, wagering averaged $10.1 million per day — exceeding the figures from the supposed good old days

So do you make more GP type tracks? Small, nice back stretches, poker rooms, small grand stands, and effectively vessels for simulcasting? I like the piece and agree with much of it,but is the future, tracks which look like pop up stores?