NYRA Franchise: "Backwards, not forwards"

[Cannon Shell]

The real shame of this is that even if the NYRA deal gets done, no one of political importance in NY has said one sane or reasonable thing about the OTB situation. Even if NYRA gets a great deal, the OTB's still are a huge drag on racing in the state. That they would carry on about adding political appointees onto NYRA's board with the hundreds of political jobs in the OTB machine is a disgrace.

[Storm Cadet]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/ny...l?ref=nyregion

NYC Mayor Bloomberg also wants to cease and close NYCOTB!

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Storm Cadet

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/ny...l?ref=nyregion

NYC Mayor Bloomberg also wants to cease and close NYCOTB!

Which would be an improvement. Of course what he really wants a handout.

[ELA]

The NYRA/OTB issue is not on the table right now. Unfortunately, it wasn't on the table at any point in time, other than every single bidder agreeing that it needed to be addressed. It wasn't a priority and the focus was obviously elsewhere.

That being said, IMO, racing will probably shut down for a few days. Bruno will back down (if those are the right words), but will, without question, get to save face. More people believe he is the problem than believe he is the solution and "in it for the horsemen" so to speak. Other than Rick Violette, I don't know who else believes that.

One factor I think people have often discounted or neglected is the "who actually runs the country club" and where a great deal of power still resides. I guess we will soon see.

Eric

[docicu3]

So does anyone have any estimate on how much money the state will lose per day that NY racing remains dark this winter now that it appears an immediate resolution seems unlikely before the deadline Weds.

[Suffolk Shippers]

Guess I have to start playing Sam Houston on the weekends now and not AQU

[Alan07]

https://www.nyra.com/aqueduct/storie...dsNotice.shtml

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by docicu3

So does anyone have any estimate on how much money the state will lose per day that NY racing remains dark this winter now that it appears an immediate resolution seems unlikely before the deadline Weds.

During the Aqueduct meet? They might make money.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by docicu3

So does anyone have any estimate on how much money the state will lose per day that NY racing remains dark this winter now that it appears an immediate resolution seems unlikely before the deadline Weds.

That's funny when you figure in the losses which have amassed (not all NYRA's fault) that the state will ultimately subsidize its cheaper and for that matter better business to sell big A, pay the debt, and build Ozone Park into the housing/shopping mecca it should always have been. lol

Wouldn't it be more logically to turn Belmont into a superior facilty that could run 10 months a year?


Sell Aqueduct and use all the money to remodel Belmont into the very finest race track in the world. Run it like a real business. Re do the entire back stretch, level the huge grandstands, remake the training track to something synthetic and just have the very finest 10 month facilty on the planet.. BTW F the slots

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Sell Aqueduct and use all the money to remodel Belmont into the very finest race track in the world. Run it like a real business. Re do the entire back stretch, level the huge grandstands, remake the training track to something synthetic and just have the very finest 10 month facilty on the planet.. BTW F the slots

If you read the John Nerud piece, you'll see that he laid that plan out a while ago. Except that they need to build the winterized Clubhouse/Grandstand on the opposite side of the track, and replace the inner turf course with a winter synthetic strip. Race at Aqueduct until the new Belmont is complete, and pay for the renovations with proceeds from a subsequent sale of Aqueduct.

[blackthroatedwind]

NYRA was amenable to a great deal of what people propose.....but not the State. It's very hard to guess about what went on, and then point fingers, without knowing the real story.