Public will decide Monmouth's fate

[randallscott35]

Once again great show by Steve. Getting a car full of trainers who are excited about the prospects here in Jersey warms my cold cold heart. Come one come all. Full fields for real money. And as Anderson said, this is the future.

[Patrick333]

The $50 million question

Monmouth Park is a bulwark against time. The stately 65-year-old racetrack peddles charm and tradition, and those wares have never faded here. Fresh coats of green and white paint are usually the only things required to spruce up the place every summer. And although the 2007 Breeders' Cup necessitated renovations and a few additions to the facility, the postcard-pretty racetrack has always offered satisfying continuity. Until now, of course.

http://www.drf.com/news/article/113140.html

[XIIPointStables]

What would be the handle number for Opening Day/Opening Weekend that would be "great?"

Don't they have to do some boffo #s every race day to make this worth it?

[slotdirt]

I admittedly don't play much Monmouth, but I will absolutely be looking at tomorrow's card.

[pointman]

Even if this succeeds for Monmouth, isn't it likely to be short lived? Once NY gets the slots, if Monmouth is killing NY racing what prevents NY from doing the same thing? NY will undoubtedly have more money to throw around since the casino interests in Atlantic City will never allow NJ racetracks to have casinos to provide additional capitol.

[pick4]

At least Monmouth and the state of New Jersey are trying something different. As fans of racing I think we all agree the quality of racing has declined sharply in the past few years. I hope this experiment works and I have the Monmouth card on Formy as I type. I can count the number of times I've downloaded a Monmouth card on one hand and still have fingers left.

Andy Beyer wrote an article on this topic, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...052101986.html .
Another great article which pretty much tells it like it is in my opinion.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by pointman

Even if this succeeds for Monmouth, isn't it likely to be short lived? Once NY gets the slots, if Monmouth is killing NY racing what prevents NY from doing the same thing? NY will undoubtedly have more money to throw around since the casino interests in Atlantic City will never allow NJ racetracks to have casinos to provide additional capitol.

Yep in 2000 and dead those VLT's will be pumping cash.. Hello gambling(slot) is NOT what it used to be...Uhm your the last game in town

[pick4]

Originally Posted by pointman

Even if this succeeds for Monmouth, isn't it likely to be short lived? Once NY gets the slots, if Monmouth is killing NY racing what prevents NY from doing the same thing? NY will undoubtedly have more money to throw around since the casino interests in Atlantic City will never allow NJ racetracks to have casinos to provide additional capitol.

Slots are a short term thing. Don't you think at some point state governments will pull the plug on racetracks receiving racino money.
Racing needs to reinvent itself and perhaps this concept they are trying will be successful. At the very least this experiment is out of the box thinking.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by pick4

Slots are a short term thing. Don't you think at some point state governments will pull the plug on racetracks receiving racino money.
Racing needs to reinvent itself and perhaps this concept they are trying will be successful. At the very least this experiment is out of the box thinking.

Exactly. This is a step towards (hopefully) racetracks being self-sufficient again and not needing slots to carry the load.