Prairie Meadows Skips on Poly,Fixes Dirt track

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Star of the North

This underscores the biggest problems with tracks that have slot machine revenue -- the revenue never goes to improve racing. PrM appears to be putting a band-aid on a racing surface that needs serious re-work.

And where is that damned turf course? This after I was told by a senior member of PrM racing management that it would be installed by 2004?

Slot machines at racetracks allow bad racing management to survive.


David M. Miller

So tracks would be better off closing up?
The fact that Praire Meadows is putting in a new dirt surface as opposed to synthetic is proof that slot machines are no good? I guess you could argue the case they are being cheap by not going poly but if there were no slots there would be no Praire Meadows.

pick your poison.