Ed Allred

GPK · #1 11-10-2007, 06:55 AM

Don't know much about the gentleman or the complete situation at hand, but sure is nice to see someone stepping up to the plate if/when Hollywood shuts down. Maybe someone with more insight can shed some light.

http://www.drf.com/news/article/90252.html

outofthebox · #2 11-10-2007, 09:48 AM

Well i know Mr Allred who supports the 1/4 horse business extremely well, and Mike Pegram both tried hard to present proposols to the state for plans to expand thoroughbred racing to Los Alamitos and Orange County. They were not received very well, so Pegram backed out. There were some good articles about it a year or so ago in the racing form..

The Bid · #3 11-10-2007, 09:54 AM

Best part of the article is when he says... We can pay for it ourselves, we dont have any investors, its not that expensive only 30 million dollars

#4 11-10-2007, 10:17 AM

Yeah if he thinks they can renovate that place for $30 million then he's insane.

Linny · #5 11-10-2007, 11:29 AM

Allred is the husband of the prominent (ubiquitous?) attorney Gloria Allred and appears interested in supporting SoCal TB's as he has QH's.

ALostTexan · #6 11-10-2007, 12:19 PM

My only thought is how that would affect the Quarters. If they go to a long meet at Los Al for the Thoroughbreds, then they will have to put in a synthetic, and I cannot see the Quarters running on any kind of synthetic.

Seems like $25-30 Million is alot of money to invest in a meet that won't run longer than a fair meet...

theiman · #7 11-10-2007, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

Yeah if he thinks they can renovate that place for $30 million then he's insane.

Agree.

An artifical surface will be needed and that will cost at least $10M, and that is based on replacing the surfaces at SA/HP/DM over an existing track. At Los Al they have to build a new mile track, build a turf, and then a Qtr track.

Dont know if anyone has ever been there, I have plenty of times, as I live in OC. It needs alot of work on the stands. Actually it needs to be torn down and rebuilt. It certainly isnt up to the standards of a Major League circuit track.

Then they still need barn work.

Metal Man · #8 11-11-2007, 10:39 AM

With the limited on track attendence you only need th build the new tracks and barns. Don't need much for parking and grandstands.

"if you build it they will come". We all know Hollywood park will be sold in the near future.