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Post by 1hooper on Dec 13, 2018 16:01:07 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2018 16:15:40 GMT -5
Not at a cost of over 400 million dollars...lol....they would need to increase track % ....lol...takeouts...lol.every where and raise prices every where....lol...they should just maintain what they have....but if any of them win a major lottery , let them invest in a losing concern...and NO TAX write offs at the public trough ...lol...let them give tax from thier profits only....lol..etc...and take any loss at thier expense....lol...
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Post by DoctorDisaster on Dec 13, 2018 17:11:20 GMT -5
Where do you park your car?
on the infield...lol ?
On a serious note.It's good they are trying to save it.It can't go on as is for much longer.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2018 18:30:03 GMT -5
Cheaper to go into the farm land and build a better track over time....and thus create a better life for many....etc
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Post by cherokeescot on Dec 13, 2018 21:14:56 GMT -5
Fuggedaboutit !
Went to Laurel Park a few months ago and it was amazing . Absolutely no need to spend $425m for another Maryland track for basically one race a year . Put the money towards the wall 😂
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Post by propro on Dec 13, 2018 23:46:08 GMT -5
Nice to see an infield pond so the spectators in the Preakness infield will have something extra to do between races. I see there's going to be shopping there as well.
"It recommends adding amenities at the track, such as a grocery store, other shops, a hotel and townhouses."
Honey, just going out for a loaf of bread.....
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Post by phlierfreak on Dec 14, 2018 0:55:43 GMT -5
maybe it is just time to let it go. they could have the preakness at a different track every year like the all star games of the nhl, nba, mlb.
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Post by spiderjohn on Dec 14, 2018 8:32:13 GMT -5
have been to most tracks though none in Md. and honestly no intention of going there in the future
a state issue obviously
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Post by shoes on Dec 14, 2018 10:47:38 GMT -5
Have been to both and Laurel is way nicer.
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Post by ziggy on Dec 14, 2018 11:13:03 GMT -5
Other than Preakness day, parking was never an issue.
I hate to see it go. I grew up within walking distance and could watch races from grandmom's. Working nights, I would go just about every day until the 5th as an adult. I spent a lot of time there. Right now I have the subway 15 miles away and a shuttle from there.
If they want to spend that kind of money, they need to move it. The Pimlico, and Park Heights areas have rotted over the years. The north side less so because of a solid Jewish community. I forget the distance but there are nine synagogues on P H avenue .... then cross N Parkway, a Catholic school. They have removed some of the worse buildings on the 'Catholic' side. Back in the 70's you could park on the parkway on Preakness day. No parking any day now.
This Governor seems the type to try to save the track.
But hey, they don't even race a full week (5 days). It's a weekend track now that might be open 6 weeks a year it seems. What's the point! They didn't even put slots/gambling at the tracks. Now Chucky Town is a different story. Gambling resurrected that 'hole'.
And there's someone that wanted to build a track downtown. Forget the name. Lots of ways this could go.
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Post by ziggy on Dec 14, 2018 11:18:36 GMT -5
Laurel is great for bird watchers. There's been an eagle hanging around now and you occasionally get waterfowl in the pond. I'm not sure what that was on TV the other day.
Now the seagulls ruin that a bit ..... aerial bombs
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Post by ziggy on Dec 14, 2018 17:50:02 GMT -5
 To the left of the huge tree out near the road is where I'd watch from as a kid so coming out of the clubhouse turn, top of the backstretch. |
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Post by phlierfreak on Dec 14, 2018 18:16:23 GMT -5
you could of had your own clubhouse in the tree
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 23:45:09 GMT -5
Lol....it would cost much more than the 430 million or so after they got it started....lol....so why bother....And as far as birds are mentioned, when I was a kid , a snowy white owl nested on the roof of an apt building I lived in in , in the high park area of Toronto for a no of years...but then if one were to walk in a couple of directions for a couple of miles , one was in the country sides start.....lol...and high park still had bob cats, timber wolves, etc etc etc...well, wild life every where that still maintained them as free mammals and even snakes , grass hoppers, praying mantis , crickets,salamanders of all colours etc etc , which one is hard pressed to find any where any more, any where...so much for progress of mankind....etc...just a thought...even the chip monks are gone in high park as are the five or more different woodpeckers and the cardinals, blue jays etc etc...not to mention an all but dead Lake Ontario for fishing around Toronto without getting a sickness from eating the fish ....etc....a very sad thing this is...etc...
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