Articles filed under Horse Racing
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Arlington Park doesn't apply for 2022 race datesJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - Arlington Park and its corporate owner Churchill Downs Inc. did not apply for 2022 live horse-racing dates by a Friday state deadline, dashing distant hopes of owners, t...
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'We are very excited': Amid record earnings, Arlington Park owner offers no update on track's saleJul 29, 2021 1:00 am - While Churchill Downs Inc. executives announced record earnings Thursday - including at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines - they provided no new updates on the sale of Arling...
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'They wanted to put Arlington on the map': Looking back at 40 years of the Arlington MillionJul 19, 2021 1:00 am - One million dollars. For a horse race. It was unheard of at the time. The largest purse for a horse racing history in North America was created 40 years ago. And althoug...
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How much is Arlington Park really worth? Experts say it's more than what assessments sayJul 17, 2021 1:00 am - Conspicuously absent from a glossy 13-page marketing brochure created to lure potential buyers of the 326-acre Arlington International Racecourse site is a price tag. Th...
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Jim O'Donnell: Churchill Downs requests 2022 live racing application - but why?Jul 16, 2021 1:00 am - THE THOROUGHBRED RACING FUTURE of Arlington Park is ... what? With almost all interested parties braced for the eternal end of live horse racing on the legacied site Sat...
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Arlington Heights board uses track grandstand for goal-setting retreatJul 12, 2021 1:00 am - Arlington Park's regal third-floor Governor's Room served as the setting for the village board's goal-setting retreat on Monday night. Mayor Tom Hayes and board members ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Handicapping the Arlington Park land sale - Good luck!Jun 30, 2021 1:00 am - TRYING TO PICK THE WINNER of the impending sale of the Arlington Park land is such a bittersweet pursuit. Gov. J.B. Pritzker told Chris Placek of The Daily Herald there ...
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Pritzker: State funding for Bears stadium at Arlington Park 'not something we're looking at'Jun 28, 2021 1:00 am - In his first public comments about the possibility of the Chicago Bears' moving to Arlington Park, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday the future of the racetrack is a privat...
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Two-thirds want the Bears to move to Arlington Heights, poll findsJun 24, 2021 5:30 am - Two-thirds of Chicago-area residents favor the Chicago Bears relocating to Arlington Heights, according to the results of a recent phone survey obtained exclusively by t...
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NFL commissioner on possible Bears move: 'Potentially an alternative'Jun 23, 2021 1:00 am - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Wednesday characterized the Chicago Bears' interest in a move to Arlington Heights as a possible long-term "alternative." The head of t...