Articles filed under Horse Racing
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Off-track betting may come to Prospect Hts.Feb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - Prospect Heights Mayor Nick Helmer predicts an off-track betting operation from Buffalo Grove will be under construction in his city in about a month. The city council i...
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Hoffman Estates gives OTB restaurant final approvalFeb 19, 2012 11:00 pm - The Hoffman Estates village board unanimously approved the final site plan Monday for The Saddle Room, an upscale restaurant with an off-track betting facility that will...
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OTB plans on track in Hoffman EstatesFeb 17, 2012 4:30 am - After years of talks, an off-track betting facility may finally land in Hoffman Estates by the fall. The final site plan for a restaurant that would offer OTB in the vil...
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Hawthorne returns with bigger fields, bigger pursesFeb 15, 2012 11:00 pm - What a difference a year — and some casino impact money — makes for the folks at Hawthorne Race Course, whose spring thoroughbred meet opens Friday. #147;The casino m...
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Spellman's scorecard: If BMW goes to Conway, get ready for a treatFeb 10, 2012 4:30 am - Ta-da!! One of the worst-kept secrets over the past year was that if the BMW Championship returned to Chicago in 2013, the front-runner to host the event would be...
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Trustee: OTB plan won't put Buffalo Grove in the gambling businessFeb 08, 2012 11:00 pm - An off-track betting parlor could be moving into the Village Bar & Grill, owned by the village of Buffalo Grove and located within the village's municipal campus, just s...
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Could OTB land on Buffalo Grove municipal campus?Feb 06, 2012 11:00 pm - Buffalo Grove’s municipal campus near Raupp Boulevard and Lake-Cook Road includes village hall, the police department and the village-owned Buffalo Grove Golf Course, al...
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Hey, Matt: Just don’t like the sound of thatJan 20, 2012 4:30 am - C’mon, seriously? Matt Forte passed his physical and plans to play in the Pro Bowl in Honolulu at the end of the month. Go over there, soak in the sights, drin...
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Spellman's Scorecard: Big difference between Cubs, BearsJan 04, 2012 11:00 pm - Reality bites: Don't you wish the new GM in Lake Forest would have the freedom to come in and do to the Bears what North Side Theo is doing to the Cubs? Ain't ...
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Spellman’s Scorecard: Buehrle’s class actDec 07, 2011 11:00 pm - Right on the Mark: On most teams, the role of catching the ceremonial first pitch is passed down to the lowest player on the totem pole. It#146;s a job, frankl...