Robin Schadt and odds on to buy balmoral and have racing $6Million

[Larry Bird Boy]

Well it’s going to take about 11-15 months but robin is going to purchase balmoral park and revitalize Chicago harness racing. Dana is giving her $6 million to buy the property and another $4 million to clean up the property and get it ready for harness racing. The old announcer scott earlick said it will be within 2 years. It will not be any kind of casino. Just horse racing only and robin said she will also have tbred meets too. Chicago horse racing is on the come back. Thank you robin.

[Harness racer]

Doubtful! 

[Hambletonian46]

Well it’s going to take about 11-15 months but robin is going to purchase balmoral park and revitalize Chicago harness racing. Dana is giving her $6 million to buy the property and another $4 million to clean up the property and get it ready for harness racing. The old announcer scott earlick said it will be within 2 years. It will not be any kind of casino. Just horse racing only and robin said she will also have tbred meets too. Chicago horse racing is on the come back. Thank you robin.

Give this the same odds as Petrelli being elected president of the USTA...

[Generation XYZ]

Give this the same odds as Petrelli being elected president of the USTA...

  those odds are slim to none!

[Larry Bird Boy]

Supposedly construction going to start in next 60 days.

[Generation XYZ]

Supposedly construction going to start in next 60 days.

I think it would be grate if it did happen. The mid west was the back bone of the sport.

[Brown jug]

no cassino support
are they going to race for cooler blankets and ribbons like in the old days

[Harness racer]

no cassino support
are they going to race for cooler blankets and ribbons like in the old days

That's what I was thinking.  Harness racing can't support itself.  If there is no casino possibilities who would invest in that?  I'm calling bullshit on this entire thread anyway.

[LAW AND ORDER]

That's what I was thinking.  Harness racing can't support itself.  If there is no casino possibilities who would invest in that?  I'm calling bullshit on this entire thread anyway.

I AGREE BUT IF YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF ODDS ON DANA YOU MIGHT THINK DIFFERENTLY. HE HAS NEVER TRIED TO MAKE MONEY IN THE HARNESS BUSINESS. DANA NEEDED TAX WRITE OFFS SO HE JUST BLOWS MILLIONS ON PURPOSE. WHY DO YOU THINK HE HIRED ROBIN? SHE WAS ONLY A GROOM AND RECEPTIONIST IN THE RACE OFFICE. THE GUY WANTS TO LOSE MONEY TO OFFSET HIS GAINS. I DONT KNOW IF HE'LL GO THIS FAR BUT I KNOW FOR A FACT HE ALWAYS TRIED TO LOSE MONEY WHEN HE RACED HORSES IN CHICAGO THRU ROBIN BY BUYING HORSES FOR $50K AND PUTTING THEM IN $10K CLAIMERS TWO WEEKS LATER. ASK KENNY RUCKER. ROBIN WAS THE ONE WHO PUT RUCK ON THE MAP BECAUSE HE KEPT TAKING EVERY SINGLE HORSE SHE HAD IN CLAIMERS FOR DANA AND WINNING THE OPEN PACE TWO WEEKS LATER

[LUCPARK]

Idiotic
Thread

 

[Stan durbread]

Not sure if construction will start that quick. They are looking at using mile track for Tbreds and building a 5/8 harness track inside. Ain’t going to be cheap the place needs a lot of work

[Generation XYZ]

This is completely unrealistic. Illinois offers NO support for another track, and the gaming industry has as much hold on Illinois, as the Casinos in Atlantic City do on the rest of New Jersey. Give it up. Ain't go to happen

[theokodjak26]

My question is why does Robin and company think people will go without a casino attached? Besides the Meadowlands, what harness track has any attendance worth mentioning? I give potential project no chance to succeed.

[The Exporter]

No attendance at The Meadowlands , either. There is only 2 tracks that have a live crowd. Saratoga and Delmar, both Thoroughbreds.

[Generation XYZ]

Exporter is right, on that statement. Also the TB Industry reinvests a great deal of money into event attendance and promotion. Harness Racing, (The "Blue Collar" Cousin), cant be bothered with reinvesting into its events. Ridiculous considering while the industry scratches its head as to why there is no renewed and viable interest in the sport.  Maybe a start is to break up the Monopoly that Hanover is, ie: largest breeder, owner of the largest sales company, president of the USTA...etc. etc. etc. sounds like an anti-trust case no one has yet challenged.