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Roosevelt Raceway Closing The Real Story
« on: September 09, 2023, 11:19:16 PM »
News Footage of the whole Roosevelt closing from the sale to the allegedly lying money grabbers who never had any intention to keep racing,  to the lawsuit trying to keep it alive.  Interviews with some drivers and trainers included. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHpKs2W7kIY
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Re: Roosevelt Raceway Closing The Real Story
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2023, 02:58:45 PM »
Lets go to the beginning.  I had no idea that George Morton Levy the founder of Roosevelt was a lawyer who represented gangster Lucky Luciano and got the idea that since illegal gambling was so lucrative, how profitable would legal nighttime racing be?
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Re: Roosevelt Raceway Closing The Real Story
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2023, 10:56:14 AM »
I believe Sportsman's Park was first a dog track run by Al Capone.
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Re: Roosevelt Raceway Closing The Real Story
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2023, 08:42:18 PM »
Quote from: Meadow Ford on October 13, 2023, 10:56:14 AM
I believe Sportsman's Park was first a dog track run by Al Capone.
I beleive Al Capone built Northfield.
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Re: Roosevelt Raceway Closing The Real Story
« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2023, 09:14:22 PM »
Quote from: kantseeback on November 24, 2023, 08:42:18 PM
I beleive Al Capone built Northfield.

Then you'd be wrong. It was built by a Shopping Center/ Apartment Complex Developer.
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Re: Roosevelt Raceway Closing The Real Story
« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2023, 08:58:23 PM »
Quote from: Generation XYZ on November 24, 2023, 09:14:22 PM
Then you'd be wrong. It was built by a Shopping Center/ Apartment Complex Developer.
Thanks for the correction.
I was told years ago by more than one person that Capone built Northfield as a greyhound track and that's why it has those tight turns, just rumors I guess.
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Re: Roosevelt Raceway Closing The Real Story
« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2023, 12:45:03 AM »
Quote from: Generation XYZ on November 24, 2023, 09:14:22 PM
Then you'd be wrong. It was built by a Shopping Center/ Apartment Complex Developer.
According to this article Al Capone didn't build the raceway however his syndicate did own it for a while. It originally opened as Sportsman park but then changed names to Northfield. until 1956 midget race cars raced there.

article,
https://clevelandvintage.com/blogs/cleveland/al-capones-connection-to-clevelands-northfield-park
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