If the Meadowlands closes, what effect would it have on the industry?

[Chessington]

It seems a lot on here object to Jeff Gural being rewarded with a casino license regardless that he is solely responsible for keeping the track going for the last 10-12 years give or take. How do you think the industry would be effected if the Meadowlands goes away?

[Mr.Turnpike]

     
   Another 10-12 years there won’t be much more left to harness racing other than memories

[KING HAKU]

I’d like to thank Jeff Gural for all he’s done for harness racing especially in New Jersey. If it wasn’t for him there would be no racing in New Jersey at all.

I know a lot of the people say he did it for a casino well he’s a businessman and is in business to make money not lose.

You’re gonna hear a lot of negative comments from the naysayers, especially that fucking MUTT with a pocket full of cash THAT PRETENDED TO BE JEFF’S FRIEND AND HAD A TAPE RECORDER IN HIS POCKET LIKE A FUCKING LITTLE RAT.

[Papillon]

I’d like to thank Jeff Gural for all he’s done for harness racing especially in New Jersey. If it wasn’t for him there would be no racing in New Jersey at all.

I know a lot of the people say he did it for a casino well he’s a businessman and is in business to make money not lose.

You’re gonna hear a lot of negative comments from the naysayers, especially that fucking MUTT with a pocket full of cash THAT PRETENDED TO BE JEFF’S FRIEND AND HAD A TAPE RECORDER IN HIS POCKET LIKE A FUCKING LITTLE RAT.

yes-monmouth park doesnt exist

bozo

[Papillon]

It seems a lot on here object to Jeff Gural being rewarded with a casino license regardless that he is solely responsible for keeping the track going for the last 10-12 years give or take. How do you think the industry would be effected if the Meadowlands goes away?

there is a major problem right there

dumb folks like you feel he should "rewarded"

NJ doesn't work that way

[Chessington]

there is a major problem right there

dumb folks like you feel he should "rewarded"

NJ doesn't work that way
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As I said to you before, you’re a special kind of stupid!

[Harness racer]

It would definitely have an impact on the local economy.  Farms the host big stables, breeders, straw/hay producers, etc.   A number of people would need new sources of income or relocate.

[Grandstand Handicapper]

It seems a lot on here object to Jeff Gural being rewarded with a casino license regardless that he is solely responsible for keeping the track going for the last 10-12 years give or take. How do you think the industry would be effected if the Meadowlands goes away?

People's hatred for Gural, their desire to express what they feel is irreversible negativity, and whatever other baggage they bring, is superseding everything else. Yet, they still bet. LOL. If there are those who don't, plenty of others still are. People bitch, but they don't walk away. The very few who do, ironically, they still bitch. I say STFU and just walk away. Since you're walking, nobody gives a $hit what you have to say.

Personally, I think much of Gural's verbiage is both posturing and reality. But it's a lot of posturing. However, unless he becomes truly convinced, certain, definitive, that he will not get a casino, he will not walk away from the Meadowlands. If the unlikely does happen and he does, the Meadowlands is not going away. Several other tracks might and I think they should, but not the Meadowlands. Like it or not, bet or not, a relic of what it used to be or not, it is still the top of the pyramid in the harness racing industry. Not sport, industry. Big difference.

[simplify]

Anyone that takes on that complete scum Howard Taylor I'm on board with

[BigMFan]

There was a vote a few years ago asking if people wanted a casino in northern New Jersey and was voted down by a pretty substantial margin.  Nothing today makes me think that’s going to change.  I give the meadowlands maybe 3 more years with Gural.

[hoosierboy]

Anyone that takes on that complete scum Howard Taylor I'm on board with

Absolutely

[WillieGoldberg]

I’d like to thank Jeff Gural for all he’s done for harness racing especially in New Jersey. If it wasn’t for him there would be no racing in New Jersey at all.

Absolutely selfless - he's pulled money out of his pocket to keep the place open. 

[gh2009]

In my opinion, he did it as an investment hoping to get a casino there, so I wouldn't consider it selfless. If he didn't believe he could get a casino I highly doubt he would have stepped up.

[Brown jug]

you mean exactly like what the casino companies did
pretend to support racing to get a casino to make money

[gh2009]

Gural actually cares about racing, the casino companies only care about how much money they can make. The difference is, they have much deeper pockets than Gural, but eventually he's going to pull the plug if he doesn't get what he wants.