I visited Monmouth Park today. I always sit on the second floor of the grandstand. Today while getting off the escalator, I noticed approximately twenty pails, buckets and garbage cans spread out across the entire floor to catch the rain drops falling from the holes in the ceiling. I couldn't believe how badly deteriorating the place has become with no money being put into upkeep. The racing consisted of unbettable 3-4 horse fields with little money to be made. If anyone remembers Monmouth from the 1980s or 90s, it is nothing like it today.
Next year the subsidy will drop from $10 million to 2.5 million for both Monmouth and the Big M. That should about finish Monmouth Park for good.
