Supporters battle to save Hollywood Park
A grouping of supporters is pushing to proceed California’s Hollywood Park Racetrack open, next its in conclusion solar daytime of racing on Dec 22.
The American Association of Equine Sports Preservation (AAESP) is aiming to proceed the rail opened upward equally an entertainment complex, Equus caballus preparation commons together with premier pump for Equus caballus health programs together with equine therapy programs.
The AAESP’s mission is to protect the historical, cultural together with economical value of equestrian sports together with related industries.
It is lobbying California Governor Jerry Brown to proceed Hollywood Park Racetrack, together with has some powerful allies, including legendary Equus caballus trainer Jack Van Berg, famed “horse whisperer” Monty Roberts, boob tube personality together with jockey Chantal Sutherland, trainers Tom Proctor together with Doug O’Neill, together with Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith.
The grouping is equally good leading a petition have to save the park, which has received back upward from many influential figures inwards the Equus caballus racing industry. It therefore far has 3000 signatures but it aiming for 10,000 by early March 2014 to listing the commons equally i of America’s xi Most Endangered Historic Places, according to the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The rail was opened inwards 1938 yesteryear the Hollywood Turf Club. It was designed yesteryear noted racetrack architect Arthur Froehlich, together with its chairman was Harry Warner of Warner Brothers. Harry Warner, Al Jolson and Raoul Walsh were members of the founding Board of Directors.
On May 9, 2013 inwards a alphabetic lineament to employees, Hollywood Park president F. Jack Liebau announced that the rail would endure closing. In the letter, Liebau stated that the 260 acres on which the rail sits “now exactly has a higher together with improve use,” together with that “in the absence of a favorable alter inwards racing’s line of piece of work concern model, the ultimate evolution of the Hollywood belongings was inevitable.”
The terminal solar daytime of racing at the rail inwards Inglewood was Dec 22, alongside preparation ceasing this month.
In a alphabetic lineament to California Governor Jerry Brown, AAESP president together with founder Allison Booth, said: “We would similar to bring together forces alongside yous to aid showcase California’s entertainment manufacture spell continuing to render billions of dollars inwards revenue enhancement revenue to the state together with providing much-needed jobs.
“Saving Hollywood Park would endure a tremendous boost for California’s economy, peculiarly for Inglewood, CA, which has a 13.5% unemployment rate. We experience Hollywood Park could indeed endure preserved, equally good equally back upward a novel string of restaurants, retail shops, together with an amusement pump to characteristic Broadway shows from New York together with other cities – becoming a ‘Madison Square Garden of the West.’ Hollywood Park is equally good suited to host a state-of-the-art sports stadium for a Los Angeles NFL squad spell equally good addressing to a greater extent than or less of our society’s dandy challenges.”
In 1991, the rail underwent a $20 i grand one thousand reconstruction project, which included the construction of half dozen handicapped-equipped barns. In all, at that spot are eighteen barns alongside 1950 stalls, 619 tack rooms, together with 216 feed rooms. In 2006, a novel cushion rail racing surface was installed. Hollywood Park is equally good the state’s most centrally-located track,near downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles International Airport, beach cities together with 3 major highways.
Booth said the AAESP proposes the creation of public-private partnerships to back upward the funding of military machine health programs, equally good equally the construction of a world-class amusement facility.
“We equally an manufacture fully comprehend the chance to lend our expertise together with other resources to back upward programs that aid humans heal spell giving retired racing horses (and their owners) novel careers,” she wrote, noting that nearly 20% of veterans from Republic of Iraq together with Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan are diagnosed alongside PTSD, together with suicide amidst veterans straight off averages i every hour, accounting for 20% of all the States suicides.
“Science proves that interacting alongside horses tin sack endure an effective method to aid people heal from trauma.”
Booth equally good requested a coming together alongside Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), who represents Hollywood Park inwards the state’s 43rd congressional district, to brief her on the issue. Booth called upon Waters to concord a serial of populace hearings to hash out other uses for the track, which has the ideal infrastructure to back upward the proposed conversion. Booth said a novel police describe that went into lawsuit on Jan 1, 2014 would give Hollywood Park Casino a three-year extension.
Booth, the main organizer of the meetings, said she together with her allies create non desire Hollywood Park to endure the same plight equally Bay Meadows Park which was demolished together with therefore sat empty for v years, losing millions inwards revenue to the state of California.
“When developers destroyed Bay Meadows together with extinguished its 74-year history, they made promises of evolution that, alongside the exception of a few custom-built homes, convey non materialized. What stands is a devastating reminder of lost history, lost jobs, together with millions of dollars inwards lost revenue enhancement revenue to the metropolis together with state,” she wrote.
Hollywood Park equally good houses a flock of rare pinkish flamingos that originate from “The Breeder’s Flock” inwards Hialeah, Florida – which is the entirely fertile flock of flamingos inwards the US. “We are equally good working to preserve the wild animals sanctuary on the infield of the park. Last month, all but ii flamingos were captured together with removed from the park. We are encouraging Audubon members to larn involved to protect these magnificent wild delicate creatures,” Booth said.
It has been reported that the flamingoes are beingness relocated to a Northern California zoo. About fifty cats living inwards the stable surface area are inwards search of novel homes earlier the barn surface area closes at the terminate of January.
The Edmonton Journal reported that the graves of 3 horses buried inwards the infield volition endure relocated. Hollywood Gold Cup winner (1965-67) Native Diver volition endure moved to Del Mar nigh San Diego; 1982 two-year-old champion filly Landaluce volition render to her birthplace at Spendthrift Farm inwards Kentucky; together with 1988 Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Great Communicator is equally good beingness moved.
The kickoff always Breeder’s Cup was held at the rail inwards 1984 together with many of America’s greatest horses, trainers, together with owners lived together with raced at the commons – including Seabiscuit, together with to a greater extent than recently, Zenyatta, 2010 Horse of the Year.
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