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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: eddie r gammon who wrote (69856)	11/1/1999 10:21:00 AM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Eddie, I was at Sam Houston last night. The parking lot was full (when I arrived, empty by the time the last race was run) and we had about 50 people in the Grandstand. <g> But you are wrong about the bankruptcy bit. The park makes nearly all of its money from people at other tracks simulcasting our races (about 90% of the take each day). So, as long as they remain open in the winter and at night, when there is little competition for the simulcast bettors, they have a profitable niche. And the track reflects that fact of life. They do zilch to make the at-the-track experience a pleasant one, when just a little effort would double their attendance overnight.