No Takers to Keep Racing Going at Hawthorne

THE FINALE: AT A TIME WHEN AQUEDUCT WAS BOOMING, THE WORLD MADE A LOT MORE SENSE

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Paulick Report – Chelsea Hackbarth – ITHA: Hawthorne Sold To ‘Non-Racing Entity’

Bloodhorse – Bob Kieckhefer – No Takers to Keep Racing Going at Hawthorne

DRF – Matt Hegarty – Hawthorne, Chicago’s last racetrack, sold to ‘non-racing entity’

TDN – T,D, Thornton – Report: No One Bids to Save Racing at Hawthorne Bankruptcy Auction

Phil has a question:

With a racino license included in the package what does the failure to elicit a bid say about the state of bricks and mortar gaming.

The extension was coupled with approval of the $90 million “stalking horse” bid by a Delaware-registered limited liability corporation. The bidder, whose identity is shielded by Delaware laws, would seek to redevelop the property for other uses, Hawthorne and a creditors’ committee have revealed.

Bloodhorse – Bob Kieckhefer – Judge Seeks Higher Bid, Continued Racing at Hawthorne

TDN – T.D Thornton – ‘Stalking Horse’ Bid Of $90M Sets Potential Minimum Price For Hawthorne Auction

Paulick Report – Bob Kieckhefer – Fairmount Park May Have Questions To Answer In Hawthorne’s Bankruptcy Proceedings

TDN – Bill Finley – Hawthorne Set to Re-Open But Horsemen Still Skeptical About Its Future

TDN – Dan Ross – Hawthorne Latest: Slight Track Renovation Equipment Delay, Possible Movement On Simulcast Signals

Paulick Report – Chelsea Hackbarth – Hawthorne Thoroughbred Meet Inches Closer To Reality, But Bankruptcy Judge Denies Immediate Payments To Harness Horsemen

TDN – Dan Ross – Hawthorne Thoroughbred Meet Gets Important Funding Go-Aheads After Two-Day Bankruptcy Hearing

Bloodhorse – Bob Kieckhefer – Hawthorne Gets Okay to Begin Track Conversion

Bloodhorse – Bob Kieckhefer – Hawthorne, Horsemen Encouraged at Bankruptcy Hearing

Paulick Report – Ray Paulick – Hawthorne Bankruptcy: Simulcast, HISA Debt Tops $16.4 Million

Money’s Too Tight To Mention

Bloodhorse – Eric Mitchell – Hawthorne Seeks Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Reorganization

TDN – Dan Ross – Hawthorne Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Thoroughbred Meet Still A Possibility Says Horsemen Groups

Paulick Report – Hawthorne Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Sal says that the state of Indiana and the state of Illinois would be fighting over Hawthorne rather than the Bears if the future of thoroughbred racing was rosy.

Sports Business Journal – Ben Fischer – Bears stadium saga finally reaches its endgame

Sal says that thousands of homeless people could benefit from the billions the Republican Indiana Governor is proposing to line the pockets of a billionaire NFL owner.

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Hawthorne Sal