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Arlington Park looking west in 2022. Arlington was the first track to install a public-address system and employed the pioneering race caller Clem McCarthy to describe the action. It added the first electric totalizator which allowed a credible tote board and decreased time between races, in 1933. In 1936 it added a photo finish camera.
Demolition of former Arlington Park began in May, 2023, [38] but after disagreement over the property tax assessment, [39] prompted the Bears to explore alternative sites for its planned stadium. [40] [41] In March 2024, the village of Arlington Heights offered a tax reduction in attempt to lure the team to build new stadium in village. [42]
Richard Louis Duchossois (/ ˈ d ʌ tʃ ə s w ɑː /; [2] October 7, 1921 – January 28, 2022) was an American businessman and racehorse owner. He was the founder and chairman of The Duchossois Group, Inc., a family-owned company headquartered in Elmhurst, Illinois that had ownership stakes in Arlington Park and Churchill Downs race tracks, and did rail car and defense manufacturing.
Arlington Heights village officials have proposed a compromise over the Chicago Bears’ property tax for the site of a potential domed stadium in the suburb that would significantly cut the team ...
The finalization comes a year and a half after the Bears first entered into a purchase agreement for the former Arlington Park horse track in Arlington Heights for a reported price of $197.2 ...
Articles relative to the now-defunct Arlington Park racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States. Pages in category "Arlington Park" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
Oct. 10, 2012: In preparation for Six Flags’ newest ride, Texas SkyScreamer, to debut next year, Dallas Demolition Co. implodes the 200-foot Texas Chute Out, which opened at the park in 1976 and ...
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