Ron Flatter
speaker
591 appearances
5 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 7 Aug
Ron Flatter’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Right, because so many parts of the grandstand here have eroded.
This thing is going to be turned, at least the current plan, is to turn this into a training facility for a rebuilt Pimlico.
Now, the state government hit the brakes on that last week, I think in part because they see $85 million coming in from Churchill Downs, so they want to see if they can snip and get more there.
That's me saying that, not anybody who's official.
So we're at Laurel.
Yeah, 4,800 people.
Not 48,000.
I didn't say that wrong.
4,800.
Come on.
Taylor Swift's wedding is going to get more than that, right?
So, I mean, honestly.
So, yeah, it's going to fade out with the old owner's.
of this track, Stronach Group, who also owns Santa Anita, who also owns Gulfstream Park.
The big story is that the expectation is they are trying to get out of racing in the worst way.
Well, they're kind of doing it.
It's almost like that scene in Major League where
The owner wants to devalue the franchise so much she can move it to Miami.
I just feel like that's what's going on here with the Preakness, although you have a new Maryland Jockey Club, which is a function of the government, which is going to take it over with Churchill Downs and their money, and we'll see where this goes next year, supposedly to the new Pimlico, where construction has been trickling along.
And we're supposed to be back there next year.
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