Ron Flatter

We'll just throw another couple million at the Belmont.

We'll see who shows up for what.

And it ends up becoming a spending spree that ends up swirling into just political or economic oblivion for everybody.

But that's been described.

So maybe you get the TV networks to influence this.

Well, NBC's deal with the Preakness runs out after this year.

And so with Churchill down spending $85 million to invest in the Preakness in whatever way that actually means, the big expectation is that NBC is the popular favorite to keep the rights to the Preakness.

But Fox will do a good job with the Belmont stakes, but it's Fox.

And so you think NBC and Fox are going to get on the same page?

I don't think so.

So that just stirs the cauldron even more.

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.