The 128-year-old Aqueduct Race Track appears to be heading into the home stretch, according to Gov. Hochul's 2023-24 executive budget proposal.
Hochul’s proposal for the fiscal year beginning April 1 includes $455 million in capital spending for the redevelopment of Belmont Racetrack, located just the other side of the Cross Island Parkway in Nassau County.
A report on the website casino.org on Wednesday stated that the move could lead to the land being used for construction of a casino right next to the Resorts World New York City in Ozone Park.
“The [Belmont] project will result in the creation of new tracks and parking as well as the construction of a new clubhouse,” according to an entry on page 33 of Hochul’s briefing book. “This project will facilitate the move of Aqueduct racing to Belmont, allowing the State to repurpose the Aqueduct property.”
The document does not offer timelines. It goes on to say that the New York Racing Association will repay the state for the entire cost of the project.
The New York Racing Association, in a statement on its Twitter page on Wednesday, thanked Hochul for supporting the Belmont rebuild, but made no mention of Aqueduct.
Aqueduct first opened in September 1894.
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Sad to see it go the way of the Gravesend Race Track and others.
https://qns.com/2004/04/our-history-american-horse-racing-began-in-early-queens/
The employees losing their jobs should be extremely grateful because Biden said it’s a great economy and unemployment is at an all time low.
Pour concrete over it and make it into free parking for car owning freeloaders.
Will shutting down Aqueduct racetrack be another excuse to build housing for homeless criminals, felons, drug addicts and illegal immigrants in that area already taking over NYC?
Scranton Joe and Buffalo Clown Re-writing history...
Congratulations Clown. You're the best at being the worst.
@“ The employees losing their jobs …”
Luckily congress is on top of things and performing spectacularly in their hunt for Nude Hunter Biden photos, making sure everyone is saying nice things about Israel and tracking down those Jewish Space lasers.
Good to see AOC put it right back to these right wing brainless morons.
It's time to send this aged and decrepit place to the great glue factory in the sky. It's outlived it's usefulness.
Hmmm..... two racetracks a few miles apart, each dark for half the year, one is a dump and classic example of deferred maintenance, and is surrounded by land worth billions in an era where no one cares about racing...what will happen here?
What does President Biden have to do with this?
A classic example of deferred maintenance in a all DemorAt run city and state called NY !
@"What does President Hiden have to do with this?"
Anyone still supporting this guy should seek immediate psychiatric counseling.
I just hate horses. Turn it into a drag show arena. No Guantanamo Ron here in NY to worry about.
@“ What does President Biden have to do with this?”
It’s all his fault!
Along with this venue we should send Governor (Mr Ed) Hochul to the glue factory.
Here in the great state of Florida we could race alligators around that thing.
Joe Hiden said...
We need more horse racing tracks based on EQUITY and DIVERSITY.
This woman is crazy, Queens needs gambling problems and all the vice it brings in?
What happens when 1/2 million more individual’s inability to control the gambling.
Answer: They will steal, rob and pilfer just like drug addicts do.
Remember: The attitude is anyone who falls into gambling addiction has only themselves to blame—has allowed state lawmakers to ignore all the arguments to make it EVEN MORE EASY for people to lose control.
Why do they want vice, chaos and crime so bad?
Since the Supreme Court struck down previous restrictions on sports betting in 2018, 36 states have legalized it (26 now even allow mobile app betting), and new initiatives are on the way.
If you’ve watched a sporting event lately, notice haw you’ve been bombarded with ads for online sports gambling—this weekend’s Super Bowl is no exception.
I'm made Karpatka (Polish ice cream cake) with guido mix (Sambuca Romana coffee) to watch Blazing Saddles, nothing impressive about eating buffalo wings, hotdogs, cholesterol garbage or watching felons jumping on each other. NFL- National Felons League.
The 1/2 time musical promotion advertisement (they call a show) is to be shit, I predict lip syncing, many dancers and crotch grabs all to distract the fact nothing is happening talent or music wise.
-Zoë
The Democrat money grab is on!
The Democrat money grab is on!
@"The Democrat money grab is on!"
Oh! I guess the Republican money grab took a short break then?
"impoverished due to their own actions"
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Just wait till all the new gambling targeted at these people comes in.
Democrats placing a Casino right by the A train stop that services the worst people in the city, under one mile from the Jamaica slum & drug distribution hub to boot.
New York City will see a new crop of criminals, petty theft and crimes of desperation like never seen before.
Everybody will need bars on the windows, no way will the police be able to keep crime, prostitution and assorted vice in check.
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