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Laurel Park
20
Apr
  • Bill Cole
  • Gary McGuigan
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Pimlico Plus

MSA approves $48.5 million Laurel purchase

  • Frank Vespe / 1 month
  • 0
  • 3 min read

The Maryland Stadium Authority’s board on Monday approved the $48.5 million purchase of Laurel Park for use as a Thoroughbred training center.

Sam Robinson
17
Feb
  • Gary McGuigan
  • George Mahoney
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Pimlico
  • Pimlico Plus

Is Maryland racing in “best place” in eight years?

  • Frank Vespe / 4 months
  • 1
  • 4 min read

Is Maryland racing in the “best place” it’s been in eight years? So the Maryland Stadium Authority told the Commission last week.

Whocouldaskformo
03
Feb
  • Frank Perri
  • Gary McGuigan
  • Katy Voss
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Pimlico
  • Pimlico Plus
  • Shamrock Farm
  • Tana Aubrey

In Maryland, possibly reaching the right destination

  • Frank Vespe / 4 months
  • 0
  • 5 min read

What’s remarkable about the shambolic demise of the Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority is it may reach the right conclusion after all.

Shamrock Farm sign
21
Jan
  • Gary McGuigan
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Shamrock Farm

Big dollars, small fish torpedo Shamrock training center

  • Frank Vespe / 4 months
  • 5
  • 3 min read

With Shamrock Farm likely to run well over budget and facing a daunting environmental challenge, the Maryland Stadium Authority turned to Laurel.

Pimlico
10
Dec
  • Gary McGuigan
  • Maryland Board of Public Works
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Pimlico
  • Pimlico Plus
  • Shamrock Farm

Pimlico Plus bonds receive AA rating

  • Frank Vespe / 6 months
  • 0
  • 2 min read

The Maryland Stadium Authority will look to sell more than $240 million in Pimlico Plus bonds, rated AA by ratings agencies, starting this week.

Mage Pimlico
26
Nov
  • Gary McGuigan
  • Jim Dresher
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Pimlico
  • Pimlico Plus
  • TK Kuegler

Bond sale nears as “Pimlico Plus” faces budget, timeline strain

  • Frank Vespe / 6 months
  • 2
  • 5 min read

The Maryland Stadium Authority expects to issue the first Pimlico Plus bonds in December, but the path forward remains complex.

Mage Pimlico
08
May
  • Brooke Lierman
  • Dereck Davis
  • Gov. Wes Moore
  • Maryland Board of Public Works
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Pimlico
  • Pimlico Plus

Public Works Board approves Pimlico Plus expenditures

  • Frank Vespe / 1 year
  • 20
  • 4 min read

Maryland’s Board of Public Works approved nearly $19 million in expenditures to advance the Pimlico Plus plan – but not without trepidation.

Pimlico
09
Feb
  • Greg Cross
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Pimlico

Pimlico project “on track” but long way to go

  • Frank Vespe / 1 year
  • 1
  • 4 min read

The project to remake Pimlico remains “on track,” the MTROA chairman said Friday, but key decisions remain.

28
Sep
  • 1st Racing
  • Gary McGuigan
  • Greg Cross
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland Economic Development Corporation
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Pimlico

What we know (and don’t) about Maryland racing’s future

  • Frank Vespe / 3 years
  • 5
  • 7 min read

With the work of the Racetrack Operating Authority in full swing, here’s a primer on what we know and don’t about Maryland racing’s future.

Pimlico
14
Feb
  • Gov. Wes Moore
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Pimlico
  • Racing and Community Development Act

For Pimlico-Laurel rebuild, “man in a hurry” might be key

  • Frank Vespe / 3 years
  • 2
  • 3 min read

New Maryland governor Wes Moore has been called a “man in a hurry,” which could be what the over-budget, behind-schedule Pimlico-Laurel rebuild needs.

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