Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway
| Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway | |||||||||
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| Location | Dayton, Ohio | ||||||||
| Address | 777 Hollywood Boulevard | ||||||||
| Opening date | August 28, 2014 | ||||||||
| Total gaming space | 186,000 sq ft (17,300 m2) | ||||||||
| Casino type | Racino | ||||||||
| Owner | Gaming and Leisure Properties | ||||||||
| Operating license holder | Penn Entertainment | ||||||||
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Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway is a racino in Dayton, Ohio, United States. It was originally established in 1959 as Raceway Park in Toledo, Ohio, hosting car racing and thoroughbred racing.[1] It is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn Entertainment.
Racing
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Known for weekend live harness racing including Ohio Sire Stakes and Buckeye-Wolverine Pace. The Buckeye-Wolverine Pace took place every year until ending recently. The race once successfully predicted the outcome of the rival Ohio State-Michigan football game with 75% accuracy.[2]
Move to Dayton
[edit]In 2011, Governor John Kasich agreed to allow video lottery terminals at Ohio's seven racetracks.[3] To avoid having Raceway Park compete with its own Hollywood Casino Toledo, Penn National sought and obtained state approval to move Raceway Park to Dayton.[4] The racetrack move was completed in the spring of 2014.[5] The racino opened on August 28, 2014 with 1,000 video lottery terminals.
References
[edit]- ^ Raceway Park: About Us. (n.d.). Website. Retrieved April 4, 2011, from http://racewayparktoledo.com/about_us.php Archived 2011-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ HorseRacing.com: Raceway Park (n.d.). Website. Retrieved April 11, 2011, from http://www.horseracing.com/tracks/ohio/raceway-park/ Archived 2013-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Provance, Jim (June 17, 2011). "2 casinos to pay $110M more in tax". The Blade. Toledo. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
- ^ Davis, Dave (March 16, 2012). "Penn National Gaming gets Ohio Gov. John Kasich's OK to move horse tracks to Dayton, Austintown". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
- ^ "Ohio board OKs Raceway Park move".