YEP, Governor Edgar was an great supporter, Quinn not so much. Gov. Edgar would attend & hand out the Arlington Million trophy.
But Dick Duchossois certainly knew what they were doing selling out to Churchill, was a business decision, IMO.
Sad, but not surprising here. Currently zoned Agricultural, like most tracks. Its like holding valuable land for a drive-in movie theater, you all saw how those disappeared.
What will yield more in re-zoning to Mixed use or residential. Interesting article about maybe The Bears move from Soldier Field, but think that is a Long Shot, not pun intended.
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