(AP) — It’s the end of an era for Northern California horse racing. Golden Gate Fields will permanently close after its final racing date later this year at the San Francisco Bay area h…
The racetrack opened in 1941.
Its closure leaves Northern California without a horse racetrack.
Bay Meadows across the bay closed in 2008.
Not that I couldn't see that coming. There weren't many people in the stands on the couple of race days I attended over 15 years ago.
I'm surprised it stayed open as long as it did.
That waterfront property it's sitting on has got to be worth a fortune.