2 SoCal race tracks to see boost as Bay Area's Golden Gate Fields set to closehttps://abc7.com/santa-anita-park-arcadia-san-luis-rey-downs-golden-gate-fields-closing-the-stronach-group/13512475/The Stronach Group, which owns Golden Gate Fields, announced it will end racing at the iconic Bay Area horse race track at the end of its 2023 racing meet.
The company plans to relocate horses to two tracks in Southern California.
The owner says it will "double down" on racing at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia and training at San Luis Rey Downs in San Diego County.
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There is no word yet what would happen to the Golden Gate Fields land that stretches along Berkeley and Albany.
This pretty much ends horse racing in the SF Bay Area, and much reduces NorCal horse racing. My guess is that the land will go to condomoniums (not a typo), unless the NIMBYs and Enviros and bureaucrats
(Oh my!) screw that up (it's partly in Berserkely, probably not good for any such plans).
Golden Gate Fields is right off the I580-I80 freeway, near the Oakland Bay Bridge. I'm not into horse racing, but drive through there on the way to several running events. When there's horse races going on it can make traffic along that stretch really jammed up.
