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Conceptual plans for Santa Anita Park were unveiled by Frank Stronach, owner of Santa Anita race track.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 22, 1999
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 22, 1999
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p. 1
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Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
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27173AN
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Santa Anita Park race track sold to Frank Stronach, a Canadian billionaire businessman and horse owner. The property is valuable to the city for sales tax reasons.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 19, 1998
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 19, 1998
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p. 1
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Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Stronach, Frank
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Santa Anita Park has been purchased by Frank Stronach for $126 million through MI Development, the real estate, entertainment unit of Magna International Inc., Canada's largest auto-parts manufacturer, of which Stronach is chairman.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 17, 1998
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 17, 1998
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p. 1
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Santa Anita Park -1991-2000
Item ID
26684AN
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Frank Stronach, new owner of Santa Anita Park race track, explained his plans for renovations at the track which include a restaurant and skyboxes.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 22, 1999
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 22, 1999
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p. 1
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Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Stronach, Frank
Renovations
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27141AN
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Canadian industrialist Frank Stronach bought Santa Anita Park for $126 million in cash Friday, and said he will share plans with the city later this month to spend roughly half that amount on improvements.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 1998
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 1998
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p. A3
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Santa Anita Park
Item ID
16936AN
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Multibillion dollar businessman and horse owner, Frank Stronach, has signed a letter of intent for his auto systems company, Magna International Inc., to buy Santa Anita Park

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 1998
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Pasadena Star News
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 1998
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Pasadena Star News
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Santa Anita Park
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16844AN
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Mayor Gary Kovacic and Mayor Pro Tem Mickey Segal will represent the City Council in future talks with Santa Anita Park owner Frank Stronach.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 7, 2000
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 7, 2000
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p. 1
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Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Mayors - Kovacic, Gary
Segal, Mickey
Stronach, Frank
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27963AN
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The first Phase of the Santa Anita Park race track renovations will be open for the Oak Tree meet.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 30, 1999
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 30, 1999
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p. 1
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Renovations
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
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27336AN
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Frank Stronach, founder and chairman of the board of Magna International Inc., is buying Santa Anita Park from Meditrust. The $126 million purchase is expected to close today.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 11, 1998
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 11, 1998
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p. A1
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Santa Anita Park
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16935AN
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City is still unclear as to what Frank Stonach, new owner of the Santa Anita Park race track, plans to develop on the site.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 21, 1999
January 28, 1999
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 21, 1999
January 28, 1999
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p. 1
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Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
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26693AN
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International businessman and horse owner Frank Stronach confirmed Tuesday that he and Meditrust, the parent company of Santa Anita Park, have signed a letter of intent under which he will buy the race track.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 11, 1998
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 11, 1998
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p. A1
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Santa Anita Park
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International businessman Fank Stronach has announced that he is purchasing Santa Anita Park from Meditrust.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 1998
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p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 1998
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Santa Anita Park
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16787AN
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Businessman Frank Stronach, who announced he is buying Santa Anita Park, has stated that his vision for developing the land is drastically different than Santa Anita's current proposal.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 1998
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 1998
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p. A1
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Santa Anita Park
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The current phase of plans for the Santa Anita Park race track include a 1,200-seat restaurant, retrofitting to today's seismic standards, bringing the facility into compliance with ADA, and a terraced concrete apron in front of the grandstands.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 3, 1999
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 3, 1999
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p. 1
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Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Stronach, Frank
Renovations
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27157AN
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Santa Anita Park was fined $150,000.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 1999
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 1999
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p. A1
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Santa Anita Park, 1991-2000
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17873AN
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Santa Anita Park (1991-2000)

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1. Festival Santa Anita follow-up Report dated October 27 1994 from Don Penman, Project Consultant to the Mayor and embers of the City Council. 2. On the Fast Track. (Corey Nakatani, jockey) Los Angeles Times February 16, 1995. 3. News release from the Santa Anita Companies dated March 22, 19…
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1. Festival Santa Anita follow-up Report dated October 27 1994 from Don Penman, Project Consultant to the Mayor and embers of the City Council.
2. On the Fast Track. (Corey Nakatani, jockey) Los Angeles Times February 16, 1995.
3. News release from the Santa Anita Companies dated March 22, 1995. Santa Anita Files Application for Development of Arcadia Property.
4. Santa Anita has plan for Domed Theater. Los Angeles Times, San Gabriel Valley Section. December 5, 1993.
5. Doc Strub had a racing vision. Los Angeles Times, Section C, p.1. Column by Jim Murray. December 26, 1991.
6. Big Hoss Night at Santa Anita Park May 20, 1995. Flyer from Santa Anita Park for event sponsored by Cigna Healthcare for Seniors.
7. Proposed SART (Santa Anita Realty Enterprises, Inc) Commercial Entertainment Planned Development Project. 1995.
8. "There's nothing like the real thing," Pasadena Magazine Fall 1994.
9. A Day at the Races. L.A. Times Valley edition March 18, 1994.
10. Promotional brochure Santa Anita Park The Great Group Place. 1993.
11. Horse racing's biggest event returns to Santa Anita. Breeders' Cup 1993. Pasadena Star News Special Section November 5, 1993.
12. California's Railbird Heaven by William Murray. New York Times Magazine. March 6, 1994.
13. Winner's Circle vol. 1 no. 2, November 1995.
14. Santa Anita A-Z. c.1995 Booklet.
15. Tracks go for broke to attract younger clientele. Orange County Register. July 23, 1997.
16. Santa Anita Rebounds to stabilize on-track business. Publicity brochure, 1997.
17. Program for the 1-Million Santa Anita handicap on March 4, 2000 and the $1,000,000 Santa Anita Derby on April 8, 2000.
18. Staff report to the Mayor and City Council from Don Penman, Deputy City Manager/Development Services on review and recommendation to (1) Adopt Resolution 6086 reaffirming the City's support for live horse racing at Santa Anita Park and encouraging any new owners of the Santa Anita Racetrack to continue to conduct live horse racing at Santa Anita Park as one of the nation's pre-eminent horse racing facilities; and (2) Review the zoning and allowable uses on the race track property. November 17, 1998.
19. Four menus from opening day, December 26, 1999 from Frontrunner restaurant at Santa Anita Park, each with a different watercolor painted for the Los Angeles Turf Club by renowned artist Sandra Oppegard.
20. Wikipedia.org article about race horse Best Pal (1988-1998), a Santa Anita Handicap and Charles H. Strub Stakes winner in 1992. Retrieved from World Wide Web July 2, 2013. See also Arcadia Authors section in History Room for book Best Pal by James Val.
21. ESPN.com article about race horse Best Pal (1988-1998), a Santa Anita Handicap and Charles H. Strub Stakes winner in 1992. Retrieved from World Wide Web July 1, 2013. See also Arcadia Authors section in History Room for book Best Pal by James Val.
22. Robert P. Strub, former head of Santa Anita and son of the founder of Santa Anita Park, Charles H. Strub, has died at the age of 74. Los Angeles Times ( ProQuest Historical), May 6, 1993.
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Santa Anita Park (1991-2000)
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Opening day at Santa Anita Park is featured.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 1995
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 1995
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Santa Anita Park, 1991-2000
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City officials met with new Santa Anita Park owner Frank Stronach to discuss his plans for the race track. He wants to build a retail and entertainment village and an interactive horse racing theme park.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 1998
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 1998
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p. A1
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Santa Anita Park
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16937AN
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City clarifies concerns about the Santa Anita Park expansion plans.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 21, 2000
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 21, 2000
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Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
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Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach, who is about to become the sole owner of Santa Anita Park, said he hasn't ruled out talking to developer Rick Caruso about reviving a project to build an outdoor mall in the race track's parking lot. Last week Caruso announced that he is no longer pursuing a development deal with Santa Anita Park's outgoing owner, MI Developments, Inc. (MID), for the upscale Shops at Santa Anita. Stronach is the outgoing chairman of MID.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 28, 2011
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p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 28, 2011
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p. A1, A8
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Caruso, Rick
Malls
Santa Anita Park -- parking lot
Shops at Santa Anita
Stronach, Frank
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32613AN
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