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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
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November 19, 1998
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Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Stronach, Frank
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26676AN
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Canadian industrialist Frank Stronach unveiled the second phase of his dream to turn Santa Anita Park into an international landmark.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper17096
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 17, 1999
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 17, 1999
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p. A1
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Santa Anita Park, 1991-2000
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14527AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16190
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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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Frank Stronach, new owner of Santa Anita Park race track, explained his plans for renovations at the track which include a restaurant and skyboxes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26942
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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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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26483
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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
Subjects
Santa Anita Park -1991-2000
Item ID
26684AN
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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

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16086
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 1998
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p. C1 photos
Pasadena Star News
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 1998
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p. C1 photos
Pasadena Star News
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Santa Anita Park
Item ID
16844AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16087
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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
Item ID
16845AN
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Sounding bitter complaints about a construction project at Santa Anita Park that is halfway finished, nearly a dozen residents and preservationists appeared at Tueday's City Council meeting to criticize the city's approval of the project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper17175
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 19, 1999
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 19, 1999
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p. A3
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Santa Anita Park
Item ID
17594AN
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Bit by bit, Frank Stronach's plans for transforming Santa Anita Park are coming into focus.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16192
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 17, 1998
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 17, 1998
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p. A1
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Santa Anita Park
Item ID
16938AN
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Conceptual plans for Santa Anita Park were unveiled by Frank Stronach, owner of Santa Anita race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26974
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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
Item ID
27173AN
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International businessman Fank Stronach has announced that he is purchasing Santa Anita Park from Meditrust.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16030
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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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p. A1 w/photo
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16088
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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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16846AN
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Saturday marked the first season at Santa Anita Park under new owner Frank Stronach. 42, 348 people attended opening day.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16193
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 1998
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p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 1998
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p. A1 w/photo
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Santa Anita Park
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16939AN
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Starting this spring, the new owner of Santa Anita Park, Frank Stronach, is planning the first of what will likely be massive renovations to the horse racing facility.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16664
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 6, 1999
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 6, 1999
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p. A1
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Santa Anita Park
Item ID
17448AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16189
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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
Item ID
16935AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16191
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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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The Arcadia City Council voted Tuesday to allow construction crews to work around the clock at Santa Anita Park on grandstand renovation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16663
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 1999
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 1999
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p. A3
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Santa Anita Park
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17447AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26958
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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
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Stronach, Frank
Renovations
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27157AN
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Work at Santa Anita Park race track originally scheduled to start has been delayed and the luxury skyboxes will not be built at this time.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26944
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 29, 1999
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 29, 1999
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p. 1
Subjects
Construction
Renovations
Santa Anita Park -- 1991-2000
Item ID
27143AN
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The Santa Anita Park race track will be allowed to work round-the-clock on the renovations to be completed before the beginning of Oak Tree on September 29th.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26937
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 8, 1999
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 8, 1999
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p. 1
Subjects
Renovations
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Item ID
27136AN
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