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Santa Anita Park is making a bid for the 2012 Breeders' Cup. Former Breeders' Cup CEO Greg Avioli has taken over as Chief Executive Officer of Stronach Entertainment, and now oversees Stronach Group's race tracks and other assets. Avioli's experience brings strength to Santa Anita Park's bid. Santa Anita Park last hosted the Breeders' Cup in 2008 and 2009. The city of Arcadia gets one-third of 1 percent of all monies bet on the track. The event generated nearly $57,000 in betting handle in 2008 and nearly $58,000 in 2009 for the city.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32461
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 13, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 13, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Avioli, Greg
Breeders' Cup
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park--2011-2010
Item ID
32649AN
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Santa Anita Park will reduce its work force by merging departments. More than 100 full-time and seasonal positions will be affected--including some layoffs and some full-time positions becoming part-time positions, said Greg Avioli, CEO and President of Stronach Entertainment, the track's parent company. The shift to off-track betting and account wagering has brought less revenue to the race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32559
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 6, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 6, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Avioli, Greg
Economy
Employees
Haines, George
Horse racing industry
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
32758AN
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Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced at L. A. Live, that the Breeders' Cup World Championships will return to Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, in 2012. It will mark the sixth time that Santa Anita Park hosts the two-day event.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32496
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Avioli, Greg
Breeders' Cup 2012
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Villaraigosa, Antonio
Item ID
32695AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park: DA to examine death of 22 horses at track. Additionally, Rep. Judy Chu calls for hearings into the treatment of horses at the nation’s racing venues The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office is investigating whether the 22 horse deaths at Santa Anita racetrack in the past three months were the result of criminal wrongdoing, authorities said Friday. The probe began this week following the death of the 22nd horse Thursday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35389
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 16, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 16, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Avioli, Greg
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Chu, Judy
Deaths
Guillermo, Kathy
Horses and horse racing
Loehr, Shawn
Marten, Mike
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Risling, Greg
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Thoroughbred Owners of California
Item ID
35579AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park will be hosting the coveted 2012 Breeders' Cup World Championships. The Stronach Group took full control of the race track from MI Developments at the end of June. The two-day event will generate some revenue for the city and bring a lot of exposure to the San Gabriel Valley.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32478
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Avioli, Greg
Breeders' Cup
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park--2011-2010
Stronach Group
Item ID
32674AN
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A horse named Tough Sunday, born blind and deaf, defies all odds and will compete in the California Cup Derby on January 24 at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34064
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2015
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2015
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Alexander, Nick
Horses and horse racing
Item ID
34258AN
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Actor George Takei, discusses social media, justice, and his family's internment, which started at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia. He spoke at Cal Poly Pomona.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33420
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 20, 2013
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 20, 2013
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Actors
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Takei, George
Item ID
33616AN
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Newspaper Index
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Breeders' Cup World Championships take place this weekend at Santa Anita Park, with a lot of celebrity support from Tim Conway, Jr., Tim Conway, Sr., Mel Brooks, Dick Van Patten, Bobby Flay, Dustin Hoffman, Bo Derek, Kurt Russell, Jim Rome, and more.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33248
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 1, 2012
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 1, 2012
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Actors
Breeders' Cup
Brooks, Mel
Celebrities
Conway, Tim
Derek, Bo
Flay, Bobby
Hoffman, Dustin
Horses and horse racing
Rome, Jim
Russell, Kurt
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Van Patten, Dick
Item ID
33445AN
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Actor and activist George Takei, 75, famous for his portrayal of Sulu on television series Star Trek, will talk about gay rights and a childhood spent in internment camps at Santa Anita Park (assembly center), Tule Lake and Rohwer, Arkansas, during World War II. He will be speaking at Cal Poly Pomona on Tuesday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33419
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2013
Pages
p. B1, B8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2013
Pages
p. B1, B8
Subjects
Actors
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Takei, George
Item ID
33615AN
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Drive-in movie fundraiser, a tribute to former addict and prison inmage, actor Danny Trejo, to help drug treatment organization CRI-Help. Features Universal Studio's award-winning documentary "Inmate #1: the rise of Danny Trejo" on a 50-foot screen at Santa Anita Park on May 14. The film chronicles Trejo's journey from addiction to Hollywood stardom. He will appear and his restaurant Trejo's Tacos will cater the event.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35961
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Actors
Documentary films
Fundraisers
Trejo, Danny
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Newspaper Index
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Andy Griffith, movie & television personality on left. William Parker Lyon, Jr. center and unidentified person on right. Apparently this was taken at the time Harrah's in Reno, Nevada auctioned off items that formerly had been in Arcadia at Pony Express Museum and had been sold to Harrah's some years earlier.

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Date
June 5, 1975
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Date
June 5, 1975
Subjects
Actors
Griffith, Andy
Lyon, William Parker, Jr.
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
839
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Hall of Fame jockey and Sierra Madre resident Gary Stevens is doing well after a fall that injured his lung and shoulders at the Arlington Million. Stevens, in his first acting role, starred as George "The Iceman" Woolf in the Universal film, Seabiscuit. Stevens has won the Santa Anita Derby.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31839
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 21, 2003
Pages
p. 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 21, 2003
Pages
p. 18
Subjects
Actors
Jockeys
Stevens, Gary
Item ID
32036AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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