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A multi-million dollar remodeling at Santa Anita Park will include a restoration of the Chandelier Room to its former glamour. The room is nearly 80 years old (probably not true, according to Sandy Snider), and is the most popular event venue at the track. Other portions of the grandstand will be renovated and will remain true to the architectural and design style of the Art Deco period that originally inspired it.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33511
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 20, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 20, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--Turf Club
Item ID
33706AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Summary of a vintage promotional booklet about Santa Anita Park havings its inaugural race on Christmas Day, December 25, 1934. At the time, Los Angeles Turf Club Inc. was the owner and operator of Santa Anita Park and there were 53 racing days that first season. Charter stockholder and membership requirements are discussed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32104
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 28, 2010
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 28, 2010
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Los Angeles Turf Club Inc.
Santa Anita Park--1934-1942
Item ID
32301AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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New season began at Santa Anita Park on December 26. This season's opening day drew 41,000 fans, a significant increase over last year's turnout and a morale boost for the iconic venue that has been protected by National Registry of Historic Sites since 2006. In order to appeal to a younger crowd, the clubhouse space has been reconfigured, and the strictly reinforced dress code of yesteryear has been eliminated, along with the private Turf Club--now called Turf Terrace and is open to the public. The decor of the Chandelier Room has gone mid-century modern and the Directors' Room can be rented out for private parties. Gene Simmons of rock band KISS is a marketing advisor and the new management policy seems to be "anything goes." (Photos)

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34060
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 5, 2015
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 5, 2015
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Turf Club--Turf Terrace
Harper, Joe
Nahai, David
Robbins, Molly
Roncelli, Bingo
Roncelli, Gino
Savion, Tiffany
VandeKamp, Andrea
VandeKamp, John
Villaraigosa, Antonio
Item ID
34254AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Actress and model Bo Derek has photographed jockey Chantal Sutherland nude, inside Santa Anita Park's elegant Turf Club Chandelier Room, for June's Vanity Fair magazine.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32972
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 20, 2012
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 20, 2012
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Derek, Bo
Jockeys
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Sutherland, Chantal
Item ID
33169AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Chess Club meets on Monday nights. The club is open to members of the U. S. Chess Federation and has annual dues of $10. For more information, visit arcadiachessclub.com.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32477
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 4, 2011
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 4, 2011
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia Chess Club
Item ID
32673AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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2 articles. 1. Racing returns at Santa Anita. The historic Santa Anita racetrack reopened Friday for racing amid concerns for horse safety and the future of the track and the industry. There were no deaths in eight races Friday, which had been closed for racing since March 5. 2. Back in the saddle: racing resumes without incident after 26-day closure.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35393
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 30, 2019
Pages
p. A1, B1, B10
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 30, 2019
Pages
p. A1, B1, B10
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Cohen, Jay
Horses and horse racing
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Ritvo, Tim
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Item ID
35584AN
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Santa Anita Park race track gets into the holiday spirit. The park’s inaugural Winterfest, which launched over the weekend, continues through December 23. The park has transformed into a winter wonderland, giving people the chance to ice skate beneath towering pine trees and dance in snowfall amid 70-degree temperatures. Other activities include holiday movies, a giant snow globe photo booth, a petting zoo, food, shopping, an obstacle course and other rides.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35336
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 27, 2018
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 27, 2018
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Christmas
Holidays
Winter
Item ID
35526AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park owner Frank Stronach met with about a dozen horse trainers to discuss the track's racing surface. Stronach announced that he would not replace the synthetic Pro-Ride track yet, but will stick with it until he gets the ability to run the track with less state regulations. He wants free enterprise, which he may never get. In the meantime, drainage problems and injuries persist on the synthetic track. Stronach said he'd be back in April to discuss the issue more.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31919
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 2010
Pages
p. B1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 2010
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Magna Entertainment Corporation (MEC)
Race track surfaces
Santa Anita Park - 2001 - 2010
Stronach, Frank
Synthetic tracks
Item ID
32116AN
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Newspaper Index
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California Horse Racing Board (CHRB): ban more drugs, release tests. The CHRB wants California Governor Gavin Newsom to pursue changes to state law that would allow the agency to immediately release results of a positive horse drug test and permit more stakeholders, including jockeys and track veterinarians, to access a horse's medical history. Currently, drug test results are confidential. The changes are part of an effort to curb equine deaths and improve safety at California race tracks. Nearly 40 horses have died at Santa Anita Park in the last year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35613
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A14
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A14
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Collection
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MI Developments, the new owners of Santa Anita Park, defended canceling Oak Tree Racing Association's lease for fall racing, saying the contract did not account for the true economic cost of running the race track, according to Dennis Mills, vice chairman and chief executive officer of Canada-based MI Developments. On the other hand, Oak Tree's director and executive vice president Sherwood Chillingworth said the race track was getting the better deal, as Santa Anita Park got 75% of Oak Tree's profits. Chillingworth is talking about running Oak Tree at Hollywood Park or Del Mar.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32073
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 25, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 25, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Bankruptcy
Chillingworth, Sherwood
Horse racing
MI Developments (MID)
Mills, Dennis
Oak Tree Racing Association
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010
Stronach, Frank
Item ID
32270AN
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Newspaper Index
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Magna Entertainment Corp., owner of Santa Anita Park race track, which is in bankruptcy reorganization hearings, filed a plan that would cancel its 2005 agreement with Rick Caruso to develop the 830,000 square feet Shops at Santa Anita on the race track's south parking lot. Caruso filed an objection to the move in bankruptcy court, citing "substantial economic harm" to Santa Anita Associates, LLC, the legal entity that was going to develop the project. Santa Anita LLC has so far invested over $25 million to the project's development. Caruso is committed to developing the project in Arcadia. If the contract is indeed terminated between the parties, Magna would have to start from scratch with new plans, new environmental impact reports, and new hearings to propose another development.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2010
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2010
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Caruso, Rick
Magna Entertainment Corp.
Santa Anita Associates, LLC
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010--development
Shopping malls
Shops at Santa Anita
Item ID
32175AN
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Newspaper Index
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Dick Hale, a Bradbury councilman and CEO of development firm Hale Corporation, is proposing a four-story medical office building on the southern portion of the Santa Anita Park race track parking lot. It would be a joint venture with the race track's owner, The Stronach Group. It would create probably 300 jobs. An application has not been submitted but Arcadia City Council is set to discuss the developer's concept at a 6:00 PM study session on September 25 at City Hall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33158
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 21, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 21, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Developers and developments
Hale Corporation
Stronach Group
Item ID
33355AN
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The California Horse Racing Board has approved fall racing's return to Santa Anita Park, in 2011, after a 1-year hiatus, but this time Oak Tree Racing Association will not be running the show. Oak Tree could participate, but would not operate the Directors Room or handle the money raised for the industry.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32335
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 18, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 18, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Oak Tree Racing Association
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
32533AN
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Newspaper Index
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Assembly Bill 2414 is a gambling bill that, as originally introduced, would have increased takeouts--the money race tracks make on given bets. The bill's original language would have permitted any California race track hosting the Breeders' Cup to spend the extra takeout money on promotion of the annual event. Supporters hope that portions of the bill would convince the Breeders' Cup to permanently settle in California. Late amendments inserted last week are stirring up controversy. These changes would make a form of gambling known as "exchange betting" legal in California, essentially allowing horse players to bet against one another by setting their own odds and potentially betting on horses to lose a race. MI Developments opposes the exchange betting portion of the bill.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32157
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Assembly bills
Gambling
Horses and horse racing
Item ID
32354AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park restaurants and eateries cut back by limiting service. The FrontRunner will serve fewer items during satellite wagering period and the Turf Club and Club House will be closed entirely. Photos of Jay Cohen, trumpeter, Billy Malone and kitchen staff and counter.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32625
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
FrontRunner (Front Runner)
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
32823AN
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Newspaper Index
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Thomas McKernan, Arcadia resident, recently retired as CEO of the Automobile Club of Southern California. He had worked with the Auto Club for 46 years. On May 1, he was succeeded by Robert Bouttier. McKernan has been elected to chairman of the Auto Club's board of directors. He will continue with several national responsibilities, including serving on the National AAA board of directors, chairing its planning and strategy effort. He will serve as vice chair of the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32974
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 19, 2012
Pages
p. A11
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 19, 2012
Pages
p. A11
Subjects
Automobile Club of Southern California--AAA
McKernan, Thomas
Item ID
33171AN
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Newspaper Index
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The 626 Night Market is the brainchild of 3 Taiwanese-Americans who were heavily inspired by their experiences at night markets in Taiwan. The 626 Night Market will continue at Santa Anita Park next summer.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33672
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 3, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 3, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
626 Night Market
Asian-Americans
Food festivals
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
33868AN
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Newspaper Index
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Race horse Bourbon Bay became the first horse in 17 years to sweep Santa Anita Park's trio of marathon graded turf stakes races with a half-length victory in the $150,000 Grade 2 San Juan Capistrano Handicap on closing day of the track's 75th anniversary meeting. The jockey was Rafael Bejarano, the first jockey since Laffit Pincay, Jr. in 1978-1981 to win three consecutive Santa Anita Park riding titles.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31968
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2010
Pages
p. B1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2010
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Bejarano, Rafael (jockey)
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010--San Juan Capistrano Handicap
Item ID
32165AN
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Newspaper Index
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This article reviews the Arcadia Blues Club at 16 E. Huntington Drive in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31918
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 26, 2010
Pages
p. Weekend 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 26, 2010
Pages
p. Weekend 1
Subjects
Arcadia Blues Club
Bohler, Teddy
Entertainment
Mills, Michelle
Music
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Item ID
32115AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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