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City Council delayed action on racetrack tax. Tucker Bill provides that a city with race track be given .33 of 1% of the parimutual wagers instead of charging admission tax.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 18, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 18, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990

Item ID: 2420AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Council revises tax for admissions over race track protests. The revisions recommended apply to the existing admissions tax (a tax on other events, entertainment, amusement or competition other than horse racing held on premises with a capacity of 1,000 or more.)

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 12, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 12, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990

Item ID: 2424AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Air conditioning is being installed at the track as part of $3.4 million in improvements being made this summer in preparation for the first season of inter-track wagering offered at Santa Anita Park this year from July 27 to September 14.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 13, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 13, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990

Item ID: 2433AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Santa Anita Park set a record for total attendance (2,690,834) and had it highest daily average attendance (31,289) since 1948, as the 1981-82 meeting closed April 21. Facts and figures about the racing season are presented.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 25, 1982

Pages: p. B-4

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 25, 1982

Pages: p. B-4

Subjects: Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990

Item ID: 2415AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Santa Anita Park prepares for equestrian events for 1984 Olympics.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 24, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 24, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Olympic Games, 1984

Item ID: 2034AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Santa Anita Park completed its most successful season ever with $445 million wagered. Total attendance was also an all-time high. The admission tax netted the city $1.1 million. The Park's other contributions to the city are discussed.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 21, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 21, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990

Item ID: 2411AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour peeled away the west wall of the grandstand at Santa Anita Park.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 21, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 21, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990

Item ID: 2432AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Police Captain Neal Johnson assures members of the Arcadia Business Association at their April dinner meeting that there should be no more traffic problems with the Olympic equestrian events at Santa Anita Park race track than on ordinary racing days.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 3, 1984

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 3, 1984

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Olympic Games, 1984

Item ID: 2039AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Santa Anita Park enjoyed its most successful opening day ever. Attendance, including the satellites, was 75,071 and $10,795,574 was wagered. In Arcadia, 65,164 passed through the turnstiles, betting $9,275,840.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 28, 1988

Pages: p. D-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 28, 1988

Pages: p. D-1

Subjects: Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990

Item ID: 2436AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Increases in total attendance and total parimutuel handle, compared to last season, and a decline in daily average were in evidence in figures released after the November 16 close of the Oak Tree meeting at Santa Anita Park.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 22, 1987

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 22, 1987

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990

Item ID: 2439AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A $3 million building project to increase stable capacity by 150 stalls is underway at Santa Anita Park. Completion, which is planned before the start of the Oak Tree meeting, will bring the total number of stalls to 2,100. The project is discussed in detail.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 25, 1982

Pages: p. B-4

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 25, 1982

Pages: p. B-4

Subjects: Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990

Item ID: 2416AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee executive officially OK'd a contract Thursday to cover the cost of Arcadia city services during the summer Olympic equestrian events, a city official said.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 18, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 18, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Olympic Games, 1984

Item ID: 2036AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Soviet Olympic boycott brings mixed reactions from local games officials. Many Olympic events are scheduled for Santa Anita Park. See hard copy of newspaper in Box 51.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 10, 1984

Pages: p. 2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 10, 1984

Pages: p. 2

Subjects: Olympic Games; Penharlow, Gordon

Item ID: 34155AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadians entertain Australians and dignitaries attend track opening.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 1, 1984

Pages: p. A-5 photos

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 1, 1984

Pages: p. A-5 photos

Subjects: Sister City - Newcastle, Australia

Item ID: 3232AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Methodist is Olympic hospital. Will handle soccer and equestrian events.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 8, 1984

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 8, 1984

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Hospitals - Arcadia Methodist Hospital

Item ID: 1791AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City approves a contract with LAOOC to cover up to $200,000 in city services this summer during the Olympic equestrian events at Santa Anita Park.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 25, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 25, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Olympic Games, 1984

Item ID: 2038AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Christine Fulton, who recalls 30 years with Santa Anita Park race track, retired at the end of the Oak Tree meet last fall.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 13, 1983

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 13, 1983

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Santa Anita Park - People

Item ID: 2421AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Methodist named an official hospital of the 1984 Olympics.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 14, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 14, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Hospitals - Arcadia Methodist Hospital

Item ID: 1789AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

If Santa Anita Park race track and other tracks cannot successfully compete with the just instituted state lottery that results from the passage of Proposition 37, the horse racing industry may go to Sacramento to seek tax relief, according to Robert Strub, president of the Los Angeles Turf Club.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 11, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 11, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Santa Anita Park - Los Angeles Turf Club

Item ID: 2426AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The city unveiled a bronze plaque of a horse and rider, commemorating Arcadia's participation in the 1984 Olympics equestrian events. The plaque and a bas relief sculpture of a horse and rider jumping over a hurdle will be placed at the entryway of the Arcadia City Council Chambers.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 2, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 2, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Olympic Games, 1984

Item ID: 2044AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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City Council delayed action on racetrack tax. Tucker Bill provides that a city with race track be given .33 of 1% of the parimutual wagers instead of charging admission tax.

Council revises tax for admissions over race track protests. The revisions recommended apply to the existing admissions tax (a tax on other events, entertainment, amusement or competition other than horse racing held on premises with a capacity of 1,000 or more.)

Air conditioning is being installed at the track as part of $3.4 million in improvements being made this summer in preparation for the first season of inter-track wagering offered at Santa Anita Park this year from July 27 to September 14.

Santa Anita Park set a record for total attendance (2,690,834) and had it highest daily average attendance (31,289) since 1948, as the 1981-82 meeting closed April 21. Facts and figures about the racing season are presented.

Santa Anita Park prepares for equestrian events for 1984 Olympics.

Santa Anita Park completed its most successful season ever with $445 million wagered. Total attendance was also an all-time high. The admission tax netted the city $1.1 million. The Park's other contributions to the city are discussed.

Wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour peeled away the west wall of the grandstand at Santa Anita Park.

Police Captain Neal Johnson assures members of the Arcadia Business Association at their April dinner meeting that there should be no more traffic problems with the Olympic equestrian events at Santa Anita Park race track than on ordinary racing days.

Santa Anita Park enjoyed its most successful opening day ever. Attendance, including the satellites, was 75,071 and $10,795,574 was wagered. In Arcadia, 65,164 passed through the turnstiles, betting $9,275,840.

Increases in total attendance and total parimutuel handle, compared to last season, and a decline in daily average were in evidence in figures released after the November 16 close of the Oak Tree meeting at Santa Anita Park.

A $3 million building project to increase stable capacity by 150 stalls is underway at Santa Anita Park. Completion, which is planned before the start of the Oak Tree meeting, will bring the total number of stalls to 2,100. The project is discussed in detail.

A Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee executive officially OK'd a contract Thursday to cover the cost of Arcadia city services during the summer Olympic equestrian events, a city official said.

Soviet Olympic boycott brings mixed reactions from local games officials. Many Olympic events are scheduled for Santa Anita Park. See hard copy of newspaper in Box 51.

Arcadians entertain Australians and dignitaries attend track opening.

Arcadia Methodist is Olympic hospital. Will handle soccer and equestrian events.

City approves a contract with LAOOC to cover up to $200,000 in city services this summer during the Olympic equestrian events at Santa Anita Park.

Christine Fulton, who recalls 30 years with Santa Anita Park race track, retired at the end of the Oak Tree meet last fall.

Methodist named an official hospital of the 1984 Olympics.

If Santa Anita Park race track and other tracks cannot successfully compete with the just instituted state lottery that results from the passage of Proposition 37, the horse racing industry may go to Sacramento to seek tax relief, according to Robert Strub, president of the Los Angeles Turf Club.

The city unveiled a bronze plaque of a horse and rider, commemorating Arcadia's participation in the 1984 Olympics equestrian events. The plaque and a bas relief sculpture of a horse and rider jumping over a hurdle will be placed at the entryway of the Arcadia City Council Chambers.