Originally Posted by Jonr:
I hate to say it, but that is the best news I have ever heard. Building a race track next to a prison would be a great idea. The prison would like it, because it would draw attention away from it. The land owner would like it, because the demand for his property is way low. The new track would like it, because no one else would want to develop in this area.
How much of the Manzy facility is moveable? Some things would be easy. Such as the lighting. However, what about the stands?
Jonr, I must say the best news I could hear is this whole thread is a bad April Fool's Day joke started a few weeks early. Or a bad dream, more like a nightmare that we can now wake up from and racing continues on at 35th & Broadway for another 58 plus years.
Back to what seems to be the reality card we have been dealt by Mr. Mel Martin; I am no expert but I would think a good share of Manzy is moveable. I believe when a number of tracks were sold back east that the grandstands were sold off and moved. So yes, even grandstands are moveable. The history that has made Manzy the race track that it is today, that took 58 years to build and I believe that is not moveable. They can open a new track at Firebird, build a new track in Buckeye or reopen Casa Grande an call it Manzy, no matter what option they choose the allure of Manzy will be gone.
You made some good points about moving Manzy next to a Prison. Guess we will just have to wait and see how this all plays out.
Patti