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Belmont Stakes Moving Upstate In 2024 During Construction Of 'Reimagined' Belmont Park Belmont Stakes Moving Upstate In 2024 During Construction Of 'Reimagined' Belmont Park
Belmont Stakes Moving Upstate In 2024 During Construction Of 'Reimagined' Belmont Park The Belmont Stakes will have a temporary new home in 2024. For the first time in 118 years, the third and final leg of the Triple Crown will be held at the Saratoga Race Course during construction of a new, “reimagined” Belmont Park on Long Island, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced. “As part of the exciting modernization of Belmont Park, Saratoga now adds to its storied history by hosting the 3rd leg of the Triple Crown,” said. “It’s a win for horseracing and for the Capital Region to have the excitement and the ability to host the four-day Festival in June at America’s most historic track. As I…

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by Michael Mashburn
News
COVID-19: New Mobile Pop-Up Vaccination Site To Coincide With Belmont Stakes COVID-19: New Mobile Pop-Up Vaccination Site To Coincide With Belmont Stakes
Covid-19: New Mobile Pop-Up Vaccination Site To Coincide With Belmont Stakes New York is incentivizing Long Islanders to go out and get the COVID-19 vaccine with tickets to next year’s Belmont Stakes. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that there will be a new mobile pop-up vaccination site at Belmont Park to coincide with the 2021 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, which culminates with the 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 5. The site will operate from noon to 6 p.m. on Friday, June 4, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, offering the one-dose Johnson & Johnson shot on location. Anyone who receives a vaccination at the pop-up site will receiv…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: Belmont Park, Other Race Tracks To Have Fans In Stands This Year, Cuomo Says COVID-19: Belmont Park, Other Race Tracks To Have Fans In Stands This Year, Cuomo Says
Covid-19: Belmont Park, Other Race Tracks To Have Fans In Stands This Year, Cuomo Says A limited number of fans are expected to be welcomed into Belmont Park this season as New York continues combating the spread of COVID-19 across the state. Following a COVID-19 briefing at Belmont Park in Elmont on Wednesday, April 14, Cuomo reportedly said that with the racing season beginning next week, it is expected that capacity at tracks is expected to be open to 20 percent capacity outdoors and 10 percent indoors. The limit would cap fans at approximately 7,000 at Belmont Park, which is approximately its average gate for regular events outside the Belmont Stakes, beginning on Friday,…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
Play Ball? Legal Sports Betting In New York Could Be Approved As Soon As Next Week Play Ball? Legal Sports Betting In New York Could Be Approved As Soon As Next Week
Play Ball? Legal Sports Betting In New York Could Be Approved As Soon As Next Week Odds are improving for legalized sports betting at Empire City in Yonkers, Resorts World Catskills in Monticello as well as Yankee Stadium, Madison Square Garden and the Barclays Center. On Monday, June 10, the state Gaming Commission has scheduled a 1 p.m. vote in New York City on proposed rules governing the operation and licensing of limited sports betting statewide.  And everyone seems to want a piece of the action. In amendments filed this week, state Senator Joseph Addabbo, D-Queens, revised his mobile sports betting bill to include in-person wagering at professional sp…

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by Jon Craig