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Lone Star Park

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Location
  
Grand Prairie, Texas

Opened
  
1997

Owner
  
Chickasaw Nation

Date opened
  
1997

Phone
  
+1 972-263-7223

Lone Star Park

Owned by
  
Global Gaming Solutions, LLC

Race type
  
Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse

Address
  
1000 Lone Star Pkwy, Grand Prairie, TX 75050, USA

Similar
  
Remington Park Racing C, Sam Houston Race Park, Verizon Theatre at Grand Pr, Louisiana Downs, Joe Pool Lake

Profiles

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Lone Star Park is a horse racing track and entertainment destination located 1/2 mile North of Interstate 30 on Belt Line Road in Grand Prairie, Texas. Lone Star Park has two live racing seasons every year, The Spring Thoroughbred Season generally runs from early April through mid-July and the Fall Meeting of Champions generally runs from early September through mid-November.

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History

In 1992 Grand Prairie voters approved a half-cent sales tax to assist in financial bonds to build a racetrack. Shortly thereafter, the city created a sports authority (the Grand Prairie Sports Facilities Development Corp.), which would own the track and lease it to a track operator

Physical attributes

Lone Star Park covers 315 acres (1.27 km2), and includes Bar & Book for simulcasting of racing worldwide. The track has a one-mile (1.6 km) dirt oval and a seven-furlong turf track, and has accommodations for 1,600 horses across 32 barns. The climate-controlled grandstand has a seating capacity of roughly 8,000 people.

Personalities

  • Dave Appleton, Paddock Host (1997–present)
  • Rick Lee, Track Handicapper (1997–present)
  • Jon Lies, Track Announcer (2005–2016)
  • Jim Byers, Track Announcer (2016–present)
  • Andrew Gushkin, Track Bugler
  • References

    Lone Star Park Wikipedia