A five-month, $3 million renovation of Lone Star's race book, formerly the Post Time Pavilion and now called Bar & Book, was completed in December. When the keys were handed over last May, it wasn't long before Global Gaming dollars went to work. Its price tag for Lone Star Park: $47.85 million. GGS, with gaming revenue and tribal assets exceeding $1 billion, was established to leverage the Chickasaw Nation's regional entertainment, gaming and operating expertise into the commercial markets in the United States and internationally. Reed Palmer Photographyīerry, who is in the chase for leading rider at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., said he hopes new ownership can reverse the decline in purses and quality of horses he has witnessed at Lone Star. They've made a big difference there and hopefully it will be the same at Lone Star." Four-time Lone Star Park riding title winner Cliff Berry (right) is hopeful new owner Global Gaming Solutions will improve racing at the Grand Prairie track.
"It's the same group that has done so much at Remington Park, where I ride in Oklahoma in the fall. "As far as the new ownership, our hopes are high," said jockey Cliff Berry, who won his fourth Lone Star riding title last year and will return this spring to defend. What it means for North Texas horse racing fans is Lone Star Park, which turns 16 this year and has been on a downward financial spiral since hosting the 2004 Breeders' Cup, finally is in the hands of a company with deep pockets and a willingness to free up funds for improvements.
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The 53-date, 13-week spring meeting that commences Thursday will be the track's first opening day for thoroughbreds since Global Gaming Solutions LLC took ownership of the license to operate Lone Star Park. GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - The feel of a fresh start that comes with every Lone Star Park spring meet is enhanced this year.
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