ZachTheZip Posted March 27, 2012 Report Posted March 27, 2012 http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_new...a-remains-quiet Not sure where we'd put it. Quote
Z.I.P. Posted March 27, 2012 Report Posted March 27, 2012 http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_new...a-remains-quiet Not sure where we'd put it. I doubt if it could also hold an acceptable basketball arena. The fans in the front rows would be inundated by the smell of horse @*%#, and the view lines would not be favorable. Maybe something could be worked out with Can't State. Quote
g-mann17 Posted March 27, 2012 Report Posted March 27, 2012 http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_new...a-remains-quiet Not sure where we'd put it. Well there is a whole lot of unused area at Rolling Acres. Besides that it says Akron "area" so Barberton, Green, Stow, and Tallmadge are all possiblilities. Quote
akronad Posted March 27, 2012 Report Posted March 27, 2012 Need roughly 120 acres. More than likely, more than that. I see RA as a possibillity in Akron. Otherwise, it will be in one of the burbs. Quote
Kangaroo Craig Posted March 27, 2012 Report Posted March 27, 2012 Put it in Cuyahoga Falls where the old Ascot Park horse racing facility used to be (State and Bath Roads). Quote
g-mann17 Posted March 27, 2012 Report Posted March 27, 2012 Put it in Cuyahoga Falls where the old Ascot Park horse racing facility used to be (State and Bath Roads). Ascot Park is now a business park, not sure if the little bit of land left is enough to hold Thistledown. I assume that Thistledown would keep their full mile track. Quote
skip-zip Posted March 28, 2012 Report Posted March 28, 2012 Thistledown currently sits next to a once-great mall that was ruined. Wouldn't it be ironic if they tried to move it to the site of another mall that is ruined? If you need over 100 acres, Rolling Acres couldn't ever work. It's only about 40 acres, I believe. Quote
Hilltopper Posted March 28, 2012 Report Posted March 28, 2012 Rumored locations are Green and Mogadore. Quote
lance99 Posted March 28, 2012 Report Posted March 28, 2012 How about behind the old Firestone complex? Other than the canal, I don't think there is nothing back there. Quote
Blue & Gold Posted March 28, 2012 Report Posted March 28, 2012 How about behind the old Firestone complex? Other than the canal, I don't think there is nothing back there. Double negative. Quote
g-mann17 Posted March 28, 2012 Report Posted March 28, 2012 Double negative. So there is something back there? Don't let doomsday people know, they will be lining up to make a tent city back there. Quote
Hilltopper Posted March 29, 2012 Report Posted March 29, 2012 How about behind the old Firestone complex? Other than the canal, I don't think there is nothing back there. The city just applied to the EPA to have that area designated as a Brownfield Development Area. There is quite a bit of ground contamination there, so what ever is built there is really limited. Quote
Dave in Green Posted March 31, 2012 Report Posted March 31, 2012 Lots of details on a potential Thistledown move to Akron-Canton Airport property in Green: Airport would defer racino decision to Green Quote
Spin Posted March 31, 2012 Report Posted March 31, 2012 Double negative. A concrete company took over the old train yard. Quote
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