Fairmount Park Racetrack
Location | Collinsville, Illinois |
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Coordinates | 38°39′47″N 90°2′8″W / 38.66306°N 90.03556°W |
Date opened | 1925 |
Race type | Thoroughbred (current), harness (through 1999) |
Notable races | St. Louis Derby |
Official website |
Fanduel Sportsbook and Horse Racing, formerly Fairmount Park Racetrack is a
The track opened in 1925. The racing surface is a one-mile (1.6 km) dirt oval, with straight chutes for six furlong and 1¼ mile races.
Fairmount Park offers simulcast wagering from tracks throughout the country. It also operates four off-track betting facilities in Alton, Carbondale, Springfield and Sauget, Illinois; a fifth OTB facility in Grayville, Illinois closed in early 2007.
As recently as 1997, Fairmount Park offered as many as 232 live racing days per year. But in recent years, the track has suffered greatly with the advent of riverboat casinos in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Racing dates have declined to 90 per year, on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
In 2007, track management announced a plan to build a 20,000-seat
Since at least 2020, Fairmount Park Racetrack has been known as FanDuel Sportsbook and Racing.
References
- ^ a b Buss, Will (2007-09-21). "Racing board grants Fairmount Park request; schedule might not be cut". Belleville News-Democrat.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Owner Of Waterford Selling Out
- ^ New Owner For Fairmount Park
- ^ "Fairmount Pushes for Slots". OddsOnRacing.com. 2007-05-07.
- ^ Roberts, Ken (2007-09-18). "Fairmount Park considers a shorter season". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Archived from the original on 2013-02-03.
- ^ Buss, Will (2007-09-18). "Fairmount Park pushes for season that lasts 90 days". Belleville News-Democrat.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Graber, Shane (2007-09-24). "Fairmount Park: 'Everybody's worried'". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.[permanent dead link]