Santa Anita is off to the races in trying to draw new customers
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-santa-anita-20121223,0,2057893.story
The numbers dwindle each year for Santa Anita Park. So how can the horse racing track draw more new customers?
As Santa Anita opens its winter-spring meeting Wednesday, it remains a breathtaking venue in Arcadia set against the San Gabriel Mountains.
But attendance and on-track wagering at Santa Anita have declined for more than 20 years, as they have at many tracks.
The main reasons: competition since the mid-1980s from state lotteries, Indian casinos and off-track betting, that is, people at other facilities and online making “simulcast” or “satellite” bets on Santa Anita’s races. The weak economy also worsened matters.
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