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Maumee Downs
Maumee Downs was a horse racing track located in Maumee, Ohio, near the Ohio Turnpike. Opened in 1902 as Lucas County Fairgrounds, then later renamed Fort Miami Fairgrounds, the facility gained national notoriety in 1929 when it became the first track in the country to install a lighting system and hold night sessions of harness racing. The track was renamed Maumee Downs after a major renovation in 1958. However, competition from nearby tracks quickly led to its demise. Maumee held their final race in 1961 after the Ohio Racing Commission awarded their dates to other tracks, effectively prohibiting racing at Maumee.Racing Dates Bid Dropped, Steubenville Herald Star, August 31, 1961 The site is now the location of the Lucas County Recreation Center. References Defunct horse racing venues in the United States {{Ohio-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horse Racing
Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic premise – to identify which of two or more horses is the fastest over a set course or distance – has been mostly unchanged since at least classical antiquity. Horse races vary widely in format, and many countries have developed their own particular traditions around the sport. Variations include restricting races to particular breeds, running over obstacles, running over different distances, running on different track surfaces, and running in different gaits. In some races, horses are assigned different weights to carry to reflect differences in ability, a process known as handicapping. While horses are sometimes raced purely for sport, a major part of horse racing's interest and economic importance is in the gambling associated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maumee, Ohio
Maumee ( ) is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. Located along the Maumee River, it is about 10 miles southwest of Toledo. The population was 14,286 at the 2010 census. Maumee was declared an All-America City by the National Civic League in June 2006. Geography Maumee is located at (41.570545, -83.652503). It is about 11 miles upriver of Toledo, which is at the mouth of the Maumee River on Maumee Bay. This is a roughly triangle-shaped city. Its borders are formed by Interstate 80/ 90 to the north, to the west by Interstate 475/U.S. Route 23, and to the southeast by the Maumee River. It is just downriver from Waterville. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. History In pre-colonial times, Native Americans (notably the Ottawa) began using the rich resources at the present site of Maumee, Ohio, in the Maumee River valley. Throughout much of the eighteenth century, French, British and America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohio Turnpike
The Ohio Turnpike, officially the James W. Shocknessy Ohio Turnpike, is a limited-access toll highway in the U.S. state of Ohio, serving as a primary corridor between Chicago and Pittsburgh. The road runs east–west in the northern section of the state, with the western end at the Indiana–Ohio border near Edon where it meets the Indiana Toll Road, and the eastern end at the Ohio–Pennsylvania border near Petersburg, where it meets the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The road is owned and maintained by the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission (OTIC), headquartered in Berea. Built from 1949 to 1955, construction for the roadway was completed a year prior to the Interstate Highway System. The modern Ohio Turnpike is signed as three Interstate numbers: I-76, I-80, and I-90. Route description The entire length of the Ohio Turnpike is , from the western terminus in Northwest Township near Edon, where it meets the Indiana Toll Road at the Ohio–Indiana border, to the easte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas County Recreation Center
The Lucas County Recreation Center is a sports and entertainment complex located in Maumee, Ohio on the site of former horse race track Maumee Downs. LineDrive Sportz & Great Sports leases the property from Lucas County. It is the site of the annual Lucas County, Ohio, Lucas County fair, and currently consists of the following facilities: *Two recreation halls with a total of of exhibit space, used for trade shows, Convention (meeting), conventions, sporting events, banquets and other events and connected by a clubhouse. *Ned Skeldon Stadium *Other athletic facilities including a American handball, handball complex, an eight-lane track, two soccer fields, two football fields, six tennis courts, seven baseball diamonds (including one regulation pee wee) with lights and a picnic area. File:2901 Key Street, exterior views, 2019 - DPLA - b60e35b8c59af04272447e61c994726e (page 4).jpg, alt=Lucas County Recreation Center in 2019, Lucas County Recreation Center in 2019 File:2901 Key St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
