Hollywood Park Casino is a

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. Originally part of the

Hollywood Park Racetrack Hollywood Park was a thoroughbred race course located in Inglewood, California, about 3 miles (5 km) from Los Angeles International Airport and adjacent to the Forum indoor arena. In 1994, the original Hollywood Park Casino was added to the ...

, the casino moved to a new building in 2016 after the closure and demolition of the racetrack in 2013.

History

In 1994, a casino called the Hollywood Park Casino, with a

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was added to the Hollywood Park Racetrack complex. The original casino owners were the Hollywood Park Operating Co., which also owned the race track. Afterward, the casino went through a series of owners including

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. The racetrack was sold and shut down in December 2013 though the casino operations continued while the current casino building opened in October 2016. The casino is part of the Hollywood Park development which also features

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, home to the

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, and will later include multiple housing, business parks, luxury hotels, a movie theatre, and an open-air shopping center. It was the first building of the complex to be constructed and opened.

Stockbridge Capital Group

The current owners are

Stockbridge Capital Group Stockbridge Capital Group is a private-equity real estate investment company based in San Francisco, led by Terry Fancher and Sol Raso. In 2020 the company had over $16 billion in assets under management. The company owns the Hollywood Park Ca ...

, a San Francisco-based land developer which purchased both the casino and racetrack in 2005 for nearly $260 million. Stockbridge, in addition to owning the casino, is also the land developer for the former racetrack site and a joint partner in the NFL stadium. It is planned that the new casino, entertainment complex, and NFL stadium will improve the finances of the casino, which had been on a downturn since the

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left The Forum in May 1999.

New Casino building

The Hollywood Park Casino contains 125 tables for both

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and California Games. It also features

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s on the walls. There are separate rooms for high-stakes players and

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tournaments. It also has a restaurant and sports bar called Century Bar & Grill. Like its predecessor, only card games are allowed in the casino.

Off-track betting

Located in the casino is the Hollywood Park OTB which continues from the former track. It features races from all over

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on big screens.

References

External links

Official siteHollywood Park OTB
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