Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots & OTB & Casino News - Page 3

Churchill Downs Incorporated has named Randall Soth president and general manager of Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court has approved Churchill Downs Incorporated's $47 million acquisition of the Fair Grounds Race Course.

News Brief: Churchill Downs Inc. has pressed for a scheduled auction of the embattled Fair Grounds track in bankruptcy court.

News Brief: Financially troubled Fair Grounds has submitted a Chapter 11 reorganization plan that calls for the facility to be auctioned through United States bankruptcy court.

News Brief: Discussions between Fair Grounds and Churchill Downs Inc. for the Louisville company to acquire the New Orleans track have stalled.

News Brief: The deadline for Fair Grounds to file a reorganization plan in bankruptcy court was moved from March 29 to April 15. The track has also filed a lawsuit against the state of Louisiana.

News Brief: Churchill Downs Inc. has offered $28.5 million to buy the Fair Grounds racetrack in New Orleans.

News Brief: Louisiana’s Fair Grounds, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last August, may become the latest racetrack to join ranks with Churchill Downs Inc.

News Brief: The Fair Grounds' racing meet begins on Thanksgiving while the track’s officials are dealing with court ruling that forced the track into bankruptcy reorganization, a year-long project of adding slot machines and stiff competition from other tracks.