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Hollywood Park Casino company history timeline

1994

Hubbard, who then owned 60 percent of Sunflower, convinced his board of directors to buy the company in 1994 for $20 million, with the expectation that Kansas would approve casino-style gambling.

1995

Hollywood Park and Santa Anita Companies, another race track operator, lobbied California lawmakers to change the law, and in 1995, a measure passed that allowed Hollywood Park to manage the card club.

In 1995, Everett launched a last-ditch effort to regain control of Hollywood Park.

1996

Then early in 1996, Sunflower Racing shut down the Woodlands track and filed for reorganization; Hollywood Park was forced to write off its entire $11.4 million investment.

Despite the financial problems, Hollywood Park opened its second card club, the Crystal Park Hotel and Casino in Compton, California, in the fall of 1996.

As 1996 came to a close, Hubbard also announced perhaps his biggest gamble ever.

1997

The merger, which cleared its last regulatory hurdle in mid-1997, was expected to more than double Hollywood Park revenues to an estimated $330 million.

1999

The Louisville company, which operates the track where the Kentucky Derby is held, acquired the racetrack and casino complex in 1999.

2005

Stockbridge, a San Francisco land developer, purchased the complex in 2005 for nearly $260 million.

2014

In the most recent budget report, the city estimated it would receive $3.3 million for the 2014-15 fiscal year.

2022

California’s broken recycling system is making them hard to find July 12, 2022 Business He worked from home and died suddenly.

Five days passed before his body was found July 12, 2022

Technology and the Internet Twitter sues to force Musk to complete $44-billion acquisition July 12, 2022

Real Estate Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne ask $18 million for Hancock Park estate July 12, 2022

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