ELLIS PARK TO OPEN MEET WITH NEW OWNER IN WINGS ELLIS SALE DRAWS CHEERS Final Edition

With the approval of the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority, both Churchill and [James C. Ellis] will offer live racing around the major summer holiday. Churchill then will close, turning over live racing to Ellis Park through Labor Day. In January, after a November tornado damaged a huge portion of th...

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Published inEvansville courier & press
Main Author TIM ETHRIDGE and CLIFF GUILLIAMS, Courier & Press staff writers 464- 7416 or ethridge@evansville.net equic1@aol.com
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Evansville, Ind Gannett Media Corp 18.07.2006
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Summary:With the approval of the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority, both Churchill and [James C. Ellis] will offer live racing around the major summer holiday. Churchill then will close, turning over live racing to Ellis Park through Labor Day. In January, after a November tornado damaged a huge portion of the track, Churchill named Brian Elmore as Ellis' general manager and vice president. Elmore, who has directed the rebuilding project along with operations director Bob Jackson, will remain general manager under [Ron Geary]. JASON CLARK / Courier & Press Horsemen at Ellis Park were preparing recently for the opening of this season's meet Wednesday. VINCENT PUGLIESE / Courier & Press Ron Geary will buy Ellis Park from Churchill Downs.
ISSN:1559-1581