| Hollywood Park Casino | |
|---|---|
| Address | 3883 W. Century Boulevard Inglewood, CA 90303 |
| Opening date | 1994 (original casino) October 21, 2016 (current casino) |
| Casino type | Land |
| Owner | Stockbridge Capital Group |
| Renovated in | 2015 |
| Coordinates | 33°56′47.1″N118°20′19.0″W / 33.946417°N 118.338611°WCoordinates: 33°56′47.1″N118°20′19.0″W / 33.946417°N 118.338611°W |
| Website | http://www.playhpc.com/ |
Stockbridge subsidiary Hollywood Park Land Company has been building a new mixed-use development on the grounds of the shuttered Hollywood Park horse track since June 2014. That property is being built as a 365-day destination retail and entertainment complex, complete with residential, office, and the Hollywood Park Casino, already in operation.
Hollywood Park Casino is a casino and sports bar in Inglewood, California. Originally part of the Hollywood Park Racetrack, the casino moved to a new building in 2016 after the closure and demolition of the racetrack in 2013.
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History[edit]
The original casino owners were the Hollywood Park Operating Co., which also owned the race track. Afterwards the casino went through a series of owners including Churchill Downs. In 1994, a casino called the Hollywood Park Casino, with a pokercard room, was added to the Hollywood Park Racetrack complex.[1] The racetrack was sold and shut down in December 2013 though the casino operations continued while the current casino building opened in October 2016.[1][2] The casino is part of the Hollywood park site which is currently undergoing major redevelopment that will include multiple housing, business parks, luxury hotels, a movie theatre, an open-air shopping center and the new SoFi Stadium, which will be home to the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League. It is the first building of the complex that has been constructed and opened.
Stockbridge Capital Group[edit]
The current owners are Stockbridge Capital Group, a San Francisco-based land developer which purchased the casino and then the 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 under construction NFL stadium. It is planned that the new casino, entertainment complex and the upcoming NFL stadium will improve the finances of the casino, which had been on a downturn since the Los Angeles Kings and Los Angeles Lakers left The Forum in May 1999.
New Casino Building[edit]
The Hollywood Park Casino contains 125 tables for both Poker and California Games including chandelier lighting and big-screen HD televisions on the walls. There was even a new sports bar called Century Bar & Grill. There are separate rooms for high-stakes players and celebrity poker tournaments. It also features high scale sit-down restaurant and sports bar. Like its predecessor, only card games are allowed in the casino.[3]
Off-Track Betting[edit]
Located in the casino is the Hollywood Park OTB which continues from the former track. It features races from all over North America and Australia on big screens.
References[edit]
- ^ abFast, Erik (October 21, 2016). 'Hollywood Park Casino's Grand Opening Oct. 21'. Card Player (October 21, 2016). Retrieved December 28, 2019.
- ^Mazza, Sandy (August 9, 2016). 'Take a peek inside the new Hollywood Park Casino in Inglewood before it opens'. Daily Breeze. Digital First Media. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
- ^Martin, Hugo (July 7, 2016). 'Hollywood Park Casino in Inglewood aims to turn around its fortunes with new digs'. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
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Hollywood Park is just not in a geographic area to compete with Hustler, Commerece. While it is close to the upper income West Side of Los Angeles Commerce still is the big gun in town and Commerce remains the biggest poker casino in the world.
I thought that Bicycle Club was much more impressive than Hustler, but I see you didn't even mention them above - has the quality of that property been reduced?
Hustler is probably the most elegant casino in So Cal, but I stopped going there when their nightly tournaments went south. I used to play in their Wednesday and Thursday night tournaments. Well run, also great food. But a bit 'out of the way' for those of us on the west side.
I don't like Commerce because its dirty. Honest to God, the restrooms are a mess. I refuse to eat there. The valets are always trying to hustle you for a car wash.
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Funny... when I was in college in the early 1970s the #1 sport for the number of spectators was horse racing! Now. its NASCAR which is even greater than Baseball, Football, Basketball.
