Cross Country CD Chosen for LA Olympics

[StormyDay]

@Jealoushe

19 acres is just not enough to put up a XC course. Where is the “country” part?

XC now stands for cross concrete.

[Texarkana]

I wonder if they will jackhammer the asphalt and make galloping lanes.

Jump a few fences in the arenas, maybe run through a fountain in the infield, cross the track, jump a few fences in the parking lot, jump a few fences around both parts of the turf courses, maybe even use that wooded area immediately to the left of the downhill turf courses, head back into the infield for the finish.

It will be like Devon when the course winds between the two rings, except it will be a bunch of rings and a parking lot with a section of steeplechase.

I’m still more pissed about the fact that I feel more certain by the day that this is the end for Santa Anita.

[clanter]

well is where Hollywood is so I suspect the XC course will be Holographic using light fields to create a three-dimensional image visual effect that mimics a true XC course

[Jealoushe]

[OverandOnward]

Yeah I was wondering, maybe the surface of that parking lot should come up and be re-done anyway?

Now they can rip it up, make a XC course out of it, then after the Olympics they can dismantle the course and re-pave the lot.

All for one of those profitable Olympic construction contracts that are the real reason the Olympics continues.

Pure speculation here, zero knowledge of the IRL considerations.

[Blugal]

It’s maddening. The Olympics said they were going to work on having fewer one-time use facilities and focus on existing facilities with a legacy impact. We can all see that won’t be the case here.

[Willesdon]

Im sure the IOC would say they are using existing facilities.

[betonbill]

Doesn’t racing at Santa Anita run into the Spring. Del Mar is historically run during the summer months, so the race horses will be down south at Olympics time. With only two major tracks in California, how and when would anybody have time to be making major changes to the surface–and I imagine that racing contributes more to the state’s economy than a one-time Olympic event.

Also, remember the changes to the surface for show jumping–and the horrible consequences–during the Olympics in Athens? Does anybody really want to chance that again?

[Texarkana]

@Blugal

It’s maddening. The Olympics said they were going to work on having fewer one-time use facilities and focus on existing facilities with a legacy impact. We can all see that won’t be the case here.

We will if the Stronach’s use this as their excuse to end racing at Santa Anita.

They haven’t put in to host any of the upcoming Breeders’ Cups and it’s historically in heavy rotation for hosting.

[poltroon]

@Texarkana

We will if the Stronach’s use this as their excuse to end racing at Santa Anita.

It’s too valuable a property to be used just for horse shows. If they end racing there it will end up redeveloped for commercial/residential.