Its time to move the Preakness. Hope it stays in Maryland but Baltimore and Pimlico cant make it work. Times have changed.

So sad. Pimlico’s day has come. It would take too much money to bring it up to code and current standards. The roads and transit options are not capable of handling the traffic. It negatively impacts the neighborhood during peak days. Pimlico’s is landlocked. Yes Sinai and Lifebridge Health are investing. Stronach had considered donating the property to the City to help Sinai expand (not sure of this status). Then, and the Mayor is being coy about this, the City is planning to displace current residents to creste an entertainment zone (if they succeed in keeping the Preakness and Pinlico). Now my Egalitarian Gene is steaming here. The City wants to create a privileged playground from the ashes of an at risk community. So wrong on so many levels. Now Stronach wants Pimlico in Maryland but in Laurel. There is land to expand without displacement. There are highways and easy ingress and egress. There is mass transit. They want to expand and make Laurel a super track. Build hotels, offices, retail, alternative entertainment (beside racing). A goal is to host the breeders cup here - In Maryland. So Marylanders Laurel is good for everyone, not just a small interest group. Plus the almost $400M the City wants to invest (not including roads parking and the entertainment zone), wouldn’t that be better invested in schools and helping the residents of Park Heights and other communities in need better.

Baltimore can’t run a city?