Facility Notes

ISC has launched racetickets.com, which becomes the official ticket and travel provider for tickets and travel packages to ISC race tracks. ISC CIO Craig Neeb said in a statement, “Fans will not have to worry about brokerage fees, surcharges or counterfeit tickets sometimes associated with third-party ticket brokers” (Daytona Beach NEWS-JOURNAL, 10/13).

Keeneland Replacing Dirt With Synthetic Surface

DIRTY DEED: In Louisville, Marcus Green reports the Keeneland BOD voted to “continue planning installation of the mostly synthetic Polytrack surface, a move that essentially clears the way for construction to begin after next year’s spring meet.” Keeneland would become the second thoroughbred track in North America to put down Polytrack, joining Turfway Park, of which Keeneland owns 50% (Louisville COURIER-JOURNAL, 10/13).

TEXAS TWO STEP: The Univ. of Texas has sold the naming rights for its baseball stadium to the University Federal Credit Union for $13.1M, which will “help finance major renovations to the 30-year-old ballpark.” The stadium will change its name to UFCU Disch-Falk Field on August 1 (SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS, 10/13)....In Ft. Worth, Andrea Ahles cites city of Arlington Finance Department documents saying that the city “completed the sale of $297.9[M] of bonds in September to fund its portion” of the new Cowboys stadium (FT. WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM, 10/13).