Hollywood Park Casino Inglewood California

The board approved an “extensive war relief program” for both 19 and Hollywood Park raised more than $1 million for charities and schools. In 1944, the California Horse Racing Board permitted Hollywood Park to hold a new charitable season. Hollywood Park closed from 1942 to 1944 due to World War II, where it was used as a storage facility for North American Aviation. In addition to being shareholders film directors Raoul Walsh and Mervyn LeRoy were also founding members of the track's Board of Directors with Jack and Harry Warner and Al Jolson. executive Harry, Hollywood studio executives Walt Disney, Samuel Goldwyn, Darryl Zanuck, actors Al Jolson, Bing Crosby, Joan Blondell, George Jessel, Ronald Colman and Ralph Bellamy. Prominent shareholders included Jack Warner's brother and fellow Warner Bros. The track was opened on Jby the Hollywood Turf Club the racetrack was designed by noted racetrack architect Arthur Froehlich. History Founding and early years Hollywood Turf Club, circa 1940s The most prominent parts of the development are SoFi Stadium, home of the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL), YouTube Theater, a 6,000-seat performance arts venue, Hollywood Park Casino, and the NFL Los Angeles building, which is home to the NFL Network, NFL RedZone, NFL.com, and the NFL app.

The track was demolished in stages from 2014 until 2016 and the area is now the site of a master-planned neighborhood in development named Hollywood Park after the former track. Horse racing and training were shut down in December 2013 though the casino operations continued until a new state of the art casino building, the new Hollywood Park Casino, opened in October 2016. In 1994, the original Hollywood Park Casino was added to the racetrack complex. Hollywood Park was a thoroughbred race course located in Inglewood, California, about 3 miles (5 km) from Los Angeles International Airport and adjacent to the Forum indoor arena. Hirsch Memorial Turf Championship Stakes (G1)

Hollywood Park Casino Inglewood California