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Could the Breeders' Cup ever come to Baltimore?
The Breeders' Cup, created as a roving championship of thoroughbred racing, shunned Louisville's Churchill Downs this week and announced it would return to Santa Anita Park in 2014 for a third consecutive year. Santa Anita, of course, is owned by the...
Tags: Preakness Stakes, Breeders' Cup, The Jockey Club Incorporated, Gulfstream Park, Auto Racing
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Fox 45 to produce Grand Prix of Baltimore special
Baltimore's WBFF-TV Fox 45 will produce a 30-minute special to air the Thursday before this year's third edition of the Grand Prix of Baltimore. According to a news release from race organizers, the show will offer live interviews and behind-the-...
Tags: Auto Racing, Open-Wheel Racing, Television, Indianapolis 500, Television Industry
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Grand Prix of Baltimore organizers bullish on race's future
As summer began last year, with the Grand Prix of Baltimore about three months away, organizers had sold no tickets. They had landed no sponsorships. And they hadn't put out a single advertisement. Financier J.P. Grant and his group, Race On LLC,...
Tags: Open-Wheel Racing, Labor Day, Federal Hill, Michael Andretti, Justin Bieber
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Baltimore should be home to the lacrosse championships
Monday's NCAA men's Division I lacrosse final in Philadelphia was an exciting matchup of one of the sport's most storied teams, Syracuse, against Duke, an underdog that came back from a losing record early in the season (and a 5-0 deficit at the start...
Tags: Labor Day, Lucas Oil Stadium, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Memorial Day, Syracuse Orange
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Moonrise Festival canceled
The Moonrise Festival, a new electronic dance concert that was expected to draw thousands to South Baltimore, has been canceled only weeks before the event, after organizers failed to obtain the necessary permits, city officials said. The festival had...
Tags: Music Industry, Music, Festive Events, Electronics, Ellicott City
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Once a fan of the Indy 500, Ryan Hunter-Reay hopes to win it Sunday
For as long as Ryan Hunter-Reay can remember, the Indianapolis 500 was a huge deal. As a small child growing up in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Hunter-Reay used to plop down a plastic race track and line up his miniature race cars in front of the television set...
Tags: Auto Racing, Open-Wheel Racing, Fort Lauderdale, Tiger Woods, Indianapolis 500
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As Preakness 2013 arrives, infield shows identity shift from drink-a-thon to music festival
In 2008, Ed DeRosa witnessed the infamy of the Preakness infield — the passed-out partiers, the chucking of full beer cans into crowds and of course, the "Running of the Urinals," where drunken infielders ran down a row of portable toilets. DeRosa,...
Tags: Preakness Stakes, Buckcherry (music group), New Year's Day, Kegasus (fictional character), Baltimore County
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Modified security policies in place for Preakness
On the third Saturday in May, generations of Baltimoreans marched onto the infield at Pimlico Race Course with their coolers in tow, an image that helped define the Preakness Stakes. No longer. The Maryland Jockey Club has unveiled enhanced security...Tags: Preakness Stakes, Dining and Drinking, Kentucky Derby, Baltimore Running Festival, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Maryland Jockey Club announces modified security policies for 138th Preakness
The Baltimore SunOn the third Saturday in May, generations of Baltimoreans marched onto the infield at Pimlico Race Course with their coolers in tow, an image that helped define the Preakness Stakes. No longer. The Maryland Jockey Club has unveiled enhanced security...Tags: Preakness Stakes, Dining and Drinking, Kentucky Derby, Baltimore Running Festival, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Promoter says new festival won't have Starscape's woes
The promoter of last year's Starscape Festival says a new event he's marketing that targets a similar audience won't have the safety problems associated with last year's June concert. Promoter Evan Weinstein says he wants to disassociate the new...
Tags: Edward L. Reisinger III, Music, Festive Events, Electronics, Pretty Lights (music group)
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Orioles and other local events mull bolstered security after Boston Marathon bombings
The Baltimore SunA visibly increased police presence greeted Orioles fans Tuesday as they ventured to Camden Yards for Baltimore's first major sporting event since the previous day's deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon. Nonetheless, fans, players and team officials...Tags: Event Planning, Preakness Stakes, Labor Day, Major League Baseball, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Fire Department considering shift of west-side company to east side
Fire Chief James S. Clack is considering moving a West Baltimore fire company across town this summer to alleviate the strain on East Baltimore units after two fire companies closed there last year. Clack said the plan, which has not been finalized and...
Tags: Conservation, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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