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Revenue, attendance drop at dog track

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Friday, April 10, 2009 - 10:22 a.m.

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Revenue and attendance continues to decline at the state's only remaining dog track.

A new report shows Dairyland Greyhound Park in Kenosha lost $3.4 million in 2008, on top of a $2.8 loss in 2007.

Dairyland's executive vice president Roy Berger says there's nothing short of added gaming that would help the track out of its fiscal hole.

Attendance at the pari-mutuel race track last year was 233,217, down from 273,332 in 2007. The amount wagered in 2008 was $46 million, down from $54 million in 2007.

Wisconsin once had five dog tracks and only Dairyland remains open.

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armyof3
Apr 10, 2009 at 10:32 p.m.
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agreed as far as the inhumanity.... now watch, the next series of steps will be to renovate the tracks and bring in horse racing...

mickie
Apr 10, 2009 at 6:43 p.m.
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I hope they gone down! Inhumane to these poor animals anyways..Good riddens- ba bye..

leesbunny
Apr 10, 2009 at 4:32 p.m.
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It seems so long ago that people were fighting to get the dog tracks legal in the State of Wisconsin. I bet they are glad they spent all their energy now.

janesvillean
Apr 10, 2009 at 2:12 p.m.
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misère game: a game that is played according to its conventional rules, except that it is "played to lose"; that is, the winner is the one who loses according to the normal game rules
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jvldss
Apr 10, 2009 at 1:51 p.m.
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Congratulations Dairyland! You have now lost money longer than all the other dog tracks. You win! Now go away.

greengina8
Apr 10, 2009 at 1:39 p.m.
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Is this really a shock?

truth1
Apr 10, 2009 at 11:28 a.m.
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Good, good, good.

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