Lone Star Park

Lone Star Park

Horses starting out of the gate at Lone Star Park
Location	Grand Prairie, Texas
Owned by	Global Gaming Solutions, LLC
Date opened	1997
Race type	Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse
Official website

Lone Star Park is one of the premier entertainment destinations in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex. Lone Star Park is a horse racing track and entertainment destination located 1/2 mile North of Interstate 30 on Belt Line Road in Grand Prairie, Texas. Lone Star Park has two live racing seasons every year, The Spring Thoroughbred Season generally runs from early April through mid-July and the Fall Meeting of Champions generally runs from early September through mid-November.

History

Lone Star Park opened for its first live race meet in 1997. Historically separate meets have been run for Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse. In 2004, Lone Star Park was the host site for the Breeders' Cup World Championships. Lone Star Park was acquired by Global Gaming Solutions, a division of the Chickasaw Nation in May 2011.

Physical attributes

Lone Star Park covers 315 acres (1.27 km²), and includes Bar & Book for simulcasting of racing worldwide. The track has a one-mile (1.6 km) dirt oval and a seven-furlong turf track, and has accommodations for 1,600 horses across 32 barns. The climate-controlled grandstand has a seating capacity of roughly 8,000 people.

A panoramic photo of Lone Star Park.

Personalites

• Dave Appleton, Paddock Host (1997–present)
• Rick Lee, Track Handicapper (1997–present)
• Jon Lies, Track Announcer (2005–2016)
• Jim Byers, Track Announcer (2016-present)
• Andrew Gushkin, Track Bugler

Racing

Exterior of Lone Star Park

References

• "Lone Star Park". MEC Tracks. Retrieved September 25, 2007.
• Map: 32°46′25″N 96°59′11″W