Long-awaited Belmont Park reboot heads for the starting gate
Imran Ansari
After many years of starts and stops, the long-awaited reimagining of the horse racing portion of Belmont Park is finally off and running.
Funded with a $455 million loan that was approved last month with New York State’s fiscal year 2024 budget, the New York Racing Association is now embarking on one of the largest racetrack redevelopment projects of the modern era.
NYRA has retained the global design and planning firm Populous to help guide the project. The firm, which designed the UBS Arena on the Belmont Park property, is engaged in the ongoing renovations at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. and is also working on the new Buffalo Bills stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., among its many other sporting and entertainment projects.