Rosecroft Raceway has lost permission to air telecasts of outside horse races for simulcast wagering, reports the Baltimore Sun. The Maryland Racing Commission revoked consent for the unique arrangement after Rosecroft failed to pay the required license fee to the state's thoroughbred racing industry. Rosecroft is instead seeking to renegotiate the deal.
Even more so than other Maryland state tracks, the Prince George's County-based facility has fallen on hard times in recent years. Rosecroft dropped live on-site harness racing nearly a year ago in order to save money on the financial purses. The raceway was granted special consent under an emergency status to continue simulcasting races from other tracks.
With that permission to simulcast now revoked and no other ways to generate revenue than stabling horses and the occasional special event (Ruggerfest?), it isn't clear that Rosecroft will have a sustainable future at all.
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