Horse racing vote is today From: The Billings Gazette | Date: November 27, 1996| Author: | Copyright Billings Gazette Nov 27, 1996. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The MetraPark Board of Directors will hold a special meeting today on a proposal to privatize horse racing in Billings.

The board will meet at 4 p.m. in the Exhibit Hall downstairs at Metra. The meeting is open to the public.

Negotiators for Metra and for the newly formed Yellowstone Horse Racing Alliance said last week they were far from agreement on a proposed contract that would allow the alliance to take over horse racing.

Among other things, negotiators have failed to come close to agreement on rent for the grandstands and barns and on revenues from concessions. In a proposal presented ...

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