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The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus3mon
Dubuque Greyhound Park officials have three worries for future
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) -- After marking the fifth anniversary of the Dubuque Greyhound Park and Casino last week, officials with the track look to the future with concern about competition ...
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‘It’s unbelievable’: DRA celebrates 40 years, investing $1.1 billion in Dubuque
The Dubuque Racing Association has invested more than $1.1 billion in the community since 1985, helping lower property taxes ...
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Iowa Greyhound Park to close following shortened 2022 season
For the past seven years, Iowa Greyhound Park has been propped up by subsidies that helped it continue to operate. In 2014, Dubuque’s Mystique Casino & Resort — now Q Casino and Hotel — and ...
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Pari-mutuel clerks end strike at Dubuque racetrack
DUBUQUE, Iowa -- Pari-mutuel clerks at the Dubuque Greyhound Park & Casino have approved a new three-year contract, ending a strike that began earlier this month. About a dozen clerks walked off ...
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Greyhound racing returns in Dubuque but sport may fade away
Iowa Greyhound Park leases the grandstand from the casino and rents the track itself from the City of Dubuque. The park paid just $1 per year to lease the track for the first five years and is ...
The Gazette3y
Last dash: Greyhound racing era in Iowa (and almost everywhere else) is over
DUBUQUE — There was a time when traffic ... here last Wednesday night at what is now called The Iowa Greyhound Park, part of Q Casino. Racing seasons here used to go from early spring to ...
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Dubuque greyhound park's future uncertain as Arkansas casino announces closure
As a greyhound park is announcing its imminent closure, an eastern Iowa park is hoping to hold on. The owners of Southland Casino Racing ... possibly even the one in Dubuque.
Des Moines Register5y
Iowa Greyhound Park bets rise again, but future still dicey
Betting on races at Iowa Greyhound Park in Dubuque rose by 14% this ... subsidy benefits of a 2014 agreement that allowed Dubuque's Mystique Casino & Resort — now Q Casino and Hotel — and ...
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State officials will be involved in redevelopment of Iowa Greyhound Park
The Dubuque Greyhound Park opened in June of 1985 and it was the first licensed dog racing track in Iowa. The greyhound track in Waterloo closed in 1994. The state’s other greyhound track was in ...
Des Moines Register6y
Will Iowa's last greyhound racing track forge ahead or falter after Florida bans sport?
Iowa Greyhound Park faced a huge obstacle: Its state-mandated subsidies from two casinos are set to run out soon. In 2014, Iowa lawmakers struck a deal with Dubuque's casino and Horseshoe Casino ...
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Dubuque, Iowa, offers perspective on casino effects
Dubuque racing and casino trumpeters were right. The Dubuque Racing Association, the not-for-profit license holder of the city's greyhound racing park and casino, has distributed tens of millions ...