Hollywood Park Racetrack
Aerial view of Hollywood Park in 2006. The L.A. Forum is visible to the upper left.
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| Location | Inglewood, California, USA |
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| Coordinates | 33°57′1.61″N 118°20′16.11″W / 33.9504472°N 118.3378083°WCoordinates: 33°57′1.61″N 118°20′16.11″W / 33.9504472°N 118.3378083°W |
| Owned by | Bay Meadows Land Co. |
| Date opened | June 10, 1938 |
| Date closed | December 22, 2013 |
| Course type | Thoroughbred. Flat: Synthetic & Turf. |
| Notable races | Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) American Oaks Invitational (G1) Hollywood Derby (G1) Matriarch Stakes (G1) Oak Tree Racing Association: Yellow Ribbon Stakes (G1) Hirsch Memorial Turf Championship Stakes (G1) Ancient Title Stakes (G1) |
Hollywood Park, later sold and referred to as Betfair Hollywood Park, was a thoroughbred race course located in Inglewood, California, about 3 miles (5 km) from Los Angeles International Airport and adjacent to the Forum indoor arena. In 1994 Hollywood Park Casino, with a poker card room, was added to the racetrack complex. Horse racing and training were shut down in December 2013 though the casino operations continued while a new state of the art casino building opened in October 2016.
The former horse racetrack area will be the site of Los Angeles Entertainment Center, home of the Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League, when the stadium is completed in 2019. Until then, the Rams will temporarily play home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Chargers will play at the StubHub Center for the next two seasons starting in 2017.
The track was opened on June 10, 1938 by the Hollywood Turf Club the racetrack was designed by noted racetrack architect Arthur Froehlich. Its chairman was Jack L. Warner of the Warner Bros. film studio. Prominent shareholders included Jack Warner's brother and fellow Warner Bros. executive Harry, Hollywood studio executives Walt Disney, Samuel Goldwyn, Darryl Zanuck, actors Al Jolson, Bing Crosby, Joan Blondell, George Jessel, Ronald Colman and Ralph Bellamy. In addition to being shareholders film directors Raoul Walsh and Mervyn LeRoy were also founding members of the track's Board of Directors with Jack and Harry Warner and Al Jolson.
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