US EditionGolden Gate Fields could soon turn into a public park
The $175 million purchase would transfer the 161-acre site to East Bay Regional Park District and remove buildings for a new waterfront park.
- On Tuesday, the San Francisco-based Trust for Public Land announced it secured an option to purchase the 161-acre Golden Gate Fields site for $175 million, planning to transfer it to the East Bay Regional Park District for a new public park.
- The horse racing venue closed in 2024 after 83 years of operation, following years of declining attendance and safety concerns; The Stronach Group, the site's Canadian owner, will demolish all existing structures as part of the sale agreement.
- This acquisition aims to fill a gap in the 8.5-mile McLaughlin Eastshore State Park system while restoring shoreline habitat; Juan Altamirano, California government relations director for the Trust for Public Land, stated the organization will pursue funding through Proposition 4.
- Local officials, including Berkeley Mayor Adena Ishii and Albany Mayor Peggy McQuaid, expressed support for the project, and the East Bay Regional Park District has already set aside $20 million from its Measure WW bond fund toward acquisition.
- Development of the park is expected to take three to five years following a robust public participation process, with the nonprofit aiming to raise sufficient funds by year's end before transferring the property to the East Bay Regional Park District in early 2027.
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Golden Gate Fields could soon turn into a public park
The bayfront property that was home for more than eight decades to the horse racing track Golden Gate Fields could be transformed into a huge new public park under a deal announced Tuesday.
East Bay could get new regional park at site of Golden Gate Fields
A land conservation group called the Trust for Public Lands has made a deal with the property's owners to buy the land and then give it to the East Bay Regional Parks District to become a new 130-acre open-space park.
Nonprofit buys Golden Gate Fields horse racetrack for $175M with plans for East Bay waterfront park
In a huge win for the public, an environmental group is buying Golden Gate Fields, once home to a horse racing track along the East Bay shoreline that closed in 2024. It is considered one of the largest remaining opportunities to expand public access to the Bay.
Environmental Group Secures Option to Buy Former East Bay Racetrack, Will Turn It Into Park
Everyone assumed that the former Golden Gate Fields horse racing track, which closed permanently in 2024, would likely be redeveloped as housing, at least part of it anyway. But now a local environmental group has secured a deal to purchase the property and transform it into a public park.The Trust for Public Land (TPL) announced Tuesday that it had secured an option agreement for the 161-acre former Golden Gate Fields, with the deal likely to c…
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