Santa Anita Track Put on Endangered Sites List
Santa Anita racetrack was named Monday as one of the 11 most endangered historic sites by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
At a news conference across the street from the track, Linda Dishman, the conservancy’s executive director, said a proposal by the new owner to make major changes at the track “would obliterate everything you see . . . for a Caesar’s Palace facade and a wild hokey town.”
Track officials say plans for the venue are preliminary, but a brochure shows a new Roman-style exterior attached to a complex that includes a Vegas-type theater and an enclosed Wild West town.
Sign up for The Wild
We’ll help you find the best places to hike, bike and run, as well as the perfect silent spots for meditation and yoga.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
