Quotes by Jack Liebau

“I have always been of the opinion that sooner or later the property will have higher and better use and Bay Meadows will go away. Thats always been my frame of mind. Ive always thought it was inevitable and luckily its taken much longer than anticipated.”

“It was a turf track that we inherited and it just didnt work. We didnt know it didnt work until shortly after we acquired Hollywood Park.”

“We survived. For whatever its worth, Im glad its over.”

“I learned a lot as far as the overall installation of the track differs from place to place.”

“The new meet gave us an opportunity to place the El Camino Real Derby in the same place on the calendar where it historically proved to be successful.”

“With the last few years of consecutive declines in attendance, the trends for live concerts overall arent particularly encouraging.”

“This thing about races getting fixed ? I just dont buy into it. The business being what it is today ... nobody is trying to do anything but win races.”