2021 Canterbury Park Media Guide Is Now Online
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2021 MEDIA GUIDE 65 Race Dates May 18th - September 16th 2021 Media Guide by Jeff Maday/Ted Pawlicki Photos by Coady Photography WELCOME TO CANTERBURY PARK Media Information The Dark Star Press Box Phones: For your convenience, phones are available on the press box work desk. Dial 9 for an outside line. Welcome to Canterbury Park. Our press box staff is here to assist you. Wireless Internet Access: Canterbury’s wireless is available for your use by connecting to the wireless network (Please ask staff Jeff Maday for details). This media guide can also be found in pdf format Media Relations Manager on the media relations portion of our website found at www. canterburypark.com. [email protected] Media Credentials: Credentials will be issued by the Media Follow Canterbury Park on Twitter: Relations Manager. Canterbury Press Box: @CBYTrackFlack Canterbury Park: @CanterburyPark Jockeys’ Room: No access to Jockey’s room during the 2021 Live Race season. Press Box Phone: 952.496.6408 Photography/Video: Photographers must have credentials. Safety of the photographers, jockeys, and horses is a priority. Please see the Press Box Staff for details on accessible areas and to obtain a credential. Under certain circumstances, permission from state racing officials is required. Photography on the racetrack and in the infield must be cleared in advance for safety reasons. LIVE RACING CALENDAR CANTERBURY PARK INFORMATION Canterbury Park Contact Information Card Casino Our 20,000 square-foot card casino features 73 gaming tables with comfortable Mailing Address 1100 Canterbury Road seating, full bar, menu with table service, check cashing service and Chips Bar. Shakopee, MN 55379 Racing Phone................................................(952)-445-7223 Grandstand Toll Free.............................................(800)-340-6361 Lower Level – Administrative Offices, the Minnesota Racing Commission Fax....................................................(952)-496-6400 office, jockeys’ room, track photographer and the Horsemen’s Bookkeeper. Tickets/Reservations.......................(952)-445-7224 First Level – Canterbury Card Casino, Track Apron with seating, Wild Horse Race Results......................................(952)-496-6451 Saloon, Silks Bar, mutuel windows, information center, Bud Gardens, and eateries. Card Casino Phone................................................(952)-445-6870 Toll Free...................(800)-667-6537 (MN-POKER) Second Level – Reserved seating, handicapping tables and box seats, a Simulcast Racing Center with 250 seats, as well as multiple bars and eateries. Fax....................................................(952)-233-4800 Third Level – Table seating on the trackside terrace and flats in the clubhouse, Racing Commission Phone................................................(952)-496-7950 and Paddock Pub handicapping areas; information center, the Triple Crown Fax....................................................(952)-496-7954 Club, and a Racebook with 250 seats. Press Box Phone................................................(952)-496-6408 Press Box Level – TV department, stewards’ room, photo finish, Dark Star Press Box, announcer and Equibase office. Fax....................................................(952)-496-6476 Catering & Events Phone................................................(952)-496-6416 Parking Special Events Phone................................................(952)-496-6448 Our parking lot accommodates 10,000 vehicles. General parking is free; valet parking and designated tour bus parking is also available. Website www.canterburypark.com E-mail [email protected] Horse Stabling Area Our stable area includes a ⅝ mile training track, dormitories, the Dean Kutz About the Area Memorial Chapel, racing office, and 33 barns with 1,564 stalls. Canterbury Park is located on 408 acres in Shakopee, Minnesota; 25 minutes from downtown Minneapolis; 15 minutes from the Mall of America and Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport. Race Track Canterbury’s sandy loam one-mile oval has two chutes: 6 and ½ furlongs, and 1 and ¼ miles. The turf course is a ⅞ mile inner oval with a diagonal chute that Canterbury Card Casino accommodates races at several distances. Open 24/7, the Canterbury Card Casino presents a unique mix of both poker and casino games. The card casino offers year round tournaments, jackpots, Television Production and Distribution table-side food and beverage service, simulcast wagering, and the friendliest staff in Minnesota. Our television department has full HD production capabilities. Live racing is broadcast both in-house and to simulcast locations nationwide. 700 televisions Opened in 2000, the Canterbury Card Casino is an integral part of the success are located throughout the building which show racing from around the world, of the facility, attracting gaming enthusiasts to Shakopee year-round. Card 364 days per year. Casino revenues have contributed significantly to horse racing purses. The Canterbury Card Casino offers poker and table games: Age Requirements Children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult and are There are 31 poker tables featuring Texas Hold’em, 7-Card Stud, and Omaha admitted free. Hi-Lo Split with limits from $2/4 to $50/100. Live poker is offered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in addition to tournaments and bad beat jackpots. Special Events The table games provide casino style action around the clock. Blackjack and The business of Canterbury Park goes beyond the horse racing and the Card other table games are offered with limits ranging from $5 to $300. Casino. Each year Canterbury Park is host to a wide range of events including concerts featuring national acts, the Midwest’s largest arts and crafts show Through popular promotions and big-money tournaments Canterbury’s Card and many other events in the 30,000 square foot Expo Center. Casino has become a Twin Cities’ gaming destination. TOTAL PURSES 2011 $6,401,869 2012 $9,761,737 2013 $12,453,268 2014 $13,120,706 2015 $14,152,043 2016 $14,401,205 2017 $13,849,395 2018 $15,231,235 2019 $15,060,492 2020 $10,428,189 On June 4, 2012, Canterbury Park Holding Corporation and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) announced a 10-year cooperative marketing and purse enhancement agreement. Highlights of the Agreement PURSE ENHANCEMENTS • Substantially increased purses for live races during Canterbury Park’s race seasons through Purse Marketing a purse enhancement program funded by SMSC, a commitment totaling approximately $71 Year million over the life of the agreement. Enhancement Payment • New joint marketing opportunities between Canterbury Park and SMSC’s Mystic Lake 2012 $2,600,000 $300,000 Casino Hotel, taking advantage of their proximity to one another in the southwest corner of 2013 $5,300,000 $600,000 the Twin Cities metropolitan area, including annual payments to Canterbury Park for joint 2014 $5,840,000 $660,000 marketing totaling $13.4 million over ten years. Mystic Lake Casino Hotel and Canterbury Park are located less than four miles from one another along Canterbury Road/Mystic Lake 2015 $6,216,200 $943,800 Drive in Scott County. 2016 $6,688,100 $1,197,900 2017 $7,103,372 $1,581,228 2018 $7,280,000 $1,620,000 2019 $7,280,000 $1,620,000 2020 $5,620,000 $0 2021 $7,280,000 $1,620,000 2022 $7,280,000 $1,620,000 CANTERBURY PARK CORPORATE GIVING Canterbury Cares to improve the quality of life for backside workers and their families through support of organized recreational and educational Canterbury Park is a proud supporter of our local community. As opportunities, and by offering drug and alcohol treatment services for a 16 year member of the Minnesota Keystone Program, we pledge anyone working at Minnesota racetracks. to give two to five percent of our pre-tax profits to the community each year. Employee & Company Giving In 2020, Canterbury continued to donated to various Minnesota organizations. While monetary contributions play an important role, Canterbury Park’s community involvement stretches well beyond cash and merchandise donations. Company employees Canterbury Park Minnesota Fund have contributed to the community by offering their time, talent, The Canterbury Park Minnesota Fund (CPMF) originated in 2003 to and energy to support local causes. unite Canterbury Park and our employees in a common goal to provide assistance for charities benefiting equine organizations, responsible Canterbury Park takes pride in being responsive to the needs in gaming programs and local causes. our community, by participating in the CAP Agency Hope for the Holidays and Warm Hugs, which provide tie blankets for military The CPMF has grown into a successful grant program, awarding more veterans. It is our hope to touch even more lives in 2021. than $1.5 Million in grants to Minnesota organizations since its inception. Recipients in 2020 included: Northstar Problem Gambling Responsible Gaming Alliance, Project Turnabout, MN Special Olympics, Hope Rides, At Canterbury Park, we believe that playing responsibly is always Esperanza, St. Jude’s and Bowman Second Chance Ranch. your best bet. Along with our success comes an obligation to promote responsible play. Canterbury attempts to promote an atmosphere of responsible gaming and uses a variety of approaches to ensure this outcome, including self-exclusion policies, extensive employee training, and written procedures for recognizing and managing these issues. Quality of Life Foundation The Minnesota Horseracing Quality of Life