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Furlong poles, the finish line post, useless paddock passes, and 2 1/2 miles of tongue ties were among the items auctioned off by Arlington Park.
Small businesses and the public took part in a Walmart closure auction in Pittsburgh this week. The sale included furniture, fire extinguishers, toilet paper and more.
A public, online auction will be held next week for the remaining contents of the former Walmart in The Waterworks shopping plaza near Aspinwall. The store closed in November 2022, citing underperforming sales, according to Felicia McCranie, Walmart’s North and East communications director. The public can view and inspect hundreds
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Owners Churchill Downs Inc. closed the track last year and entered a preliminary agreement to sell the site in Arlington Heights for $197 million to the Chicago Bears, who have proposed building a new football stadium there.
Many of the visitors to the catacombs of Arlington Park's shuttered grandstand Monday afternoon weren't particularly interested in bidding on the gallons of Caesar salad dressing or red pepper flakes. A few, though, were eying the stacks of china plates with the racetrack's crest, upon which brunches were once served in the Arlington Million Room just a few floors above.