Rosecroft to Temporarily Close
- Mar 15, 2020
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MARYLAND JOCKEY CLUB TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE LAUREL PARK, PIMLICO AND ROSECROFT RACEWAY TO THE PUBLIC IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19; RACES TO CONTINUE WITH LICENSED PERSONNEL
LAUREL, MD - With the utmost regard for the safety and well-being of our customers and employees and in following the best available guidance from local and international health authorities, the Maryland Jockey Club will temporarily close Laurel Park, Pimlico Race Course and Rosecroft Raceway to the public effective immediately.
The Maryland Jockey Club at Laurel Park and Rosecroft Raceway will continue live racing as scheduled with personnel licensed by the Maryland Racing Commission in attendance which will provide our fans at home with the opportunity to stay connected via our 1/ST BET and Xpressbet apps.
We will continue to monitor the situation and will look forward to welcoming our fans and guests again soon.
It’s intriguing to see Rosecroft closing temporarily. How do you think this affects the local community and racing culture? earn to die Will there be any initiatives to support fans during this time?
That line about continuing live racing “as scheduled” with only commission-licensed personnel says a lot—so many operations had to keep moving, just with fewer people onsite. It’s oddly similar to a simple caesar cipher shift: same message, different way of getting it across when the usual channel isn’t available.
The part about keeping fans connected from home via the betting apps really captures how quickly “in-person” entertainment pivoted to screens. I remember people trying to brighten the mood with little creative stuff too—like messing around with ghibli ai filters while everything was closed.
I appreciate that the statement focuses on customer and employee safety without pretending things were “normal”—closing the public areas but keeping a controlled racing environment was a tough call. Back then everyone was making weird little at-home changes too, like experimenting with a hairstyle ai thing while everything else was shut down.
It’s wild reading this now—fans locked out, but the races still on, and everyone pushed to apps to watch from home. That early-pandemic routine of staying in and finding little distractions feels like the same era I first lost time on blockblast between news updates.