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Idk if you realized it or not (you didn't mention it) but I think the giant ATLANTIC CITY letters on wall were a clock at one time and the letters stood in for numbers.
Love this ed episode but I'm more than a little disappointed that you didn't check out the stables. So much of the heart of this industry occurs in the barns.
Please, whatever you do, never change the intro music. It's a staple for me and love the vibes. Been watching for God knows how long. Keep up the unuiqe content!
FYI the clocks are slave clocks to a master clock. The master clock is trying to set the clocks to the correct time. This happens after a loss of power. It's possible however that the master clock is screwed up and it's caught in some kind of a fault condition. Another great video guys!
@@Ganiscol the master clock might of been the clock on the outside with the writing going round in a circle it has was looks like a perch thing where the hands and ticker would of gone round and the words are in the place of the numbers
Yes, I loved that moment. I also loved the old telephone with the moss and the berries at the end of the video. I just wish there was more footage of it.
Hi guys, you did a very good video on the abandoned Atlantic City Race Course. My family went to all the various racetracks around the Philadelphia area. This track was very successful especially in the 1950’s to at least the late 1960’s. In those years there was a racing circuit where horse racing was only conducted a few months a year and the horses traveled to whatever track was open at the time. Atlantic City was one of the best summertime racetracks and had many famous horses and jockeys compete there. One of the reasons there were so many windows to bet or cash winning tickets was on a Saturday it was not unusual to have over 30,000 people attend the races here. Also prior to the tote system being computerized you bought your tickets at Sellers windows and then if you won you had to go to a separate Cashier window to get your money from your winning ticket. When you were in the more modern area of the track the signs said tellers because you could both buy and cash winning tickets at the same window. You also wondered about the area with no seats that was glass enclosed. That was the racetrack’s dinning room. It had table seating and most times you would have to have a reservation and be dressed nice to gain admission. The reason it was glass enclosed it unlike the rest of the track was air conditioned. A nice feature on those hot and humid days of summer. One last note I know you were not horse race fans when you said the boards in the infield of the track was a scoreboard but any race fan knows it’s called a tote board. While that was somewhat correct since it displayed the winning horse numbers and time of the race its main function was to display betting information. It showed the total amount of money in each pool and how much money was bet on each horse giving updates till the race started. Afterward it also displayed the payoffs of the various bets. At some tracks it especially in later years also featured a video board so you could see the in house tv broadcast of the race. I visited this track many times even near when live racing ended. Near the end only the lower level seats were used and many of the public areas you visited were closed off. However even to the end they did try to provide services to the customers that came. The competition of the lottery, casinos and then the overlap of other racetracks running as the same time as Atlantic City caused its end.
PARX (Philadelphia park) and Delaware park adding slots pretty much seals Atlantic City race courses gate. Only two major New Jersey tracks remain (both owned by the New Jersey sports authority)
The New Jersey thoroughbred and Harness tracks are no longer owned by the sports authority. They were sold off to private owners. Monmouth Park and Meadowlands were both owned by the state but sold. Freehold a harness track in the middle part of the state has always been privately owned. They still do not have any direct casino revenue but were given sports betting as an additional revenue source. The state does provide a small cut from casino revenue but it small and split amount the three tracks. Atlantic City Race track most likely could still not make it today due to both the casino and horse racing competition going on around them.
@jamesklatt I didn't know Delaware Park had slots. Growing up in MD, I LOVED going to Delaware Park, such a beautiful setting for a child. I haven't been in maybe 30 years so it's great even knowing that it still exists.
Delaware Park still is a beautiful Race Track with the nice trees in the back and the nice paddock and walking ring. They have made changes in 30 years since it now has slot machines and live gaming on the first and second floors of the grandstand area. They also offer sports betting on many events. They have added more outside items in the park area. They have a nice food and bar in the back park area and on some days even have things like the bouncy houses, slides and other activities for children. You must be 21 to enter the casino area but the outside and horse race grandstand is open to everyone including children. They offer free parking and no admission charge to enter the grounds. They run live horse racing from late May to October or early November . Come back and see how nice the track and casino areas are.
the multiple clocks within the building seen operating but not in an orthodox fashion are most likely a set of slave clocks which are dependant on the one master clock for accurate time keeping. the master clock located in an office somewhere within the building would send a signal out with the correct time to all the slave clocks inside the building by wire. some master clocks manufactured in that era of that building were connected to a dedicated radio receiver. it would receive an analogue time signal which broadcast out all across the US. the time signal would be received and this would keep the master clock in check along with all the slave clocks running within a few milliseconds of accuracy. the master clock may have malfunctioned or stopped receiving the time signal seeing how all the slave clocks are no longer showing the correct time. the actual race timings in the early days of that building may have been dependant on the accuracy of the master clock during races.
You beat me to it! Our school clocks in the 1970's were this way. They would advance this way to change the time. The master clock is somewhere stuck in time change mode.
Yep!! School Clocks!! They took me back in time seeing them!!! and rremember the School Principal would change them from the master clock in his office, we as kids always wished to get control of that clock!! 🤣
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I think the clocks fall back to time adjustment/sync as there are no longer any master signal received.
@@lildavidjax Nice. I was a graduate of the class of 2013 and all our buildings had the same style of clock up until the renovations started in 2011 when they started to switch to a digital system. You knew it was the top of the hour when the clocks started to have their little seizure fit in every room. I used to take a bathroom break at the top of the hour sometimes just to hear the hallways fill with the clamoring sound.
Great video, guys! My husband was a thoroughbred jockey, and rode at Atlantic City Race Course several times in the late 70s, when it was all night racing. Just wish you'd have found the jocks' room. Hubby says it was just past that room you entered, when you walked through that split between the two buildings.
When I saw the thumbnail, I knew it was going to be the Atlantic City Racecourse. Good to see a place local to me for a change. NJ is hard on their abandoned places, knocking them down and building new almost immediately, if not for the dying mall next door, it might have already been repurposed. It's like the whole area is holding it's breath to see what becomes of the Hamilton Mall and if it recovers or finally shuts down for good. I have not been through the racecourse in since just after it closed. As you can tell by some of the equipment stored in the parking lot, they occasionally hold heavy equipment auctions there, the place I worked for at the time would occasionally bid on man lifts and the like and I would go with my boss to check them out and bring them home. I think they held them once a year or so, you could tell by the build up of trucks, cranes, and lifts. Honestly I am not surprised at the amount of decay. The Atlantic City region gets more rain than Seattle, and is continually damp in winter and humid in summer. As you can tell with the "lake" the water table is quite high, this keeps them from going down below ground level and building a basement in any of the nearby buildings. It is a shame you could not have gotten into the assortment of stables, I am certain those would have been interesting to see.
I’ve personally been to the stables, and basically building surrounding. The stables are generally pretty clean but some have been repurposed to holding chemicals or chemical waste. Best part of this compound has to be the roof of the racetrack itself, the view is astonishing. Ill get some video of the stables next time i go and ill link it in my comment if you end up seeing this.
Crazy to think just HOW busy that place must've been at one time for there to be THAT many different posts for employees (sellers, tellers, etc., alone), not to mention all the rest of the employees.
The reason for the massive amount of tellers... 1) Ticket sales windows were all separate back then. Win, place, show, daily double exacta, trifecta required separate window sales. In addition, each ticket had separate denomination sales $2, $5, $10, $20< $50, $100. In addition, you needed separate cashiers to for winning tickets. Today, the self serve tote machines do it all.
I kept thinking the exact same the entire time; "how many people worked here!". Take the records board for example, it reports the highest one-day attendance, September 7th 1953, where 33,404 attended. If we take a list of all the stadiums in the UK which have a 5000+ capacity, out of those 259 stadiums, only 22 could hold that many people. That's insane numbers.
The other big reason is the betting is parimutuel, and all bets close as the race starts. Betters often want to see the horse in the paddock as the jock mounts prior to placing bets, which means there’s a huge rush just before post time. Any bets not placed is money lost as far as the track is concerned. Grew up racing quarter horses and chariots. I don’t think anyone’s racing quarter horses anymore. Allowing off track betting absolutely slaughtered horse racing as a sport, on top of already declining attendance.
@@OverKillPlusOne We still have some QHs racing here in Oregon, but the doom of Portland Meadows and one of our fairgrounds tracks has hastened their demise..
Finally!!!! An abandoned site I've driven by 100s of times in my life as a Pennsylvanian goingnto AC for beach days and weekends and gambling when I turned 21
As I am sure others have said, the clocks are synchronous /impulse clocks. They were made by Simplex and American Time among others. There is a master clock somewhere trying to set all the other clocks. It is similar to what you would see in a school, hospital, or office building in the past.
You have no idea how cool this is for me right now. I’m such a big fan of this channel, I live not far from this place and even explored it myself. Love your videos guys!
@@Minacious_Shenanigans how the wiring still works after all those years of facing the elements and building decay is beyond me. It is a major hazard but still baffling that it still works.
The clock is trying to synchronize. It was a system where a master clock sets all the other clocks. They run ahead until they find a sync signal which seems to be amiss. Very cool explore!
This race track is featured in the 1964 Alfred Hitchcock movie Marnie, starring Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery. Quite a few shots of the grandstand, although all of the interior shots were done on a soundstage since Hitchcock despised location shooting....
There’s something beautiful about abandoned places. Just the feeling of all the memories that were made there throughout the years, and that it was once filled with people.
It’s terrifying, me and some boys went in a couple months back. We thought it was some sort of security guard walking around but when we went to the upper levels we realized it was just clocks and were so relieved. But it’s strange at night time, it feels like a building from the walking dead when looking at it from the outside.
@@abrahamlincoln4303Yeah i live right infront of it i wonder how people even get in it its pretty cool to see this video i was always cerious to see what it looks like
I LOVE horse racing so when I saw this video I immediately clicked. I’ve been following your channel for years now and this is the greatest combination ever. Ty for exploring and capturing this incredible place.
No way this is so cool I grew up in the town where this is. I drove by it all the time. It’s not technically in Atlantic City despite the name just near it but a lot of places in that area do that. I went once when it was temporarily open in I think 2009/2010 and they only had that first main teller area open. The rest was closed off as well as second floor seats but they still looked really decrepit even then. I loved getting to see everything inside and all that retro furniture and architecture.
The three sided window you thought was for announcing was actually where the racing stewards (the judges of the race) would have stood and watched the race for infractions. The separate single window in a room by itself to the the right of there is where the announcer would have called the race. Also, if you follow the paddock area where the three sided stalls are, there should be the "Jock's room". In the jock's room you may have seen a scale, jockey silks and other interesting things. Great video as always!
Who would've thought so much was inside a horse racing track stadium? I may have said it before but I'll say it again, your camera work is the best of all the urbexers I've seen, along with the narrative and historical information. I absolutely love the production. Such a fascinating place to showcase with the retro adding machines against the vegetation growing around it. A great juxtaposition. Great work as always.
Great documentation of a wonderful building @TheProperPeople. The Clicking International clocks are trying to sync with a master clock, due to the size of the facility they would want bets to be placed on an accurate time, so this would have keeps everyone on the same time. Tellers is where you go to place a bet on which horse you thought would win the race. Sellers or "Claiming" was a process of selling a horse during the race. At 14:04 the tile in the housekeeping room appears to be 9x9 tiles that were made from asbestos. At 16:12 you can see the manual chain crank that was used to open and close the windows as there was no AC. The Infra-red heat was natural gas not electric. The rear view of the seats was amazing giving the two tone colors a great shot. The Satellite dishes were to receive feeds so they could show other races from other location on the various monitors. at 34:03 there is a satellite dish on top of one of the lower rooms, this would have been for broadcast out. At 26:56 the ceiling that was so retro - this room has a lot of artistic components. 1) The boards that are hanging from the light fixtures are to help control sound IE echo and just noise control. 2) The Block wall that you pass before turning on the lights has another Sound control by staggering the size and depth of the blocks so that it was not just a flat wall. (compare the sound of this room to the one from 16:12, just walking across the floor was noisy). At 34:57 where the rooms have soundproofing, these would be separate independent broadcasters that probably were radio broadcast on various stations. Again Awesome work.
All of that ticking would’ve drove me crazy! As someone who would watch races with my parents on television it’s so fascinating to see this track. It seems such a waste to just be abandoned. I bet in its heyday it was probably pretty amazing to see. Thanks guys for another awesome video and I always love the little historic details you put into the videos.
Fun fact if you take the back entrance to get to the Hamilton mall, you can see all the horse stables. I always wondered what the inside looked like as a kid when we would drive by. They also would use the race track lot for the circus from time to time. Thanks for putting this video together! NJ has so many awesome abandoned buildings and places to see
Loved this video. I believe those clocks are all designed to be synchronized using basically a pair of wires from a central time-keeping device or sync button. I have a clock from the 40s that has an electromagnetic reset mechanism that pulls the minute hand to the top of the hour. Maybe those clocks have a ratcheting electromagnetic sync system that allows them to be advanced in 1 minute steps. I'm still curious as to what they were connected to and how. It sounds like something in the central sync system is stuck in a loop, continuously trying to correct the time.
What always fascinates me the most is the difference in decay. One room looks totally normal and even the lights are still on and the one next door is totally overgrown or more (floor gone, roof come down, walls missing etc.). Most amazing differences were in the asylum a few videos ago where you stood in a hallway and through the next door could look like four floors down because all the floors were missing. Amazing video as always, please never stop making them. (I still demand a Blu-Ray collection because TH-cam isn't going to be around forever, though.)
This place had 2 lives. Active track up until the casinos opened in 1979 atlantic city. Interest dwindled in the 80's. I moved to south jersey in 1995 and the track was mainly used for off site betting. By the 2000's they only had one real race night per year to maintain their license. That actually did draw a crowd. I had a hard time picking out the infrastructure used for the remote betting phase. They must've pulled that out, except for the satellite dishes. I remember going to adjacent Hamilton Mall in the 2000's and seeing maybe 20 cars in the lot on a typical night. There were actually multiple nearby sites with numerous decaying stables still around in the 90s. All now replaced with housing and commercial development. This track started in the era of the car. Massive parking lot and dedicated on and off ramps to the AC expressway, which shows its impact on the local economy. Don't think there was ever rail service here. It's actually about 15 miles west of Atlantic city.
prior to the Atlantic City expressway being built and when this track opened it did have railroad service from Philadelphia. I am not sure when the train service ended but at least through the 1960’s there were trains to the track. Someone told me they even had service from New York when the horses in New York would move up to Saratoga and there was no racing at the local New York City racetracks.
A quick search of Historic Aerials will show a small train yard by the race track and a rail spur that connects with the PRSL main line to the north. This is today’s Atlantic City Line. They also served the Garden State Park racetrack in Cherry Hill.
Likely those clocks are "Slave Clocks", in which they don't have the ability to keep time on their own. They instead get their advance signals from a master clock. This kind of arrangement is common in older K-12 schools, but was also used in some other settings including corporate offices, maritime ships, airports, and a variety of other places. The pulsing you are seeing of the minute hand commonly occurs once an hour if the clock is not at it's 58th or 59th minute when a correction pulse from the master clock is set out. They have a switch that on the 58th or 59th minute, it only allows a positive impulse to advance the clock one minute. On all the other minutes, either a negative or positive impulse will advance the clock one minute. Normally the master clock sends a pulse each minute advancing all the clocks. So during the 58th or 59th minute, the master clock sends out many negative impulses and then at the end of this, it sends out a positive impulse. This way all clocks in the correct minute will not advance, but any clocks in which the minute hand is wrong will advance. Many older systems still needed to be manually set to correct the hour hand. Some of the newer models can correct the hour by checking every 6 or 12 hours.
Personally if those clocks are advancing like that constantly, I suspect something is wrong with the master clock or the 58th or 59th minute switches in some of the on-wall clocks are not activating at the correct time. I agree there is a problem there. I hope something is not shorting out in the master clock. I think that if are leaving that abandoned, it would be a good idea for safety to shut the master clock circuit off until the building is either used again or gets wrecking balled.
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At 28:00, when a breaker trips immediately, that is a sign theres a direct short somewhere in the wiring field. You'll also notice that the lights dim when theres HUGE current draw happening.
There was a once famous horse racing track that closed local to me, because it went broke and couldn’t afford to pay out bets won by gamblers. The state did not allow them to add slot machines and it closed and was demolished earlier this year and I’ve actually gained construction work from the project.
Thanks for the video. Neat to see places we would never see again. The catwalk above the counting room is for security. They overlook everyone below to prevent fraud. Post Offices and shipping facilities with high-value items still have similar construction. People have switched to installing overhead cameras now days.
Spent a lot of time here in the 90's It was WELL past it s prime then... But it had a lot of atmosphere and it was a fun place to spend an evening. Something to remember with all of the catwalks and overlooks: security was done MANUALLY. They didn't have camera's everywhere. They physically had dozens of men watching the cashiers, the lines, the seats... And not the uniformed "mall cop" security.. Pinstripe suit, bowler hat, Pinkerton type security. You didn't play with them... Else you left with no money and less teeth than you came in with. In the main green room they used to actually update the races via chalkboard.
Thank you so much for a trip down memory lane i made many trips to that track with my uncle and dad when i was teen. Back in the 70s it was a common thing for teachers to actually work at that track. i went to hammonton high class of 1984 actually had a sports literatue class the teacher was the best Larry Delaney he worked the track all summer . Mr Delaney was the one who actually taught me how to bet the horses.THANKS
My grandfather lost thousands at that race track! He would go there literally every week. Back in the late fifties and early sixties my father worked for one of the jockies who used to run sulkies. I still have old photos of him with the jockey and horse out on the track. A seller as far as I remember is someone who sells the horses who win the race. I never had a chance to see the place, so I really appreciate you guys doing a video on it.
I love your guys channel and to randomly see Atlantic City Race Course after growing up in town and seeing this abandoned for years and years…to see this is amazing. You guys are awesome and thank you for what you do.
The fact that you guys don’t have more subscribers just baffles me. You guys are and have been amazing!! I’ve watched you for years now and love every single one of your videos!
Reminds me of the local horse track that shut down. I had the chance to wander through it and purchase stuff. It wasn't quite as big and fancy, but had some of the similar designs as this one.
I came across your channel about a week ago. I have been bin watching ever since. I enjoy the quality you put into your episodes. I feel like I am watching a documentary on the History channel. Keep up the good work! Your video production studies in collage are paying off!!
I was at this track before it closed down it was a very nice track it's a shame it closed down. The White House Subs in Atlantic City owned a horse u can see the pictures on the wall plus they have great subs.
The clocks were in adjust mode. We had these sort of clocks in high school, where they could all at once be adjusted for daylight savings time and such. I'm guessing there's a button or panel someplace in a utility room to shut that mode off.
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Those were some really nice post-apocalyptic scenes with the calculators and the moss and fern growing next to them. Also with the architectural style as well as the furniture and the colors in that building, it looks like right out of an Edward Hopper painting.
Lasting memories: ferns & moss with the adding machines, wild grape vine around telephone, peeling paint on drop ceiling frame with dry tiles, ticking clocks, and plenty of teller slots!
The reason for so many teller windows was that there could be upwards of 10,000 attendees on any given race day, and everybody that wanted to place a bet needed to interact with a teller between races, which was usually around 20 mins. And everyone waited until the last minute to bet, to see if the odds changed. It was always a madhouse at the teller windows. the glassed-in part of the grandstands was the 'VIP' area; you had to pay extra to sit there, but they did have tables and cocktail waitresses. The regular seats had vendors too; similar to a ballpark. The satellite dishes were for pari-mutuel betting with other racetracks. I only went to my local track a few times when I was young, before they closed it too. Edit: The oval out front that you guys were calling the "Winners Circle" was the Parade to Post, where the horses that were about to race were walked around, so the public could get a close look at the horse they wanted to bet on. There's a picture of it in the B&W photos at the beginning.
that shot of the old mechanical calcs was so good. amazing architecture and old fixtures in there, so tempting to take lights and use in a shop. great vid guys!
You guys are fantastic! Such a sense of artistry! Amazing video! One of my favorites you have done, and been following for years!! Thank you so much for taking me in such great adventures!!
that tubelight sound kinda made me feel like im at that time the place looks so cool , like it shows the different styles of rooms that represents that era , love ur vids
Christian G. said it already, but yeah it always feels like you guys make a real effort to make us viewers feel included on your exploration, even if you don't necessarily talk directly to us. Not only that, my favorite aspect of your videos is the care and consideration you and your colleagues have for the places you visit. You respect them and do your best to leave things undisturbed. No tagging, no big "We were here" signage, no pocketing items you find interesting. Just simple documentation as you take us through these little portals to the past.
I’m glad I saw you exploring that race track. I’ve been watching you often on for a long time but I hadn’t seen anything new. Now that I saw this one, I’ll be looking more for just some new videos common. Thank you so much. This was a good call.
I work at Fort Erie Racetrack which has hosted thoroughbred racing for the last 126 years and it terrifies me that Fort Erie will be abandoned just like this track has been. This was an interesting video to watch, you always post great content!
@@jamesklatt I know and my heart breaks for the horse people there. Fort Erie has struggled since we lost the slots and every season I'm scared that it could potentially be our last.
This was great to see, I live about two miles from here and always wondered what it looked like inside, the size of that whole plot is huge! Thanks for the trip inside.
I love going to TB Racing tracks (not trying to start a debate about ethics animal rights etc.) but I've obviously never been to an abandoned one. Really enjoyed this video. Thanks for posting and keep up the good work.
Super cool to watch this as when I went to Stockton University, this was behind the mall and I always wondered!! Thanks guys, for another amazing explore!
20:24 yea there's usually tables so you can watch the race while sitting at the table enjoying your dinner or whatever you're having or you can look out the window as well (Windsor Raceway in Windsor, Ontario, Canada had the same setup)
I remember going to that race track when I was younger, though I don’t remember much about it. I do know that I would see it when I went to the Hammonton mall across the street. I never thought I would see a place I had been in one of your videos. Very cool
Holy crap that was kinda unexpected to see you guys went there, I live not even 10 mins from here, you guys will prolly be back within a few years when that malls closes that time is coming soon for sure it’s so dead in there and the major stores are just closing year after year
@ryansimpson1353 I was in the mall right before Covid hit and it was super dead inside then. I can't imagine how much worse it has gotten since Covid.
Hey Guys......thanks for this video.......I grew up going to the race tracks in California with my family....this brought me to tears because, honestly, horse racing is awesome and I can't understand why they've allowed this track to decay. Extra tears in my eyes when seeing the manufacturers of various pieces of equipment made in the USA. Greedy corporations and laws have allowed for these companies to be shipped overseas, hence the loss of millions of jobs in the U.S. It's bittersweet and sad to see all of this.....I thank you from the bottom of my heart for making this video. Peace and love.
Teller vs. seller, that brings up a good question in my mind. One that I can't seem to easily find the answer to. All I can find is that a seller can be short form for a selling race or selling plate in which the winner must be put up for auction at the end of the race with a starting bid a the discretion of the racetrack 🤔
The reason for the seller vs. teller vs. cashiers. Back in those days you needed a massive amount of tellers to run a race track. Each type of bet was sold at a separate window. Win, place, show, daily double, exacta, trifecta were sold at separate windows. I believe they even had an across the board window ie w/p/s ticket sold. Then on top of that each type of window had it's own separate amount window ranging from $2 up to $100 denomination windows. Then the track needed cashiers to actually pay off winning tickets. There was even a previous day's window for patrons with prior race day winning tickets. At the cashier window, once official, a pencil type of device would scribe out on a poster board the amount that each race payoffs were. Thus, the need for massive amount of windows/tellers. Today, a self service machine does all of the above including cashing winning tickets for a voucher. Hope that helps.
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@@Judewhohasacrestedgecko Also, some states will lock you up for criminal trespass and you probably forfeit anything you have with you. I have a cousin that is doing 10 years in a Texas prison and lost everything including his house to pay for legal fees, court costs and the owner sued him for b&e even though the site was wide open! 🤬😢
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Idk if you realized it or not (you didn't mention it) but I think the giant ATLANTIC CITY letters on wall were a clock at one time and the letters stood in for numbers.
Love this ed episode but I'm more than a little disappointed that you didn't check out the stables. So much of the heart of this industry occurs in the barns.
Please, whatever you do, never change the intro music. It's a staple for me and love the vibes. Been watching for God knows how long. Keep up the unuiqe content!
Same. When that intro music kicks in I know I'm about to watch a good video
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Same. Love the exciting and mysterious vibe. Super fitting.
Completely agree! My husband even says they have the best intro music on TH-cam.
The opening theme with their title card? Dude that always gives a good shiver through my spine. They’d better not change it ❤
FYI the clocks are slave clocks to a master clock. The master clock is trying to set the clocks to the correct time. This happens after a loss of power. It's possible however that the master clock is screwed up and it's caught in some kind of a fault condition.
Another great video guys!
I came to the comments for this answer. Thanks.
yup!
I was about to write a comment about how the clocks are still working 😅
I was hoping for them to stumble over the master clock 😊
@@Ganiscol the master clock might of been the clock on the outside with the writing going round in a circle it has was looks like a perch thing where the hands and ticker would of gone round and the words are in the place of the numbers
The absolute gold standard for exploration channels. Always incredibly compelling viewing.
The shot of the cashier/calculator machines with ferns growing around them has to be one of the most picturesque moments in any of your videos.
Yes, I loved that moment. I also loved the old telephone with the moss and the berries at the end of the video. I just wish there was more footage of it.
Hi guys, you did a very good video on the abandoned Atlantic City Race Course. My family went to all the various racetracks around the Philadelphia area. This track was very successful especially in the 1950’s to at least the late 1960’s. In those years there was a racing circuit where horse racing was only conducted a few months a year and the horses traveled to whatever track was open at the time. Atlantic City was one of the best summertime racetracks and had many famous horses and jockeys compete there. One of the reasons there were so many windows to bet or cash winning tickets was on a Saturday it was not unusual to have over 30,000 people attend the races here. Also prior to the tote system being computerized you bought your tickets at Sellers windows and then if you won you had to go to a separate Cashier window to get your money from your winning ticket. When you were in the more modern area of the track the signs said tellers because you could both buy and cash winning tickets at the same window. You also wondered about the area with no seats that was glass enclosed. That was the racetrack’s dinning room. It had table seating and most times you would have to have a reservation and be dressed nice to gain admission. The reason it was glass enclosed it unlike the rest of the track was air conditioned. A nice feature on those hot and humid days of summer. One last note I know you were not horse race fans when you said the boards in the infield of the track was a scoreboard but any race fan knows it’s called a tote board. While that was somewhat correct since it displayed the winning horse numbers and time of the race its main function was to display betting information. It showed the total amount of money in each pool and how much money was bet on each horse giving updates till the race started. Afterward it also displayed the payoffs of the various bets. At some tracks it especially in later years also featured a video board so you could see the in house tv broadcast of the race. I visited this track many times even near when live racing ended. Near the end only the lower level seats were used and many of the public areas you visited were closed off. However even to the end they did try to provide services to the customers that came. The competition of the lottery, casinos and then the overlap of other racetracks running as the same time as Atlantic City caused its end.
PARX (Philadelphia park) and Delaware park adding slots pretty much seals Atlantic City race courses gate. Only two major New Jersey tracks remain (both owned by the New Jersey sports authority)
The New Jersey thoroughbred and Harness tracks are no longer owned by the sports authority. They were sold off to private owners. Monmouth Park and Meadowlands were both owned by the state but sold. Freehold a harness track in the middle part of the state has always been privately owned. They still do not have any direct casino revenue but were given sports betting as an additional revenue source. The state does provide a small cut from casino revenue but it small and split amount the three tracks. Atlantic City Race track most likely could still not make it today due to both the casino and horse racing competition going on around them.
@jamesklatt I didn't know Delaware Park had slots.
Growing up in MD, I LOVED going to Delaware Park, such a beautiful setting for a child. I haven't been in maybe 30 years so it's great even knowing that it still exists.
Delaware Park still is a beautiful Race Track with the nice trees in the back and the nice paddock and walking ring. They have made changes in 30 years since it now has slot machines and live gaming on the first and second floors of the grandstand area. They also offer sports betting on many events. They have added more outside items in the park area. They have a nice food and bar in the back park area and on some days even have things like the bouncy houses, slides and other activities for children. You must be 21 to enter the casino area but the outside and horse race grandstand is open to everyone including children. They offer free parking and no admission charge to enter the grounds. They run live horse racing from late May to October or early November . Come back and see how nice the track and casino areas are.
the multiple clocks within the building seen operating but not in an orthodox fashion are most likely a set of slave clocks which are dependant on the one master clock for accurate time keeping. the master clock located in an office somewhere within the building would send a signal out with the correct time to all the slave clocks inside the building by wire.
some master clocks manufactured in that era of that building were connected to a dedicated radio receiver. it would receive an analogue time signal which broadcast out all across the US. the time signal would be received and this would keep the master clock in check along with all the slave clocks running within a few milliseconds of accuracy.
the master clock may have malfunctioned or stopped receiving the time signal seeing how all the slave clocks are no longer showing the correct time. the actual race timings in the early days of that building may have been dependant on the accuracy of the master clock during races.
Awesome info! Thank You! 🙂
You beat me to it! Our school clocks in the 1970's were this way. They would advance this way to change the time. The master clock is somewhere stuck in time change mode.
Yep!! School Clocks!! They took me back in time seeing them!!! and rremember the School Principal would change them from the master clock in his office, we as kids always wished to get control of that clock!! 🤣
I think the clocks fall back to time adjustment/sync as there are no longer any master signal received.
@@lildavidjax Nice. I was a graduate of the class of 2013 and all our buildings had the same style of clock up until the renovations started in 2011 when they started to switch to a digital system. You knew it was the top of the hour when the clocks started to have their little seizure fit in every room. I used to take a bathroom break at the top of the hour sometimes just to hear the hallways fill with the clamoring sound.
Great video, guys! My husband was a thoroughbred jockey, and rode at Atlantic City Race Course several times in the late 70s, when it was all night racing. Just wish you'd have found the jocks' room. Hubby says it was just past that room you entered, when you walked through that split between the two buildings.
The best thing about these videos is that it feels like us viewers are there with you exploring.
When I saw the thumbnail, I knew it was going to be the Atlantic City Racecourse. Good to see a place local to me for a change. NJ is hard on their abandoned places, knocking them down and building new almost immediately, if not for the dying mall next door, it might have already been repurposed. It's like the whole area is holding it's breath to see what becomes of the Hamilton Mall and if it recovers or finally shuts down for good.
I have not been through the racecourse in since just after it closed. As you can tell by some of the equipment stored in the parking lot, they occasionally hold heavy equipment auctions there, the place I worked for at the time would occasionally bid on man lifts and the like and I would go with my boss to check them out and bring them home. I think they held them once a year or so, you could tell by the build up of trucks, cranes, and lifts.
Honestly I am not surprised at the amount of decay. The Atlantic City region gets more rain than Seattle, and is continually damp in winter and humid in summer. As you can tell with the "lake" the water table is quite high, this keeps them from going down below ground level and building a basement in any of the nearby buildings. It is a shame you could not have gotten into the assortment of stables, I am certain those would have been interesting to see.
I, too, would have loved to see the stables and especially the tack areas.
agree
I’ve personally been to the stables, and basically building surrounding. The stables are generally pretty clean but some have been repurposed to holding chemicals or chemical waste. Best part of this compound has to be the roof of the racetrack itself, the view is astonishing.
Ill get some video of the stables next time i go and ill link it in my comment if you end up seeing this.
There’s over 90 abandon places in nj that are within 1-2 hr drives from there n I plan on exploring them
Crazy to think just HOW busy that place must've been at one time for there to be THAT many different posts for employees (sellers, tellers, etc., alone), not to mention all the rest of the employees.
The reason for the massive amount of tellers...
1) Ticket sales windows were all separate back then. Win, place, show, daily double exacta, trifecta required separate window sales. In addition, each ticket had separate denomination sales $2, $5, $10, $20< $50, $100. In addition, you needed separate cashiers to for winning tickets. Today, the self serve tote machines do it all.
I kept thinking the exact same the entire time; "how many people worked here!".
Take the records board for example, it reports the highest one-day attendance, September 7th 1953, where 33,404 attended. If we take a list of all the stadiums in the UK which have a 5000+ capacity, out of those 259 stadiums, only 22 could hold that many people. That's insane numbers.
The other big reason is the betting is parimutuel, and all bets close as the race starts. Betters often want to see the horse in the paddock as the jock mounts prior to placing bets, which means there’s a huge rush just before post time. Any bets not placed is money lost as far as the track is concerned. Grew up racing quarter horses and chariots. I don’t think anyone’s racing quarter horses anymore. Allowing off track betting absolutely slaughtered horse racing as a sport, on top of already declining attendance.
@@OverKillPlusOne We still have some QHs racing here in Oregon, but the doom of Portland Meadows and one of our fairgrounds tracks has hastened their demise..
Finally!!!! An abandoned site I've driven by 100s of times in my life as a Pennsylvanian goingnto AC for beach days and weekends and gambling when I turned 21
As I am sure others have said, the clocks are synchronous /impulse clocks. They were made by Simplex and American Time among others. There is a master clock somewhere trying to set all the other clocks. It is similar to what you would see in a school, hospital, or office building in the past.
Thank You! 🙂
Thanks was wondering
I grew up 5 minutes down the road! So exciting ya’ll went there!!
You have no idea how cool this is for me right now. I’m such a big fan of this channel, I live not far from this place and even explored it myself. Love your videos guys!
Btw going at night is wayyy creepier and I would recommend
I’d be worried about coming in contact with homeless peeps
I would be more scared of the place collapsing OR catching on fire due to the ancient electrical wiring!
@@christiangonzales7429 seriously, that building needs the power cut because of all the water intake
@@Minacious_Shenanigans how the wiring still works after all those years of facing the elements and building decay is beyond me. It is a major hazard but still baffling that it still works.
The clock is trying to synchronize. It was a system where a master clock sets all the other clocks. They run ahead until they find a sync signal which seems to be amiss. Very cool explore!
Would've loved to see it in person when it was still very much actively used. Amazing video guys, as always
Not me. These places represent animal abuse in my mind.
@@Trainy2how tf does it represent animal abuse lmao
@@Trainy2 those horses are treated very now adays
@@BomptonBillions999 Because they cause broken legs and have to put them down
I so much prefer abandoned spaces to crowds that I would just not want to be there when it was open.
This race track is featured in the 1964 Alfred Hitchcock movie Marnie, starring Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery. Quite a few shots of the grandstand, although all of the interior shots were done on a soundstage since Hitchcock despised location shooting....
Nah it was cheaper to do on a sound stage especially back then
There’s something beautiful about abandoned places. Just the feeling of all the memories that were made there throughout the years, and that it was once filled with people.
I can only imagine how creepy that place would be at night with the clocks ticking away.
It’s terrifying, me and some boys went in a couple months back. We thought it was some sort of security guard walking around but when we went to the upper levels we realized it was just clocks and were so relieved. But it’s strange at night time, it feels like a building from the walking dead when looking at it from the outside.
@@abrahamlincoln4303Yeah i live right infront of it i wonder how people even get in it its pretty cool to see this video i was always cerious to see what it looks like
I LOVE horse racing so when I saw this video I immediately clicked. I’ve been following your channel for years now and this is the greatest combination ever. Ty for exploring and capturing this incredible place.
The "calculators" are called Adding Machines. Back then, us old people had never heard of a calculator 🤣!
The photography in this one is off the charts. Incredible
Always blows me away how fast nature takes back an abandoned building. Love the channel
No way this is so cool I grew up in the town where this is. I drove by it all the time. It’s not technically in Atlantic City despite the name just near it but a lot of places in that area do that. I went once when it was temporarily open in I think 2009/2010 and they only had that first main teller area open. The rest was closed off as well as second floor seats but they still looked really decrepit even then. I loved getting to see everything inside and all that retro furniture and architecture.
The three sided window you thought was for announcing was actually where the racing stewards (the judges of the race) would have stood and watched the race for infractions. The separate single window in a room by itself to the the right of there is where the announcer would have called the race. Also, if you follow the paddock area where the three sided stalls are, there should be the "Jock's room". In the jock's room you may have seen a scale, jockey silks and other interesting things. Great video as always!
This is why you are the gold standard of urbex.
The scale of this place is staggering.
So impressed that you guys care so much for building engineering. ABSOLUTELY LOVE watching.
I worked down the street from here for quite a few years and drove past it on a regular basis. So cool to see it explored in depth.
such an interesting video! would've loved to see the stables, or whatever is left of them. the views over the abandoned racetracks were fantastic
Was thinking the same thing.
Who would've thought so much was inside a horse racing track stadium? I may have said it before but I'll say it again, your camera work is the best of all the urbexers I've seen, along with the narrative and historical information. I absolutely love the production. Such a fascinating place to showcase with the retro adding machines against the vegetation growing around it. A great juxtaposition. Great work as always.
New Jersey had its own Woodstock at that track in 1969 ! All the same names were there! Really cool video! Thank you.👍
The era, style, with the ferns and the whole feel of this place. Perfect. Future dystopian vibes. One of your best ones guys, thank you.
Great documentation of a wonderful building @TheProperPeople.
The Clicking International clocks are trying to sync with a master clock, due to the size of the facility they would want bets to be placed on an accurate time, so this would have keeps everyone on the same time.
Tellers is where you go to place a bet on which horse you thought would win the race. Sellers or "Claiming" was a process of selling a horse during the race.
At 14:04 the tile in the housekeeping room appears to be 9x9 tiles that were made from asbestos. At 16:12 you can see the manual chain crank that was used to open and close the windows as there was no AC. The Infra-red heat was natural gas not electric.
The rear view of the seats was amazing giving the two tone colors a great shot. The Satellite dishes were to receive feeds so they could show other races from other location on the various monitors. at 34:03 there is a satellite dish on top of one of the lower rooms, this would have been for broadcast out.
At 26:56 the ceiling that was so retro - this room has a lot of artistic components. 1) The boards that are hanging from the light fixtures are to help control sound IE echo and just noise control. 2) The Block wall that you pass before turning on the lights has another Sound control by staggering the size and depth of the blocks so that it was not just a flat wall. (compare the sound of this room to the one from 16:12, just walking across the floor was noisy).
At 34:57 where the rooms have soundproofing, these would be separate independent broadcasters that probably were radio broadcast on various stations.
Again Awesome work.
Thanks for all the cool info!
Dang, that is one super smart, informative reply 🥰
The quality of production you guys have just keeps getting better and better
All of that ticking would’ve drove me crazy! As someone who would watch races with my parents on television it’s so fascinating to see this track. It seems such a waste to just be abandoned. I bet in its heyday it was probably pretty amazing to see. Thanks guys for another awesome video and I always love the little historic details you put into the videos.
Fun fact if you take the back entrance to get to the Hamilton mall, you can see all the horse stables. I always wondered what the inside looked like as a kid when we would drive by. They also would use the race track lot for the circus from time to time. Thanks for putting this video together! NJ has so many awesome abandoned buildings and places to see
Loved this video. I believe those clocks are all designed to be synchronized using basically a pair of wires from a central time-keeping device or sync button. I have a clock from the 40s that has an electromagnetic reset mechanism that pulls the minute hand to the top of the hour. Maybe those clocks have a ratcheting electromagnetic sync system that allows them to be advanced in 1 minute steps. I'm still curious as to what they were connected to and how. It sounds like something in the central sync system is stuck in a loop, continuously trying to correct the time.
My favorite explorers to watch. I love how your voices are so soothing and you're so respectful. It's so intriguing to watch!❤
That ambient music you guys use always hits
What always fascinates me the most is the difference in decay. One room looks totally normal and even the lights are still on and the one next door is totally overgrown or more (floor gone, roof come down, walls missing etc.). Most amazing differences were in the asylum a few videos ago where you stood in a hallway and through the next door could look like four floors down because all the floors were missing.
Amazing video as always, please never stop making them.
(I still demand a Blu-Ray collection because TH-cam isn't going to be around forever, though.)
I love the slider montages, they're so relaxing but spooky at the same time. Id watch a whole compilation of them
This place had 2 lives. Active track up until the casinos opened in 1979 atlantic city. Interest dwindled in the 80's. I moved to south jersey in 1995 and the track was mainly used for off site betting. By the 2000's they only had one real race night per year to maintain their license. That actually did draw a crowd. I had a hard time picking out the infrastructure used for the remote betting phase. They must've pulled that out, except for the satellite dishes. I remember going to adjacent Hamilton Mall in the 2000's and seeing maybe 20 cars in the lot on a typical night. There were actually multiple nearby sites with numerous decaying stables still around in the 90s. All now replaced with housing and commercial development. This track started in the era of the car. Massive parking lot and dedicated on and off ramps to the AC expressway, which shows its impact on the local economy. Don't think there was ever rail service here. It's actually about 15 miles west of Atlantic city.
prior to the Atlantic City expressway being built and when this track opened it did have railroad service from Philadelphia. I am not sure when the train service ended but at least through the 1960’s there were trains to the track. Someone told me they even had service from New York when the horses in New York would move up to Saratoga and there was no racing at the local New York City racetracks.
A quick search of Historic Aerials will show a small train yard by the race track and a rail spur that connects with the PRSL main line to the north. This is today’s Atlantic City Line. They also served the Garden State Park racetrack in Cherry Hill.
Likely those clocks are "Slave Clocks", in which they don't have the ability to keep time on their own. They instead get their advance signals from a master clock. This kind of arrangement is common in older K-12 schools, but was also used in some other settings including corporate offices, maritime ships, airports, and a variety of other places. The pulsing you are seeing of the minute hand commonly occurs once an hour if the clock is not at it's 58th or 59th minute when a correction pulse from the master clock is set out. They have a switch that on the 58th or 59th minute, it only allows a positive impulse to advance the clock one minute. On all the other minutes, either a negative or positive impulse will advance the clock one minute. Normally the master clock sends a pulse each minute advancing all the clocks. So during the 58th or 59th minute, the master clock sends out many negative impulses and then at the end of this, it sends out a positive impulse. This way all clocks in the correct minute will not advance, but any clocks in which the minute hand is wrong will advance. Many older systems still needed to be manually set to correct the hour hand. Some of the newer models can correct the hour by checking every 6 or 12 hours.
Personally if those clocks are advancing like that constantly, I suspect something is wrong with the master clock or the 58th or 59th minute switches in some of the on-wall clocks are not activating at the correct time. I agree there is a problem there. I hope something is not shorting out in the master clock. I think that if are leaving that abandoned, it would be a good idea for safety to shut the master clock circuit off until the building is either used again or gets wrecking balled.
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Ive been subscribed to TPP since 2015 and I've watched every video since then. This is one of my favorites. So cool.
I like that midcentury look; there's something charming about it.
17:28 great shot of nature taking over the desk with old calculators. The clocks at the beginning were very eerie. :)
At 28:00, when a breaker trips immediately, that is a sign theres a direct short somewhere in the wiring field. You'll also notice that the lights dim when theres HUGE current draw happening.
Awesome exploring, guys!! great job! appreciate the hard work y'all put into these videos!!
Cheers guys you always provide such great content, I could almost hear the thunder of hooves in the background.
The best urbex channel out there, no contest. Great music.
And the clocks are definitely spooky.
There was a once famous horse racing track that closed local to me, because it went broke and couldn’t afford to pay out bets won by gamblers. The state did not allow them to add slot machines and it closed and was demolished earlier this year and I’ve actually gained construction work from the project.
Thanks for the video. Neat to see places we would never see again. The catwalk above the counting room is for security. They overlook everyone below to prevent fraud. Post Offices and shipping facilities with high-value items still have similar construction. People have switched to installing overhead cameras now days.
Beautiful natural decay and hardly any graffiti in sight, beautiful venue to explore!
I went a couple weeks ago the place is all sprayed up now 😢
Spent a lot of time here in the 90's
It was WELL past it s prime then... But it had a lot of atmosphere and it was a fun place to spend an evening.
Something to remember with all of the catwalks and overlooks: security was done MANUALLY.
They didn't have camera's everywhere. They physically had dozens of men watching the cashiers, the lines, the seats...
And not the uniformed "mall cop" security..
Pinstripe suit, bowler hat, Pinkerton type security.
You didn't play with them... Else you left with no money and less teeth than you came in with.
In the main green room they used to actually update the races via chalkboard.
So fascinating!
You gotta go back and explore the horse stalls and out buildings!
There’s nothing really there, just empty bored up sand boxes
Thank you so much for a trip down memory lane i made many trips to that track with my uncle and dad when i was teen. Back in the 70s it was a common thing for teachers to actually work at that track. i went to hammonton high class of 1984 actually had a sports literatue class the teacher was the best Larry Delaney he worked the track all summer . Mr Delaney was the one who actually taught me how to bet the horses.THANKS
My grandfather lost thousands at that race track! He would go there literally every week. Back in the late fifties and early sixties my father worked for one of the jockies who used to run sulkies. I still have old photos of him with the jockey and horse out on the track. A seller as far as I remember is someone who sells the horses who win the race. I never had a chance to see the place, so I really appreciate you guys doing a video on it.
I love your guys channel and to randomly see Atlantic City Race Course after growing up in town and seeing this abandoned for years and years…to see this is amazing. You guys are awesome and thank you for what you do.
Great shot of the old ADT alarm. Looks 1960s. Just love it!
The fact that you guys don’t have more subscribers just baffles me. You guys are and have been amazing!! I’ve watched you for years now and love every single one of your videos!
Reminds me of the local horse track that shut down. I had the chance to wander through it and purchase stuff. It wasn't quite as big and fancy, but had some of the similar designs as this one.
There was a vision behind this race track when it was first designed. I can feel it even in its abandoned state. Thank you for sharing.
I came across your channel about a week ago. I have been bin watching ever since. I enjoy the quality you put into your episodes. I feel like I am watching a documentary on the History channel. Keep up the good work! Your video production studies in collage are paying off!!
i was surprised how well preserved and how good the quality of the paper/ink etc was on the document you found from the 1940s
I was at this track before it closed down it was a very nice track it's a shame it closed down. The White House Subs in Atlantic City owned a horse u can see the pictures on the wall plus they have great subs.
The clocks were in adjust mode. We had these sort of clocks in high school, where they could all at once be adjusted for daylight savings time and such. I'm guessing there's a button or panel someplace in a utility room to shut that mode off.
First vid ive watched in a long time, but im so glad yall are stil making videos. I used to be obsessed watching back in high school years ago but have been busy watching other stuff since then. Thank you for still making videos and cant wait to catch up on everything ive missed
25 min from my house. So sad to see it like this now. Great to see you guys in my area. Lots of history in Tri State area.
You guys really have a fantastic production team
They produce it all themselves too
You guys are the Masters of Urbex. Thank you for sharing!
Those were some really nice post-apocalyptic scenes with the calculators and the moss and fern growing next to them. Also with the architectural style as well as the furniture and the colors in that building, it looks like right out of an Edward Hopper painting.
Lasting memories: ferns & moss with the adding machines, wild grape vine around telephone, peeling paint on drop ceiling frame with dry tiles, ticking clocks, and plenty of teller slots!
i’ve been waiting for someone to make a video about this place for YEARS! im so excited you guys did it
The reason for so many teller windows was that there could be upwards of 10,000 attendees on any given race day, and everybody that wanted to place a bet needed to interact with a teller between races, which was usually around 20 mins. And everyone waited until the last minute to bet, to see if the odds changed. It was always a madhouse at the teller windows. the glassed-in part of the grandstands was the 'VIP' area; you had to pay extra to sit there, but they did have tables and cocktail waitresses. The regular seats had vendors too; similar to a ballpark. The satellite dishes were for pari-mutuel betting with other racetracks. I only went to my local track a few times when I was young, before they closed it too.
Edit: The oval out front that you guys were calling the "Winners Circle" was the Parade to Post, where the horses that were about to race were walked around, so the public could get a close look at the horse they wanted to bet on. There's a picture of it in the B&W photos at the beginning.
that shot of the old mechanical calcs was so good. amazing architecture and old fixtures in there, so tempting to take lights and use in a shop. great vid guys!
You guys are fantastic! Such a sense of artistry! Amazing video! One of my favorites you have done, and been following for years!!
Thank you so much for taking me in such great adventures!!
Driven past this play many times! Thanks for stopping and taking a look for me!
Hands down one of the best exploration channels 🙌🏼
that tubelight sound kinda made me feel like im at that time the place looks so cool , like it shows the different styles of rooms that represents that era , love ur vids
i always dig the musical interludes in all the videos. cheers to being the proper people.
Christian G. said it already, but yeah it always feels like you guys make a real effort to make us viewers feel included on your exploration, even if you don't necessarily talk directly to us.
Not only that, my favorite aspect of your videos is the care and consideration you and your colleagues have for the places you visit. You respect them and do your best to leave things undisturbed. No tagging, no big "We were here" signage, no pocketing items you find interesting. Just simple documentation as you take us through these little portals to the past.
I’m glad I saw you exploring that race track. I’ve been watching you often on for a long time but I hadn’t seen anything new. Now that I saw this one, I’ll be looking more for just some new videos common. Thank you so much. This was a good call.
It makes me happy seeing something from South Jersey popping up on this channel. It's always North Jersey so this was nice change.
Yay! Always a great way to start off the weekend! 😁
I work at Fort Erie Racetrack which has hosted thoroughbred racing for the last 126 years and it terrifies me that Fort Erie will be abandoned just like this track has been. This was an interesting video to watch, you always post great content!
Golden Gate fields in Northern California will be closing at the end of the year.
@@jamesklatt I know and my heart breaks for the horse people there. Fort Erie has struggled since we lost the slots and every season I'm scared that it could potentially be our last.
This was great to see, I live about two miles from here and always wondered what it looked like inside, the size of that whole plot is huge! Thanks for the trip inside.
I love going to TB Racing tracks (not trying to start a debate about ethics animal rights etc.) but I've obviously never been to an abandoned one. Really enjoyed this video. Thanks for posting and keep up the good work.
Nobody does abandoned places better then you two an thats just a fact 💯
Super cool to watch this as when I went to Stockton University, this was behind the mall and I always wondered!! Thanks guys, for another amazing explore!
Cool show, wish you added some parts of races there next level ❤😊🇦🇺🍺🍻
20:24 yea there's usually tables so you can watch the race while sitting at the table enjoying your dinner or whatever you're having or you can look out the window as well (Windsor Raceway in Windsor, Ontario, Canada had the same setup)
I remember going to that race track when I was younger, though I don’t remember much about it. I do know that I would see it when I went to the Hammonton mall across the street. I never thought I would see a place I had been in one of your videos. Very cool
Holy crap that was kinda unexpected to see you guys went there, I live not even 10 mins from here, you guys will prolly be back within a few years when that malls closes that time is coming soon for sure it’s so dead in there and the major stores are just closing year after year
I live in Cape May Court House, the mall is definitely going down hill do like the Rock Shop so go in there often to check out records
@ryansimpson1353 I was in the mall right before Covid hit and it was super dead inside then. I can't imagine how much worse it has gotten since Covid.
Hey Guys......thanks for this video.......I grew up going to the race tracks in California with my family....this brought me to tears because, honestly, horse racing is awesome and I can't understand why they've allowed this track to decay. Extra tears in my eyes when seeing the manufacturers of various pieces of equipment made in the USA. Greedy corporations and laws have allowed for these companies to be shipped overseas, hence the loss of millions of jobs in the U.S. It's bittersweet and sad to see all of this.....I thank you from the bottom of my heart for making this video. Peace and love.
Could the two of you PRETTY PLEASE check out the horse barns and horse stables areas for the next video???? I would GREATLY appreciate it. THANKS!!
I’ve explored it before there’s nothing there. It’s just empty stables with sand in it most are boreded up anyways
Teller vs. seller, that brings up a good question in my mind. One that I can't seem to easily find the answer to. All I can find is that a seller can be short form for a selling race or selling plate in which the winner must be put up for auction at the end of the race with a starting bid a the discretion of the racetrack 🤔
The reason for the seller vs. teller vs. cashiers. Back in those days you needed a massive amount of tellers to run a race track. Each type of bet was sold at a separate window. Win, place, show, daily double, exacta, trifecta were sold at separate windows. I believe they even had an across the board window ie w/p/s ticket sold. Then on top of that each type of window had it's own separate amount window ranging from $2 up to $100 denomination windows. Then the track needed cashiers to actually pay off winning tickets. There was even a previous day's window for patrons with prior race day winning tickets. At the cashier window, once official, a pencil type of device would scribe out on a poster board the amount that each race payoffs were. Thus, the need for massive amount of windows/tellers. Today, a self service machine does all of the above including cashing winning tickets for a voucher. Hope that helps.
sellers only took bets on the race tellers took bets and cashed winning tickets some tracks also had cashiers that only cashed winning tickets
@@rstefanie2622 Awesome, thanks for the explanation :)
@@anthonyd6370 Thanks for the explanation :)
@@anthonyd6370 Thanks for the explanation :)
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