Fair Grounds Race Course (New Orleans, Louisiana)

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Fair Grounds Race Course, often known as New Orleans Fair Grounds, is a thoroughbred racetrack and racino in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is operated by Churchill Downs Louisiana Horseracing Company, LLC. The track was initially opened as the "Union Race Course" in 1852, making it the oldest site of racing in America still in operation.
www.fairgroundsracecourse.com

The Fair Grounds is also the location of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, held each year over a pair of three-day weekends - the last weekend in April and the first weekend in May.
www.nojazzfest.com/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Grounds_Race_Course
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Coordinates:   29°59'6"N   90°4'53"W

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  • The track's season begins on Thanksgiving each year and extends through the winter. The fairgrounds is perhaps most well known as the home of The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (a.k.a. Jazz Fest), which traditionally takes place the last weekend of April and the first weekend of May.
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