Churchill Downs Making Changes

Churchill Downs has been trying to get slot machines at their track in Kentucky for quite some time. They say that without the slot machines they will not be able to compete with those tracks that are allowed to have them. They argue that those that have slot machines are able to offer larger purses and other incentives that they cannot because they don’t have the additional revenue.
 
The Churchill Downs Racetrack is home to the Kentucky Derby and without the slot machines they say that they might as well be any other track. But now they have decided to start fighting another way to get what they want. They have brought in Kevin Flanery to be president of the track and are hoping for big changes.
 
Flanery will report to Bill Carstanjen – the CEO of the company. Flanery has been with the company since 2005 when he was brought in as  VP of National Public Affairs. He then was promoted to SVP of National Public Affairs and Communications in March of last year.
 
Flanery already has experience with slot machines in that he headed up a campaign last year that was successful in bringing slot machines to their Miami race track, and they are hoping that he has similar luck with this one. They know that they are fighting an uphill battle, but they know at some point they are going to be able to show them how valuable the slot machines really are and will get them legalized. Otherwise they say that there really isn’t much hope long term for the track.

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