MEANS FOR THE STATE. HOW맥스카지노�S IT LOOKING? ADDIE. HEY, JENNIFER. IT맥스카지노�S LOOKING GOOD AS YOU CAN SEE, AND PROBABLY HERE BEHIND ME, THE $200 MILLION RENOVATION TO THE PADDOCK HERE AT CHURCHILL DOWNS IS WELL UNDERWAY. AND I SPOKE WITH SOME OFFICIALS TODAY WHO SAID THEY CAN GUARANTEE THAT THIS PADDOCK IS GOING TO BE READY TO SHINE BY DERBY, EXACTLY 150 DAYS FROM TODAY. THIS PADDOCK IS GOING TO DELIVER A TREMENDOUS AREA TO NOT ONLY VIEW THE HORSES RIGHT FROM WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE GATE, BUT TO JUST SPEND A WHOLE DAY THERE. THE $200 MILLION RENOVATION TO THE PADDOCK AT CHURCHILL DOWNS WILL TAKE THE SPACE FROM. 5000FT TO OVER 12,000. IT WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO SEAT AN ADDITIONAL 3500 PEOPLE AND ALLOW FOR MORE PREP SPACE FOR HORSES BEFORE THEIR RACE. YOU맥스카지노�RE NOT ONLY GOING TO HAVE STANDING ROOM ONLY AREA WHICH MOST TRACKS HAD WHAT WE USED TO HAVE, BUT WE HAVE VERY UNIQUE OFFERINGS THAT WILL BE PRIVATE BOXES. WE HAVE TWO CLUBS, INDOOR DINING, ROGERS SAYS. OUTSIDE IS ALMOST FINISHED WITH CONSTRUCTION WORKERS LAYING THE EXTERIOR WALL BRICK BY BRICK. THEN THEY맥스카지노�LL MOVE, MOVE INDOORS DOORS. BUT ROGERS SAYS THIS PROJECT, IT WILL BE READY FOR FANS BY DERBY WEEK. I THINK PEOPLE, WHEN THEY COME OUT HERE FOR FOR DERBY WEEK, ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY CELEBRATING, YOU KNOW, THE 150TH KENTUCKY DERBY, THEY맥스카지노�RE GOING TO BE BLOWN AWAY BY THIS THIS NEW OFFERING JUST OUTSIDE THE GATES OF CHURCHILL DOWNS, NEARBY NEIGHBORS ARE GEARING UP AS WELL. WHILE YOU WOULD PROBABLY THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND HERE HATE DERBY, IT맥스카지노�S ACTUALLY QUITE THE DIFFERENCE. JENNIFER CHAPEL REPRESENTS METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 15. SHE SAYS DERBY WEEK IS A HUGE ECONOMIC BOOST FOR RESIDENTS NEAR THE TRACK. WHETHER YOU맥스카지노�RE PARKING CARS, SELLING FOOD, WORKING SOMEWHERE ON CHURCHILL DOWNS PROPERTY OR ELSEWHERE IN LOUISVILLE, THERE맥스카지노�S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE MAKING DERBY HAPPEN. THE KENTUCKY DERBY ISN맥스카지노�T JUST A BIG DEAL FOR THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE. IT IS A BIG DEAL FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY. OFFICIALS ARE EXPECTING DERBY 150 TO HELP ATTRACT MORE TOURISTS TO THE COMMONWEALTH IN 2024, EXCEEDING LAST YEAR맥스카지노�S RECORD WERE THE STATE SAW $12 BILLION WORTH OF ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM THE TOURISM INDUSTRY ALONE. WE SAW 75.9 MILLION VISITORS TO KENTUCKY, A 103% INCREASE SINCE 2019. I HAVE A FEELING THAT WE맥스카지노�RE GOING TO BREAK SOME OF THOSE RECORDS THIS YEAR. NOW, CHURCHILL DOWNS IS EXPECTING OVER 150,000 PEOPLE TO ATTEND THIS YEAR맥스카지노�S DERBY. AND DARREN ROGERS TELLS ME THEY CHURCHILL DOWNS HAS ALREADY. SOLD 95% OF ITS TICKETS. SO OFFICIALS ARE EXPECTING A BIG ECONOMIC BOOM NOT ONLY HERE IN LOUISVILLE, BUT ALL AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH. SO I GUESS WE WILL SEE EXACTLY 150 DAYS FROM TODAY.