Funding issues threaten Pimlico, Laurel Park race track upgrades

The three-year-old plan to overhaul Pimlico Race Course and upgrade Laurel Park sits in limbo as stakeholders meet almost daily to “restructure, reconfigure and reimagine” how to make it work. Alan M. Rifkin, attorney for the Stronach Group that operates Pimlico and Laurel Park under the Maryland Jockey Club umbrella, said the deal to revamp the tracks passed by the General Assembly in 2020 is today so uncertain that no legal documents have been signed or finalized.