The Daily Racing Form reports that executive at Santa Anita are working on protocols to allow a limited number of paying customers back to the track sometime this spring.
Nothing has been finalized yet, and any plans would be contingent on a continued improvement of COVID-19 statistics in the area. Los Angeles County, where Santa Anita is located, has had one of the worst outbreaks in the area and is currently classified by state government as having the tightest level of restrictions on business openings and gatherings based on its current COVID-19 figures.
Santa Anita management was encouraged to learn management for the Los Angeles Dodgers is in discussions with state health officials to allow fans to the team's home games, and Disneyland has also been working on a reopening date.
Since last summer, owners with horses entered on a card have been permitted to watch the races in person at the track, but the facility has otherwise been closed to the public.
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