https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=DUBUQUE_RACING_ASSOCIATIONDUBUQUE RACING ASSOCIATION - Revision history2026-05-07T19:16:20ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.1https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=DUBUQUE_RACING_ASSOCIATION&diff=185920&oldid=prevRandylyon at 21:04, 26 December 20252025-12-26T21:04:57Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The history of the organization began in 1983 when the Iowa Legislature passed the Pari-Mutuel Wagering Act. This law allowed qualified organizations to apply for a license to conduct parimutuel wager, also known as "pool betting," on horse and dog racing. At the time, Dubuque did no <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">seem </del>to be a place upon which the state could count to be successful. Thousands of jobs had been lost (see: [[DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY]] and [[FARLEY AND LOETSCHER MANUFACTURING COMPANY]] and the local unemployment had peaked in the early 1980s at 23%. Such negativity existed that the saying,"Will the last person out of Dubuque please turn off the lights" became a sick joke. Here, however, was an opportunity. A group of leading civic-minded citizens including [[HARRMANN, Terry|Terry HARRMANN]], [[HONKAMP, Arnold N.|Arnold N. HONKAMP]], and [[DENLINGER, Norma|DENLINGER, Norma]] supported the project. In 1984 Dubuque received the state approvals to open its own dog park using a $7.9 million general obligation bond fund, approved by the citizens in a vote earlier that year. The association on May 20, 1991 had a 'bond fire' in which a replica mortgage, representing payment of the $7.9 million general obligation bonds used to build the Dubuque Greyhound Park in 1985, was burned. (2)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The history of the organization began in 1983 when the Iowa Legislature passed the Pari-Mutuel Wagering Act. This law allowed qualified organizations to apply for a license to conduct parimutuel wager, also known as "pool betting," on horse and dog racing. At the time, Dubuque did no <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">steem </ins>to be a place upon which the state could count to be successful. Thousands of jobs had been lost (see: [[DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY]] and [[FARLEY AND LOETSCHER MANUFACTURING COMPANY]] and the local unemployment had peaked in the early 1980s at 23%. Such negativity existed that the saying,"Will the last person out of Dubuque please turn off the lights" became a sick joke. Here, however, was an opportunity. A group of leading civic-minded citizens including [[HARRMANN, Terry|Terry HARRMANN]], [[HONKAMP, Arnold N.|Arnold N. HONKAMP]], and [[DENLINGER, Norma|DENLINGER, Norma]] supported the project. In 1984 Dubuque received the state approvals to open its own dog park using a $7.9 million general obligation bond fund, approved by the citizens in a vote earlier that year. The association on May 20, 1991 had a 'bond fire' in which a replica mortgage, representing payment of the $7.9 million general obligation bonds used to build the Dubuque Greyhound Park in 1985, was burned. (2)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the 'bond fire' meant that local taxpayers no longer had to be concerned about the track's debt, the bonds would not be paid off until 1995. DRA officials were prohibited from retiring the entire debt before that date, so the remaining balance due, $2.75 million plus $891,000 interest, was placed in an escrow account at [[AMERICAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK]]. Despite the presence of other dog tracks, the Dubuque Greyhound Park by 1991 was the only Iowa track to be debt free, fourteen years early, and therefore able to show a profit despite competition. (3)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the 'bond fire' meant that local taxpayers no longer had to be concerned about the track's debt, the bonds would not be paid off until 1995. DRA officials were prohibited from retiring the entire debt before that date, so the remaining balance due, $2.75 million plus $891,000 interest, was placed in an escrow account at [[AMERICAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK]]. Despite the presence of other dog tracks, the Dubuque Greyhound Park by 1991 was the only Iowa track to be debt free, fourteen years early, and therefore able to show a profit despite competition. (3)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In May, 2016 the Racing Association announced $1.47 million in grants to 182 area nonprofit organizations. (7) In November, 2016 both the [[MYSTIQUE CASINO]] and the [[DIAMOND JO]] reported modest year-over-year increases (2.7% and 2.5% respectively) in gaming revenue. Challenges lying ahead in 2017 included new casinos in the Quad Cities and the continued growth of video gaming terminals in Illinois. (8)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In May, 2016 the Racing Association announced $1.47 million in grants to 182 area nonprofit organizations. (7) In November, 2016 both the [[MYSTIQUE CASINO]] and the [[DIAMOND JO]] reported modest year-over-year increases (2.7% and 2.5% respectively) in gaming revenue. Challenges lying ahead in 2017 included new casinos in the Quad Cities and the continued growth of video gaming terminals in Illinois. (8)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Grant funding in 2017 amounted to $1.36 million given to 151 area nonprofit organizations. Half of the funds were received by the organizations in the City of Dubuque. A "future fund" to support long-term, high-cost projects to be determined. Over $500,000 was placed in an endowment fund to ensure the strength of the DRA. (9) Dubuque's two casinos together generated $115.9 million in gambling revenues, an increase of $1.5 million over 2016 and Dubuque's highest total since 2013. Diamond Jo Casino earned a 59% market share. Q Casino generated $47.4 million which was down slightly from the previous year. (10)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Grant funding in 2017 amounted to $1.36 million given to 151 area nonprofit organizations. Half of the funds were received by the organizations in the City of Dubuque. A "future fund" to support long-term, high-cost projects to be determined <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was established</ins>. Over $500,000 was placed in an endowment fund to ensure the strength of the DRA. (9) Dubuque's two casinos together generated $115.9 million in gambling revenues, an increase of $1.5 million over 2016 and Dubuque's highest total since 2013. Diamond Jo Casino earned a 59% market share. Q Casino generated $47.4 million which was down slightly from the previous year. (10)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In December, 2018 DRA officials announced that its grant-making process was going to be changed. The new plan set minimum and maximum grant amounts. The board also voted to designate a portion of money, to be determined, to be reserved for Dubuque county public and parochial schools. Officials reassured the public that the amount of charitable giving would not be reduced under the new plan. (11)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In December, 2018 DRA officials announced that its grant-making process was going to be changed. The new plan set minimum and maximum grant amounts. The board also voted to designate a portion of money, to be determined, to be reserved for Dubuque county public and parochial schools. Officials reassured the public that the amount of charitable giving would not be reduced under the new plan. (11)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2018 the DRA was the non-profit license-holder for Q Casino and Hotel and the Diamond Jo Casino which together in 2018 generated $9.176 million. It operated Q Casino and Hotel, a facility owned by the City of Dubuque. Profits from the Q went to the city and area charitable organizations through competitive grants. Applications were due in January with awards made in May. In 2018 the DRA announced grant awards totaling $1,220,630 to 145 area charitable organizations. The timetable would not be changed. The minimum application considered under the new plan would be $1,000, but the maximum to be considered was raised to $50,000 capped at $1 million. The members of the board had considered establishing a $2,500 minimum award. In 2018, only 14 of the 260 grant application had been less than $2,500. Concern, however, was expressed that this amount might discourage small organizations. (12)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2018 the DRA was the non-profit license-holder for Q Casino and Hotel and the Diamond Jo Casino which together in 2018 generated $9.176 million. It operated Q Casino and Hotel, a facility owned by the City of Dubuque. Profits from the Q went to the city and area charitable organizations through competitive grants. Applications were due in January with awards made in May. In 2018 the DRA announced grant awards totaling $1,220,630 to 145 area charitable organizations. The timetable would not be changed. The minimum application considered under the new plan would be $1,000, but the maximum to be considered was raised to $50,000 capped at $1 million. The members of the board had considered establishing a $2,500 minimum award. In 2018, only 14 of the 260 grant application had been less than $2,500. Concern, however, was expressed that this amount might discourage small organizations. (12)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The DRA also distributed funds later in the year through its DRA Future Fund. Renamed the DRA Special Projects Fund, the award of up to $250,000 would be announced in November. Restrictions added included that organizations receiving money for one project were not eligible for another.The amount of money for schools was to be determined at the annual meeting of the board. (13)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The DRA also distributed funds later in the year through its DRA Future Fund. Renamed the DRA Special Projects Fund, the award of up to $250,000 would be announced in November. Restrictions added included that organizations receiving money for one project were not eligible for another. The amount of money for schools was to be determined at the annual meeting of the board. (13)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2020 the [[PANDEMIC]] led the board of directors to approve directing nearly $600,000 to local organizations impacted by the virus. The funds would have usually been directed to the DRA endowment fund. The relocation of the money was contingent on approval of the City of Dubuque which owned [[Q CASINO RESORT AND HOTEL]]. If approved the DRA would work with [[DIAMOND JO CASINO]], United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States, and the [[COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUBUQUE]] to determine the distribution. In May 2019, the DRAC awarded $1.1 million to 129 local non-profits. In the spring of 2020, the DRA announced that there would be a delay in allocations as the casinos faced the impacts of the pandemic. (14)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2020 the [[PANDEMIC]] led the board of directors to approve directing nearly $600,000 to local organizations impacted by the virus. The funds would have usually been directed to the DRA endowment fund. The relocation of the money was contingent on approval of the City of Dubuque which owned [[Q CASINO RESORT AND HOTEL]]. If approved the DRA would work with [[DIAMOND JO CASINO]], United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States, and the [[COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUBUQUE]] to determine the distribution. In May 2019, the DRAC awarded $1.1 million to 129 local non-profits. In the spring of 2020, the DRA announced that there would be a delay in allocations as the casinos faced the impacts of the pandemic. (14)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>DUBUQUE RACING ASSOCIATION. A recipient of the [[FIRST CITIZEN AWARD]], the Dubuque Racing Association in 1985 began operations as a community organization. The holder of gambling licenses for [[DUBUQUE GREYHOUND PARK AND CASINO]] and later the [[DUBUQUE CASINO BELLE]]. In 2024 the organization managed the city-owned facilities and directed the growth of [[Q CASINO RESORT AND HOTEL]] which was one of only two nonprofit casinos in the United States. (1)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>DUBUQUE RACING ASSOCIATION. A recipient of the [[FIRST CITIZEN AWARD]], the Dubuque Racing Association in 1985 began operations as a community organization. The holder of gambling licenses for [[DUBUQUE GREYHOUND PARK AND CASINO]] and later the [[DUBUQUE CASINO BELLE]]. In 2024 the organization managed the city-owned facilities and directed the growth of [[Q CASINO RESORT AND HOTEL]] which was one of only two nonprofit casinos in the United States. (1)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The history of the organization began in 1983 when the Iowa Legislature passed the Pari-Mutuel Wagering Act. This law allowed qualified organizations to apply for a license to conduct parimutuel wager, also known as "pool betting," on horse and dog racing. At the time, Dubuque did no seem to be a place upon which the state could count to be successful. Thousands of jobs had been lost (see: [[DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY]] and [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">CARADCO</del>]] and the local unemployment had peaked in the early 1980s at 23%. Such negativity existed that the saying,"Will the last person out of Dubuque please turn off the lights" became a sick joke. Here, however, was an opportunity. A group of leading civic-minded citizens including [[HARRMANN, Terry|Terry HARRMANN]], [[HONKAMP, Arnold N.|Arnold N. HONKAMP]], and [[DENLINGER, Norma|DENLINGER, Norma]] supported the project. In 1984 Dubuque received the state approvals to open its own dog park using a $7.9 million general obligation bond fund, approved by the citizens in a vote earlier that year. The association on May 20, 1991 had a 'bond fire' in which a replica mortgage, representing payment of the $7.9 million general obligation bonds used to build the Dubuque Greyhound Park in 1985, was burned. (2)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The history of the organization began in 1983 when the Iowa Legislature passed the Pari-Mutuel Wagering Act. This law allowed qualified organizations to apply for a license to conduct parimutuel wager, also known as "pool betting," on horse and dog racing. At the time, Dubuque did no seem to be a place upon which the state could count to be successful. Thousands of jobs had been lost (see: [[DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY]] and [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">FARLEY AND LOETSCHER MANUFACTURING COMPANY</ins>]] and the local unemployment had peaked in the early 1980s at 23%. Such negativity existed that the saying,"Will the last person out of Dubuque please turn off the lights" became a sick joke. Here, however, was an opportunity. A group of leading civic-minded citizens including [[HARRMANN, Terry|Terry HARRMANN]], [[HONKAMP, Arnold N.|Arnold N. HONKAMP]], and [[DENLINGER, Norma|DENLINGER, Norma]] supported the project. In 1984 Dubuque received the state approvals to open its own dog park using a $7.9 million general obligation bond fund, approved by the citizens in a vote earlier that year. The association on May 20, 1991 had a 'bond fire' in which a replica mortgage, representing payment of the $7.9 million general obligation bonds used to build the Dubuque Greyhound Park in 1985, was burned. (2)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the 'bond fire' meant that local taxpayers no longer had to be concerned about the track's debt, the bonds would not be paid off until 1995. DRA officials were prohibited from retiring the entire debt before that date, so the remaining balance due, $2.75 million plus $891,000 interest, was placed in an escrow account at [[AMERICAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK]]. Despite the presence of other dog tracks, the Dubuque Greyhound Park by 1991 was the only Iowa track to be debt free, fourteen years early, and therefore able to show a profit despite competition. (3)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the 'bond fire' meant that local taxpayers no longer had to be concerned about the track's debt, the bonds would not be paid off until 1995. DRA officials were prohibited from retiring the entire debt before that date, so the remaining balance due, $2.75 million plus $891,000 interest, was placed in an escrow account at [[AMERICAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK]]. Despite the presence of other dog tracks, the Dubuque Greyhound Park by 1991 was the only Iowa track to be debt free, fourteen years early, and therefore able to show a profit despite competition. (3)</div></td></tr>
</table>Randylyonhttps://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=DUBUQUE_RACING_ASSOCIATION&diff=183500&oldid=prevRandylyon at 16:27, 8 January 20252025-01-08T16:27:09Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>DUBUQUE RACING ASSOCIATION. A recipient of the [[FIRST CITIZEN AWARD]], the Dubuque Racing Association in 1985 began operations as a community organization. The holder of gambling licenses for [[DUBUQUE GREYHOUND PARK AND CASINO]] and later the [[DUBUQUE CASINO BELLE]]. In 2024 the organization managed the city-owned facilities and directed the growth of [[Q CASINO RESORT AND HOTEL]] which was one of only two nonprofit casinos in the United States. (1)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>DUBUQUE RACING ASSOCIATION. A recipient of the [[FIRST CITIZEN AWARD]], the Dubuque Racing Association in 1985 began operations as a community organization. The holder of gambling licenses for [[DUBUQUE GREYHOUND PARK AND CASINO]] and later the [[DUBUQUE CASINO BELLE]]. In 2024 the organization managed the city-owned facilities and directed the growth of [[Q CASINO RESORT AND HOTEL]] which was one of only two nonprofit casinos in the United States. (1)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The history of the organization began in 1983 when the Iowa Legislature passed the Pari-Mutuel Wagering Act. This law allowed qualified organizations to apply for a license to conduct parimutuel wager, also known as "pool betting," on horse and dog racing. At the time, Dubuque did no seem to be a place upon which the state could count to be successful. Thousands of jobs had been lost (see: [[DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY]] and [[CARADCO]] and the local unemployment had peaked in the early 1980s at 23%. Such negativity existed that the saying,"Will the last person out of Dubuque please turn off the lights" became a sick joke. Here, however, was an opportunity. A group of leading civic-minded citizens including [[HARRMANN, Terry|Terry HARRMANN]], [[HONKAMP, Arnold N.|Arnold N. HONKAMP]], and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</del>[[DENLINGER, Norma|DENLINGER, Norma]] supported the project. In 1984 Dubuque received the state approvals to open its own dog park using a $7.9 million general obligation bond fund, approved by the citizens in a vote earlier that year. The association on May 20, 1991 had a 'bond fire' in which a replica mortgage, representing payment of the $7.9 million general obligation bonds used to build the Dubuque Greyhound Park in 1985, was burned. (2)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The history of the organization began in 1983 when the Iowa Legislature passed the Pari-Mutuel Wagering Act. This law allowed qualified organizations to apply for a license to conduct parimutuel wager, also known as "pool betting," on horse and dog racing. At the time, Dubuque did no seem to be a place upon which the state could count to be successful. Thousands of jobs had been lost (see: [[DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY]] and [[CARADCO]] and the local unemployment had peaked in the early 1980s at 23%. Such negativity existed that the saying,"Will the last person out of Dubuque please turn off the lights" became a sick joke. Here, however, was an opportunity. A group of leading civic-minded citizens including [[HARRMANN, Terry|Terry HARRMANN]], [[HONKAMP, Arnold N.|Arnold N. HONKAMP]], and [[DENLINGER, Norma|DENLINGER, Norma]] supported the project. In 1984 Dubuque received the state approvals to open its own dog park using a $7.9 million general obligation bond fund, approved by the citizens in a vote earlier that year. The association on May 20, 1991 had a 'bond fire' in which a replica mortgage, representing payment of the $7.9 million general obligation bonds used to build the Dubuque Greyhound Park in 1985, was burned. (2)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the 'bond fire' meant that local taxpayers no longer had to be concerned about the track's debt, the bonds would not be paid off until 1995. DRA officials were prohibited from retiring the entire debt before that date, so the remaining balance due, $2.75 million plus $891,000 interest, was placed in an escrow account at [[AMERICAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK]]. Despite the presence of other dog tracks, the Dubuque Greyhound Park by 1991 was the only Iowa track to be debt free, fourteen years early, and therefore able to show a profit despite competition. (3)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the 'bond fire' meant that local taxpayers no longer had to be concerned about the track's debt, the bonds would not be paid off until 1995. DRA officials were prohibited from retiring the entire debt before that date, so the remaining balance due, $2.75 million plus $891,000 interest, was placed in an escrow account at [[AMERICAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK]]. Despite the presence of other dog tracks, the Dubuque Greyhound Park by 1991 was the only Iowa track to be debt free, fourteen years early, and therefore able to show a profit despite competition. (3)</div></td></tr>
</table>Randylyonhttps://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=DUBUQUE_RACING_ASSOCIATION&diff=183499&oldid=prevRandylyon at 16:26, 8 January 20252025-01-08T16:26:53Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The history of the organization began in 1983 when the Iowa Legislature passed the Pari-Mutuel Wagering Act. This law allowed qualified organizations to apply for a license to conduct parimutuel wager, also known as "pool betting," on horse and dog racing. At the time, Dubuque did no seem to be a place upon which the state could count to be successful. Thousands of jobs had been lost (see: [[DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY]] and [[CARADCO]] and the local unemployment had peaked in the early 1980s at 23%. Such negativity existed that the saying,"Will the last person out of Dubuque please turn off the lights" became a sick joke. Here, however, was an opportunity. A group of leading civic-minded citizens including [[HARRMANN, Terry|Terry HARRMANN]], [[HONKAMP, Arnold N.|Arnold N. HONKAMP]], and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</del>[[[DENLINGER, Norma|DENLINGER, Norma]] supported the project. In 1984 Dubuque received the state approvals to open its own dog park using a $7.9 million general obligation bond fund, approved by the citizens in a vote earlier that year. The association on May 20, 1991 had a 'bond fire' in which a replica mortgage, representing payment of the $7.9 million general obligation bonds used to build the Dubuque Greyhound Park in 1985, was burned. (2)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The history of the organization began in 1983 when the Iowa Legislature passed the Pari-Mutuel Wagering Act. This law allowed qualified organizations to apply for a license to conduct parimutuel wager, also known as "pool betting," on horse and dog racing. At the time, Dubuque did no seem to be a place upon which the state could count to be successful. Thousands of jobs had been lost (see: [[DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY]] and [[CARADCO]] and the local unemployment had peaked in the early 1980s at 23%. Such negativity existed that the saying,"Will the last person out of Dubuque please turn off the lights" became a sick joke. Here, however, was an opportunity. A group of leading civic-minded citizens including [[HARRMANN, Terry|Terry HARRMANN]], [[HONKAMP, Arnold N.|Arnold N. HONKAMP]], and [[[DENLINGER, Norma|DENLINGER, Norma]] supported the project. In 1984 Dubuque received the state approvals to open its own dog park using a $7.9 million general obligation bond fund, approved by the citizens in a vote earlier that year. The association on May 20, 1991 had a 'bond fire' in which a replica mortgage, representing payment of the $7.9 million general obligation bonds used to build the Dubuque Greyhound Park in 1985, was burned. (2)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the 'bond fire' meant that local taxpayers no longer had to be concerned about the track's debt, the bonds would not be paid off until 1995. DRA officials were prohibited from retiring the entire debt before that date, so the remaining balance due, $2.75 million plus $891,000 interest, was placed in an escrow account at [[AMERICAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK]]. Despite the presence of other dog tracks, the Dubuque Greyhound Park by 1991 was the only Iowa track to be debt free, fourteen years early, and therefore able to show a profit despite competition. (3)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the 'bond fire' meant that local taxpayers no longer had to be concerned about the track's debt, the bonds would not be paid off until 1995. DRA officials were prohibited from retiring the entire debt before that date, so the remaining balance due, $2.75 million plus $891,000 interest, was placed in an escrow account at [[AMERICAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK]]. Despite the presence of other dog tracks, the Dubuque Greyhound Park by 1991 was the only Iowa track to be debt free, fourteen years early, and therefore able to show a profit despite competition. (3)</div></td></tr>
</table>Randylyonhttps://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=DUBUQUE_RACING_ASSOCIATION&diff=183495&oldid=prevRandylyon at 04:04, 8 January 20252025-01-08T04:04:04Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The history of the organization began in 1983 when the Iowa Legislature passed the Pari-Mutuel Wagering Act. This law allowed qualified organizations to apply for a license to conduct parimutuel wager, also known as "pool betting," on horse and dog racing. At the time, Dubuque did no seem to be a place upon which the state could count to be successful. Thousands of jobs had been lost (see: [[DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY]] and [[CARADCO]] and the local unemployment had peaked in the early 1980s at 23%. Such negativity existed that the saying,"Will the last person out of Dubuque please turn off the lights" became a sick joke. Here, however, was an opportunity. A group of leading civic-minded citizens including [[HARRMANN, Terry|Terry HARRMANN]], [[HONKAMP, Arnold N.|Arnold N. HONKAMP]], and [[[[DENLINGER, Norma|DENLINGER, Norma]] supported the project. In 1984 Dubuque received the state approvals to open its own dog park using a $7.9 million general obligation bond fund, approved by the citizens in a vote earlier that year. The association on May 20, 1991 had a 'bond fire' in which a replica mortgage, representing payment of the $7.9 million general obligation bonds used to build the Dubuque Greyhound Park in 1985, was burned. (2)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The history of the organization began in 1983 when the Iowa Legislature passed the Pari-Mutuel Wagering Act. This law allowed qualified organizations to apply for a license to conduct parimutuel wager, also known as "pool betting," on horse and dog racing. At the time, Dubuque did no seem to be a place upon which the state could count to be successful. Thousands of jobs had been lost (see: [[DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY]] and [[CARADCO]] and the local unemployment had peaked in the early 1980s at 23%. Such negativity existed that the saying,"Will the last person out of Dubuque please turn off the lights" became a sick joke. Here, however, was an opportunity. A group of leading civic-minded citizens including [[HARRMANN, Terry|Terry HARRMANN]], [[HONKAMP, Arnold N.|Arnold N. HONKAMP]], and [[[[DENLINGER, Norma|DENLINGER, Norma]] supported the project. In 1984 Dubuque received the state approvals to open its own dog park using a $7.9 million general obligation bond fund, approved by the citizens in a vote earlier that year. The association on May 20, 1991 had a 'bond fire' in which a replica mortgage, representing payment of the $7.9 million general obligation bonds used to build the Dubuque Greyhound Park in 1985, was burned. (2)</div></td></tr>
</table>Randylyonhttps://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=DUBUQUE_RACING_ASSOCIATION&diff=183494&oldid=prevRandylyon at 04:03, 8 January 20252025-01-08T04:03:39Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>DUBUQUE RACING ASSOCIATION. A recipient of the [[FIRST CITIZEN AWARD]], the Dubuque Racing Association in 1985 began operations as a community organization. The holder of gambling licenses for [[DUBUQUE GREYHOUND PARK AND CASINO]] and later the [[DUBUQUE CASINO BELLE]]. In 2024 the organization managed the city-owned facilities and directed the growth of [[Q-CASINO RESORT <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </del>HOTEL]] which was one of only two nonprofit casinos in the United States. (1)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>DUBUQUE RACING ASSOCIATION. A recipient of the [[FIRST CITIZEN AWARD]], the Dubuque Racing Association in 1985 began operations as a community organization. The holder of gambling licenses for [[DUBUQUE GREYHOUND PARK AND CASINO]] and later the [[DUBUQUE CASINO BELLE]]. In 2024 the organization managed the city-owned facilities and directed the growth of [[Q-CASINO RESORT <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">AND </ins>HOTEL]] which was one of only two nonprofit casinos in the United States. (1)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The history of the organization began in 1983 when the Iowa Legislature passed the Pari-Mutuel Wagering Act. This law allowed qualified organizations to apply for a license to conduct parimutuel wager, also known as "pool betting," on horse and dog racing. At the time, Dubuque did no seem to be a place upon which the state could count to be successful. Thousands of jobs had been lost (see: [[DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY]] and [[CARADCO]] and the local unemployment had peaked in the early 1980s at 23%. Such negativity existed that the saying,"Will the last person out of Dubuque please turn off the lights" became a sick joke. Here, however, was an opportunity. A group of leading civic-minded citizens including [[HARRMANN, Terry|Terry HARRMANN]], [[HONKAMP, Arnold N.|Arnold N. HONKAMP]], and [[[[DENLINGER, Norma|DENLINGER, Norma]] supported the project. In 1984 Dubuque received the state approvals to open its own dog park using a $7.9 million general obligation bond fund, approved by the citizens in a vote earlier that year. The association on May 20, 1991 had a 'bond fire' in which a replica mortgage, representing payment of the $7.9 million general obligation bonds used to build the Dubuque Greyhound Park in 1985, was burned. (2)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The history of the organization began in 1983 when the Iowa Legislature passed the Pari-Mutuel Wagering Act. This law allowed qualified organizations to apply for a license to conduct parimutuel wager, also known as "pool betting," on horse and dog racing. At the time, Dubuque did no seem to be a place upon which the state could count to be successful. Thousands of jobs had been lost (see: [[DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY]] and [[CARADCO]] and the local unemployment had peaked in the early 1980s at 23%. Such negativity existed that the saying,"Will the last person out of Dubuque please turn off the lights" became a sick joke. Here, however, was an opportunity. A group of leading civic-minded citizens including [[HARRMANN, Terry|Terry HARRMANN]], [[HONKAMP, Arnold N.|Arnold N. HONKAMP]], and [[[[DENLINGER, Norma|DENLINGER, Norma]] supported the project. In 1984 Dubuque received the state approvals to open its own dog park using a $7.9 million general obligation bond fund, approved by the citizens in a vote earlier that year. The association on May 20, 1991 had a 'bond fire' in which a replica mortgage, representing payment of the $7.9 million general obligation bonds used to build the Dubuque Greyhound Park in 1985, was burned. (2)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The history of the organization began in 1983 when the Iowa Legislature passed the Pari-Mutuel Wagering Act. This law allowed qualified organizations to apply for a license to conduct parimutuel wager, also known as "pool betting," on horse and dog racing. At the time, Dubuque did no seem to be a place upon which the state could count to be successful. Thousands of jobs had been lost (see: [[DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY]] and [[CARADCO]] and the local unemployment had peaked in the early 1980s at 23%. Such negativity existed that the saying,"Will the last person out of Dubuque please turn off the lights" became a sick joke. Here, however, was an opportunity. A group of leading civic-minded citizens including [[HARRMANN, Terry|Terry HARRMANN]], [[HONKAMP, Arnold N.|Arnold N. HONKAMP]], and [[[[DENLINGER, Norma|DENLINGER, Norma]] supported the project. In 1984 Dubuque received the state approvals to open its own dog park using a $7.9 million general obligation bond fund, approved by the citizens in a vote earlier that year. The association on May 20, 1991 had a 'bond fire' in which a replica mortgage, representing payment of the $7.9 million general obligation bonds used to build the Dubuque Greyhound Park in 1985, was burned. (2)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The history of the organization began in 1983 when the Iowa Legislature passed the Pari-Mutuel Wagering Act. This law allowed qualified organizations to apply for a license to conduct parimutuel wager, also known as "pool betting," on horse and dog racing. At the time, Dubuque did no seem to be a place upon which the state could count to be successful. Thousands of jobs had been lost (see: [[DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY]] and [[CARADCO]] and the local unemployment had peaked in the early 1980s at 23%. Such negativity existed that the saying,"Will the last person out of Dubuque please turn off the lights" became a sick joke. Here, however, was an opportunity. A group of leading civic-minded citizens including [[HARRMANN, Terry|Terry HARRMANN]], [[HONKAMP, Arnold N.|Arnold N. HONKAMP]], and [[[[DENLINGER, Norma|DENLINGER, Norma]] supported the project. In 1984 Dubuque received the state approvals to open its own dog park using a $7.9 million general obligation bond fund, approved by the citizens in a vote earlier that year. The association on May 20, 1991 had a 'bond fire' in which a replica mortgage, representing payment of the $7.9 million general obligation bonds used to build the Dubuque Greyhound Park in 1985, was burned. (2)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>DUBUQUE RACING ASSOCIATION. A recipient of the [[FIRST CITIZEN AWARD]], the Dubuque Racing Association in 1985 began operations as a community organization. The holder of gambling licenses for [[DUBUQUE GREYHOUND PARK AND CASINO]] and later the [[DUBUQUE CASINO BELLE]]. In 2024 the organization managed the city-owned facilities and directed the growth of [[Q-CASINO <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">AND </del>HOTEL]] which was one of only two nonprofit casinos in the United States. (1)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>DUBUQUE RACING ASSOCIATION. A recipient of the [[FIRST CITIZEN AWARD]], the Dubuque Racing Association in 1985 began operations as a community organization. The holder of gambling licenses for [[DUBUQUE GREYHOUND PARK AND CASINO]] and later the [[DUBUQUE CASINO BELLE]]. In 2024 the organization managed the city-owned facilities and directed the growth of [[Q-CASINO <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </ins>HOTEL]] which was one of only two nonprofit casinos in the United States. (1)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The history of the organization began in 1983 when the Iowa Legislature passed the Pari-Mutuel Wagering Act. This law allowed qualified organizations to apply for a license to conduct parimutuel wager, also known as "pool betting," on horse and dog racing. At the time, Dubuque did no seem to be a place upon which the state could count to be successful. Thousands of jobs had been lost (see: [[DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY]] and [[CARADCO]] and the local unemployment had peaked in the early 1980s at 23%. Such negativity existed that the saying,"Will the last person out of Dubuque please turn off the lights" became a sick joke. Here, however, was an opportunity. A group of leading civic-minded citizens including [[HARRMANN, Terry|Terry HARRMANN]], [[HONKAMP, Arnold N.|Arnold N. HONKAMP]], and [[[[DENLINGER, Norma|DENLINGER, Norma]] supported the project. In 1984 Dubuque received the state approvals to open its own dog park using a $7.9 million general obligation bond fund, approved by the citizens in a vote earlier that year. The association on May 20, 1991 had a 'bond fire' in which a replica mortgage, representing payment of the $7.9 million general obligation bonds used to build the Dubuque Greyhound Park in 1985, was burned. (2)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The history of the organization began in 1983 when the Iowa Legislature passed the Pari-Mutuel Wagering Act. This law allowed qualified organizations to apply for a license to conduct parimutuel wager, also known as "pool betting," on horse and dog racing. At the time, Dubuque did no seem to be a place upon which the state could count to be successful. Thousands of jobs had been lost (see: [[DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY]] and [[CARADCO]] and the local unemployment had peaked in the early 1980s at 23%. Such negativity existed that the saying,"Will the last person out of Dubuque please turn off the lights" became a sick joke. Here, however, was an opportunity. A group of leading civic-minded citizens including [[HARRMANN, Terry|Terry HARRMANN]], [[HONKAMP, Arnold N.|Arnold N. HONKAMP]], and [[[[DENLINGER, Norma|DENLINGER, Norma]] supported the project. In 1984 Dubuque received the state approvals to open its own dog park using a $7.9 million general obligation bond fund, approved by the citizens in a vote earlier that year. The association on May 20, 1991 had a 'bond fire' in which a replica mortgage, representing payment of the $7.9 million general obligation bonds used to build the Dubuque Greyhound Park in 1985, was burned. (2)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The history of the organization began in 1983 when the Iowa Legislature passed the Pari-Mutuel Wagering Act. This law allowed qualified organizations to apply for a license to conduct parimutuel wager, also known as "pool betting," on horse and dog racing. At the time, Dubuque did no seem to be a place upon which the state could count to be successful. Thousands of jobs had been lost (see: [[DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY]] and [[CARADCO]] and the local unemployment had peaked in the early 1980s at 23%. Such negativity existed that the saying,"Will the last person out of Dubuque please turn off the lights" became a sick joke. Here, however, was an opportunity. A group of leading civic-minded citizens including [[HARRMANN, Terry|Terry HARRMANN]], [[HONKAMP, Arnold N.|Arnold N. HONKAMP]], and [[[[DENLINGER, Norma|DENLINGER, Norma]] supported the project. In 1984 Dubuque received the state approvals to open its own dog park using a $7.9 million general obligation bond fund, approved by the citizens in a vote earlier that year. The association on May 20, 1991 had a 'bond fire' in which a replica mortgage, representing payment of the $7.9 million general obligation bonds used to build the Dubuque Greyhound Park in 1985, was burned. (2)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The history of the organization began in 1983 when the Iowa Legislature passed the Pari-Mutuel Wagering Act. This law allowed qualified organizations to apply for a license to conduct parimutuel wager, also known as "pool betting," on horse and dog racing. At the time, Dubuque did no seem to be a place upon which the state could count to be successful. Thousands of jobs had been lost (see: [[DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY]] and [[CARADCO]] and the local unemployment had peaked in the early 1980s at 23%. Such negativity existed that the saying,"Will the last person out of Dubuque please turn off the lights" became a sick joke. Here, however, was an opportunity. A group of leading civic-minded citizens including [[HARRMANN, Terry|Terry HARRMANN]], [[HONKAMP, Arnold N.|Arnold N. HONKAMP]], and [[[[DENLINGER, Norma|DENLINGER, Norma]] supported the project. In 1984 Dubuque received the state approvals to open its own dog park using a $7.9 million general obligation bond fund, approved by the citizens in a vote earlier that year. The association on May 20, 1991 had a 'bond fire' in which a replica mortgage, representing payment of the $7.9 million general obligation bonds used to build the Dubuque Greyhound Park in 1985, was burned. (2)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>DUBUQUE RACING ASSOCIATION. A recipient of the [[FIRST CITIZEN AWARD]], the Dubuque Racing Association in 1985 began operations as a community organization. The holder of gambling licenses for [[DUBUQUE GREYHOUND PARK AND CASINO]] and later the [[DUBUQUE CASINO BELLE]]. In 2024 the organization managed the city-owned facilities and directed the growth of [[Q-CASINO + RESORT]] which was one of only two nonprofit casinos in the United States. (1)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>DUBUQUE RACING ASSOCIATION. A recipient of the [[FIRST CITIZEN AWARD]], the Dubuque Racing Association in 1985 began operations as a community organization. The holder of gambling licenses for [[DUBUQUE GREYHOUND PARK AND CASINO]] and later the [[DUBUQUE CASINO BELLE]]. In 2024 the organization managed the city-owned facilities and directed the growth of [[Q-CASINO + RESORT]] which was one of only two nonprofit casinos in the United States. (1)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The history of the organization began in 1983 when the Iowa Legislature passed the Pari-Mutuel Wagering Act. This law allowed qualified organizations to apply for a license to conduct parimutuel wager, also known as "pool betting," on horse and dog racing. At the time, Dubuque did no seem to be a place upon which the state could count to be successful. Thousands of jobs had been lost (see: [[DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY]] and [[CARADCO]] and the local unemployment had peaked in the early 1980s at 23%. Such negativity existed that the saying,"Will the last person out of Dubuque please turn off the lights" became a sick joke. Here, however, was an opportunity. A group of leading civic-minded citizens including [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">HARRMAN</del>, Terry|Terry <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">HARRMAN</del>]], [[HONKAMP, Arnold <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">J</del>.|Arnold <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">J</del>. HONKAMP]], and [[[[DENLINGER, Norma|DENLINGER]] supported the project. In 1984 Dubuque received the state approvals to open its own dog park using a $7.9 million general obligation bond fund, approved by the citizens in a vote earlier that year. The association on May 20, 1991 had a 'bond fire' in which a replica mortgage, representing payment of the $7.9 million general obligation bonds used to build the Dubuque Greyhound Park in 1985, was burned. (2)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The history of the organization began in 1983 when the Iowa Legislature passed the Pari-Mutuel Wagering Act. This law allowed qualified organizations to apply for a license to conduct parimutuel wager, also known as "pool betting," on horse and dog racing. At the time, Dubuque did no seem to be a place upon which the state could count to be successful. Thousands of jobs had been lost (see: [[DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY]] and [[CARADCO]] and the local unemployment had peaked in the early 1980s at 23%. Such negativity existed that the saying,"Will the last person out of Dubuque please turn off the lights" became a sick joke. Here, however, was an opportunity. A group of leading civic-minded citizens including [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">HARRMANN</ins>, Terry|Terry <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">HARRMANN</ins>]], [[HONKAMP, Arnold <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">N</ins>.|Arnold <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">N</ins>. HONKAMP]], and [[[[DENLINGER, Norma|DENLINGER<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, Norma</ins>]] supported the project. In 1984 Dubuque received the state approvals to open its own dog park using a $7.9 million general obligation bond fund, approved by the citizens in a vote earlier that year. The association on May 20, 1991 had a 'bond fire' in which a replica mortgage, representing payment of the $7.9 million general obligation bonds used to build the Dubuque Greyhound Park in 1985, was burned. (2)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the 'bond fire' meant that local taxpayers no longer had to be concerned about the track's debt, the bonds would not be paid off until 1995. DRA officials were prohibited from retiring the entire debt before that date, so the remaining balance due, $2.75 million plus $891,000 interest, was placed in an escrow account at [[AMERICAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK]]. Despite the presence of other dog tracks, the Dubuque Greyhound Park by 1991 was the only Iowa track to be debt free, fourteen years early, and therefore able to show a profit despite competition. (3)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the 'bond fire' meant that local taxpayers no longer had to be concerned about the track's debt, the bonds would not be paid off until 1995. DRA officials were prohibited from retiring the entire debt before that date, so the remaining balance due, $2.75 million plus $891,000 interest, was placed in an escrow account at [[AMERICAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK]]. Despite the presence of other dog tracks, the Dubuque Greyhound Park by 1991 was the only Iowa track to be debt free, fourteen years early, and therefore able to show a profit despite competition. (3)</div></td></tr>
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