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Hollywood Park Racetrack

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For the town in Texas, see Hollywood Park, Texas.

Hollywood Park is a thoroughbred racecourse located in Inglewood, California, about 3 miles (5 km) from Los Angeles International Airport. It is currently one of the family of racecourses owned by Churchill Downs. The current track is 1-1/8 miles (1.811 km).

The track opened in 1938 as the Hollywood Turf Club. Its original chairman was Jack Warner; its original 600 shareholders included many Hollywood luminaries. Hollywood Park closed from 1942 to 1944 due to World War II, being used as a storage facility. In 1949, the original grandstand and clubhouse were destroyed by a fire; the rebuilt facility reopened in 1950.

Notable events at the track: