Ruth McEvoy Collection 19 - Genesee County

Ribbon-Cutting. 8-28-1974
Picture of the OTB Center. 8-30-1974
Gives the Downs $86,398 commission on tax.
Downs says the entire $86,398 did not go to them - part went to the Horsemen's
10-23-1974
Association. 10-25-1974
Receipts top expenses. 11-12-1974
Brings a loss to the City. 2-25-1975
Office workers get a mediator on their contract terms. 4-3-1975
To pay the County $55,000 in taxes. 4-25-1975
Batavia Downs and Buffalo Raceway to share the profits of. 8-30-1975
To have an Open House Sunday. 11-28-1975
To go into the building at Center and Main, purchased by BS & D Corp - Gautieri. 2-13-1976
The County gets $11,576 from. 4-24-1976
To have Open House. 10-20-1976
Donald Lullo turned down for head of WNY Betting Association. 1-21-1977
Offers to buy Batavia Downs - valued at $10 million. 4-18-1978
Now undecided about the Downs deal.
The City and County get $213,000 from for loss of revenue because of reduced
5-11-1978
attendance at races. 5-22-1979
On strike - picture. 10-1-1979
Refuses to negotiate. 10-2-1979
Ratifies a three year contract. 11-12-1979
Hawley says OTB must give the City recompense, even if it moves. 1-11-1980
Says it will move its office - maybe outside the City. 2-8-1980
Hawley asks for a temporary halt to moving the OTB office from the City. 2-27-1980
Fred Herman, WNY Chief of, suspended for not following policy. 3-7-1980
The recession is not hurting OTB. 5-2-1980
Leo J. Grills is the new head. Fred A. Herman retires. 7-5-1980
OTB trolley being moved out. 11-7-1980
Thinking of buying the former Police Barracks. 5-1-1981
Will pay $95,000 for the barracks if the Legislature okays.
Sale of the barracks is raising objections, Gautieri says OTB may buy the present
5-8-1981
building if they wish. 6-11-1981
Gautieri buys the Newberry Building - to give OTB more room for their computer. 7-23-1981
The State refuses a permit for a computer for. 8-5-1981
To buy the barracks site and building. 8-28-1981
Gautieri sues to stop the sale of the site of the Police Barracks to. 9-18-1981
OTB and the City differences settled - OTB to pay both the City and County.
Gautieri gets a restraining order to stop the sale of the barracks site to - with
10-8-1981
reasons. 10-9-1981
The Judge dismisses the suit - OTB to build. 11-13-1981
OTB and the County sign sale on the barracks property. 11-20-1981
The Buffalo area pushes for a split in OTB. 1-23-1982
WROTB moves to a less expensive location. 3-6-1982
The Downs offers to run OTB.
Dominic B. Mancuso replaces Lullo as head of the local OTB. Mancuso declines
3-5-1982
a permanent appointment. 4-18-1982
Directors are considering moving the office away. Getting more, but smaller bets. 6-25-1982
The Batavia office reports a loss of $8,355 in September.
Moving their offices to 700 Ellicott Street, betting parlor to remain through the time
10-29-1982
of the lease. 1-28-1983
Gautieri, the present landlord, protests the moving.
RUTH McEVOY COLLECTION
6-29-1983
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SUBJECT TEXT DATE
Off-track Betting (cont) Editorial on OTB moving. 7-1-1983
The Court clears the way for OTB to move. 8-20-1983
Stops the use of credit cards. 9-23-1983
The Court rules that OTB has the right to move. 1-30-1894