"Oh it does have ghosts for me. When I walk out there to the paddock it’s like they come out and say hello."
-- Louise Weaver, Derby Lane vice president and track historian
Just a few years shy of its 100th birthday, Derby Lane still looks like its old self.
Well, sort of.
The grandstands at the longest continually operating greyhound race track in the country are empty and quiet. The tote board no longer displays racing odds in lights and is neatly boarded up since voters outlawed greyhound racing. They held their last race on Dec. 27, 2020.
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