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    Unhappy Future of Chicagoland Speedway in doubt?

    May 11, 2020 at 2:52 AM

    During the April 16, 2020, meeting of the Planning Division of Joliet, Ill, the agency tabled public discussion on plans for an item entitled "Final Plat of Chicagoland Speedway Subdivision Unit 1" that would see the creation of a subdivision encompassing much of the existing Chicagoland Speedway.

    According to an overlay plat – P-6-20a – provided to Kickin’ the Tires, much of the racetrack would become a new subdivision. However, it is not known for what purpose the land would be utilized. According to public documents, the potential use states, "To allow a future industrial development."

    The plat = dated April 8, 2020 – shows the racetrack being sliced essentially in half diagonally from Turn 2 across to about one-third of the way through the tri-oval and then north to W. Laraway Road. From there, the boundary line runs about a mile east along E. Laraway Road to Wauponsee Glacial Trail and then due south to W. Schweizer Road. The boundary line then goes west along W. Schweizer Road for approximately one half-mile before cutting north to the track’s outer perimeter, then west for about 200-feet and north again to Turn 2. There is also a 600-foot land barrier around the entire boundary of the proposed subdivision.

    See more at Kickin the Tires.

    AND:

    '@NASCAR aligned with Hillwood in a deal revealed in March, though it said that the pact is to re-develop surplus land and not sell tracks themselves.

    ? Auto Club Speedway and Chicagoland have been mentioned as top candidates for re-development.

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    Saw another, slightly newer update of that story that says that Chicagoland is NOT being torn down--they're just cutting off a piece of the track grounds to build houses.

    Makes some sense. I noticed recently that Texas Motor Speedway (OR the landowners around TMS) have been redeveloping some of the parcels around the track proper. Building new factory spaces and warehouses on what was once used as offsite parking and camping grounds in the early days of TMS ('97 - 2005).
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