Plans to See Improved Monmouth on Saturday: Changes Made to Grandstand With Escalator Service Available, Daily Racing Form, 1953-06-08

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Plans to See Improved Monmouth on Saturday SaturdayChanges Changes Made to Grandstand With Escalator Service Available AvailableOCEANPORT OCEANPORT N J June 6 Monmouth Park showing swift and steady improve ¬ ment over the years reaches new peaks of beauty and convenience for the forthcom ¬ ing racing season opening Saturday June 13 13Track Track visitors on that afternoon will find a grandstand considerably finer than at any time since the inaugural Two new terraces have been added to the stand by filling in a previously vacant 5pace be ¬ tween the two observation towers which have always identified the track in the past The lower of these levels the Mid ¬ way Terrace provides facilities for approx ¬ imately 2500 guests In addition to a scul ¬ lery kitchen and bar facilities the area has been developed into the aspect of a large i outdoor garden sprinkled with tables seats and benches From its vantage point Mon ¬ mouth patrons can watch saddling activi ¬ ties in the paddock and walking ring ringThe The top floor has been transformed into a Sky View Terrace complete with a cafe ¬ teria style restaurant 36 muluel windows and a promenade to give a perfect view of all saddling activities as well as a pan ¬ orama of the encircling countryside The new wagering department is certain to re lieve congestion on the mezzanine floor while the cafeteria supplements lunch room facilities on the first floor of the structure structureProbably Probably of most interest to fans will be thetwo escalators which connect the first floor with the mezzanine Monmouth Park also has improved clubhouse facilities with escalator sendee making the seaside track one of the few in the nation to provide such service in both main stands standsMonmouth Monmouth Park has been adding to its facilities ever since the opening year in which season the gates opened without use of the clubhouse then under construction During the intervening seasons the club ¬ house was completed offering incompar ¬ able innovations and each year since new improvements have been offered on both sides of the track both stable area and stands New seats an abundance of drink ¬ ing fountains a mezzanine garden terrace a clubhouse dining terrace the Salvator Terrace in the clubhouse all have been visual improvements over the years yearsThis This season new heights lave been at ¬ tained however with president Amory L Haskell and his official family already making plans for the future


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