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Aug 16, 2024 · "That's how bad it got," said Chris Kotulak, the chief executive officer of Fonner Park Racing in Grand Island. The quality of racing suffered. Prize money for winners, the purse, dropped by half in the past 20 years.
Jun 17, 2022 · Chris Kotulak, the CEO of Fonner Park in Grand Island, said his track manages to hold 40 race days over four months by offering more “minor league” races with modest purses compared to those ...
Apr 1, 2022 · Kotulak blames the decline of state horseracing on casino gambling in neighboring states siphoning potential tourists. But when Nebraska voters approved combined racetrack casinos or “racinos” in 2020, it gave horse track operators, like Kotulak, something they haven’t had in a while: hope.
May 5, 2021 · Fonner Park CEO Chris Kotulak shares slices of life from the Grand Island, Neb., racetrack throughout the 2021 meet in the Fonner Files. Riding the wave of an unprecedented 2020 extended season...
Feb 3, 2023 · “RIP Steve Anderson; thank you Gary Schaff; welcome aboard Dustyn. @NebraskaHBPA @HorsemensPark @Columbus_Races @LincolnRacing”
Apr 29, 2021 · Fonner Park CEO Chris Kotulak shares slices of life from the Grand Island, Neb., racetrack throughout the 2021 meet in the Fonner Files. Today, we shipped off three golf shirts and caps to...
Fonner Park CEO Chris Kotulak is a former Fonner Park announcer. Stortzum is stepping into a situation very much like Kotulak did. Kotulak was 25 when he started in 1986.
