Golden Gate Fields track in East Bay to close in fall

In another blow to the Bay Area sporting scene, Golden Gate Fields will permanently close at the end of the season in December.

The closure of the Albany-based horse track, which opened in 1941, will leave Northern California without a major track. Bay Meadows, the San Mateobased track that opened in 1934, closed in 2008.

Like the Raiders and presumably the A's, horseracing in the Bay Area will exist only in history.

The Stronach Group, which owns Golden Gate

Fields, said Sunday it will “double down” on its racing at Santa Anita and training at San Luis Rey Downs.

The track has meets scheduled for Aug. 23-Oct. 3 and Oct. 18-Dec. 19.

After the second meet ends, The Stronach Group said it will focus on moving horses from the Bay Area to Arcadia, with a goal of increasing field sizes and adding a fourth day of racing to the weekly schedule at Santa Anita beginning in January.

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Josh Jacobs of the Las Vegas

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The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.

The failure of the two sides to reach a deal could prompt Jacob to sit out training camp and perhaps even this season. Jacobs doesn't have anything to lose financially by missing camp, but he would be forfeiting paychecks by not playing games.

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Rodgers' arrival after the Chico native's 18 stellar seasons in Green Bay made the Jets an appealing subject for the show.