The Hollywood Turf Club was formed in 1938 with several legendary actors and Hollywood moviemakers among its original 600 shareholders, including Joan Blondell, Ronald Colman, Walt Disney, Bing Crosby, Sam Goldwyn, Darryl Zanuck, George Jessel, Ralph Bellamy, Wallace Beery, and Irene Dunne. But when attendance began declining in the early 1980s, Hollywood Park began to diversify, initially with card clubs and, in 1997, into full-service casinos with the acquisition of Boomtown, Inc. For nearly half a century, Hollywood Park, and its precursor company, the Hollywood Turf Club, concentrated solely on running the Inglewood facility. is a gaming, sports, and entertainment company that owns and operates card clubs, casinos, and thoroughbred tracks, including the famous Hollywood Park race track in Inglewood, a suburb of Los Angeles. Employees: 1,500 Sales: $143.2 million (1996) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 7948 Racing, Including Track Operation 7993 Coin Operated Amusement Devices Public Company Incorporated: 1981 as Hollywood Park Realty Enterprises, Inc.
