Belmont Park rebuild nears the finish line as the Belmont Stakes is a year from returning home

A stroll by the paddock at Belmont Park is a glimpse into the past before becoming a window into the future. The racetrack that straddles the border of Queens and Long Island is smack in the middle of a massive $550 million reconstruction project that included knocking down the gargantuan brick grandstand and rebuilding a smaller, modern facility suited for horse racing in the 21st century. A year from now, the Belmont Stakes will return to its traditional home at Belmont Park after a three-year hiatus upstate at Saratoga Race Course to allow for the work to get done.

By Jason Griffith for PeeDeeWire

Yahoo Sports reports: A stroll by the paddock at Belmont Park is a glimpse into the past before becoming a window into the future. The racetrack that straddles the border of Queens and Long Island is smack in the middle of a massive $550 million reconstruction project that included knocking down the gargantuan brick grandstand and rebuilding a smaller, modern facility suited for horse racing in the 21st century. A year from now, the Belmont Stakes will return to its traditional home at Belmont Park after a three-year hiatus upstate at Saratoga Race Course to allow for the work to get done.