Legislative panel presses pause on Laurel Park purchase

Legislative panel presses pause on Laurel Park purchase

The grandstand at Laurel Park race track is rarely full. Current plans call for the track, which will host the Preakness Stakes this year, to be converted to a training facility, but state lawmakers want to examine the financials of that proposal. (File photo by John Rydell/Maryland Matters)A legislative panel is delaying the proposed purchase of Laurel Park by the Maryland Stadium Authority, asking for a cost-benefit review of the $48.5 million…