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Hollywood Park, Inc.
1050 South Prairie Avenue
Inglewood, California 90301
September 19, 1996
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Hollywood Park, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-4
Registration No. 333-12253
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 473 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), the undersigned, Hollywood Park, Inc.,
Registrant, hereby amends the facing page of the above-referenced Registration
Statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement") to add the following:
The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or
dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant
shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this
registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with
Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration
statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting
pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, THE REGISTRANT HAS DULY
CAUSED THIS AMENDMENT TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF
BY THE UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED, IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE
OF CALIFORNIA, ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1996.
Hollywood Park, Inc.
By: /s/ G. Michael Finnigan
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G. Michael Finnigan
President, Sports and
Entertainment,
Executive Vice President,
Treasurer and Chief Financial
Officer
