Irwindale Speedway sold; new owner plans demolition and industrial project, city says

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In April, the city of Irwindale proposed knocking down the racetrack, which has been operating since 1999, and building 63 acres of industrial and commercial facilities in order to boost employment opportunities. The city said that IDS plans to move forward with the plan to demolish and rebuild. "It's business as usual. Everything normal for foreseeable future." Huddleston said that nothing would change, despite the new ownership of the space and the city's plan to demolish the speedway. For more than 20 years, the Irwindale Speedway has hosted car races - as well as spectacular and fiery car stunts - in the city east of Los Angeles. In 2017, the Irwindale City Council approved plans to demolish the racetrack to build a 700,000-square-foot outlet mall. The city's current plan still has to go through environmental impact reviews. Marilyn Simpson, Irwindale's community development director, found the project "May have a significant effect on the environment," which means the city will have to develop an environmental impact report before demolition could occur.