For more than 50 years, a massive concrete grandstand loomed over Goodyear, a relic of a short-lived event center known as the Phoenix Trotting Park.
Located near present-day Cotton Lane and Interstate 10, the park opened in January 1965 as Arizona’s premier harness racing venue. Harness racing features drivers steering horses from lightweight buggies known as sulkies.
“The opening night ceremony had over 12,000 people attend,” said Trevor Freeman, a historian of the Phoenix Trotting Park. “It was a huge kickoff to what the owners thought would be a very successful business.”…