{"id":36114,"date":"2021-04-20T12:48:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T16:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=36114"},"modified":"2021-04-20T13:06:16","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T17:06:16","slug":"fox-sports-expands-partnership-agreement-with-nyra-to-televise-2021-track-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2021\/04\/fox-sports-expands-partnership-agreement-with-nyra-to-televise-2021-track-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox Sports Expands Partnership Agreement With NYRA To Televise 2021 Track Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36115\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36115\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/04\/tv-deal-at-race-track-hc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/04\/tv-deal-at-race-track-hc.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/04\/tv-deal-at-race-track-hc-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/04\/tv-deal-at-race-track-hc-768x567.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FOX Sports and NYRA have developed an expanded partnership agreement.<br \/>Courtesy NYRA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">FOX Sports, a unit of Fox Corp. and the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) have developed an expanded partnership agreement that establishes FOX Sports as the official wagering partner of NYRA Bets and the leading media provider for elite thoroughbred racing through the next decade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The prior FOX Sports\/NYRA media rights agreement provided a FOX Sports subsidiary with an option to acquire a 25 percent stake in NYRA Bets LLC. The FOX Sports subsidiary will exercise this option by the summer of 2021, pending final regulatory approval.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The newly announced agreement provides a FOX Sports subsidiary with a future opportunity to increase its equity interest in NYRA Bets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As an unprecedented year interrupted live sports around the world, horse racing operated safely and continuously. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Under the new deal, FOX Sports expects to air at least 700 hours of coverage each year from Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course and, outside of prior commitments, gives the network exclusive national broadcast rights at Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course through 2030. NYRA will serve as the production arm for all horse racing events during the term of the partnership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><!--more-->NYRA and FOX Sports began their collaboration during the first season of Saratoga Live during the 2016 summer meet at historic Saratoga Race Course. The critically acclaimed show, broadcast daily from the grounds of Saratoga, aired 80 hours of live coverage on FS2 and coincided with the national launch of NYRA Bets. Since then, total coverage has grown to more than 700 hours in 2020. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Along with Saratoga Live, FOX Sports\u2019 NYRA television portfolio includes America\u2019s Day At The Races, airing in the spring, summer, fall and select dates throughout the winter racing season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Officials said NYRA Bets achieved record growth in 2020, as new fans engaged with horse racing by watching an unparalleled amount of coverage across FOX Sports\u2019 family of networks. Driven by a dramatic expansion in this live television coverage, NYRA Bets generated $225 million in wagering handle in 2020, a more than 100 percent increase compared to 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe remarkably rapid expansion of NYRA Bets, and the digital ADW wagering marketplace, make this an ideal opportunity for FOX Sports to deepen and broaden its investment in both premier media rights and the high-growth sports wagering industry. With our investment options in NYRA Bets, FOX is now uniquely positioned as the only media company with strategic stakes in digital bet-taking businesses in horse racing, sports betting, poker and casino gaming,\u201d said Michael Mulvihill, FOX Sports\u2019 Executive Vice President, Head of Strategy and Analytics. \u201cWe\u2019re confident that our television partnership with NYRA will fuel continued growth for NYRA Bets in the years ahead \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dave O\u2019Rourke, President and CEO, NYRA, underscored the importance of its partnership with FOX Sports to the sport in New York as well as across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cFOX Sports has shown an unwavering commitment to the sport of horse racing over the past five years,\u201d said O\u2019Rourke. \u201cThe strength of our partnership with FOX Sports, and the continued expansion of our high-quality telecasts, has proven to be hugely beneficial for the New York racing community and the sport as a whole.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">FOX Sports became the national television home for NYRA\u2019s Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course coverage in 2019. That same year, the brand furthered its commitment to horse racing by televising the Runhappy Travers to a national audience on the FOX broadcast network (FOX) for the first time in network history. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The new FOX Sports\/NYRA agreement ensures that the Travers will air live on FOX through 2030.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cNYRA is delighted to extend our relationship with FOX Sports,\u201d said Tony Allevato, President, NYRA Bets. \u201cWe look forward to continuing to work closely with the FOX Sports team over the next decade to grow NYRA Bets while continuing to present the very best in horse racing coverage to more sports fans than ever before.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOX Sports, a unit of Fox Corp. and the New York Racing Association, Inc. 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