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The Welcome Center and Ticket Office, seen here at left, opened for the Spring Meet in 2015 at the South Gate entrance to the Grandstand. The previous Ticket Office had been located inside the Grandstand next to the lower level of the Clubhouse.

The west end of the Grandstand was renovated in 1998, adding an additional 15,200 square feet of climate-controlled space. Workers build added mutuel windows and spaces for televisions.

Spectators in the Grandstand at Keeneland during Blue Grass Stakes Day in 1992. Pistols and Roses won the Blue Grass that year with Jacinto Vasquez up.

Spectators gather along the track apron during the opening day of the 1989 Fall Meet.

Crowds gather in the Grandstand during a race day in 1987. The top level is the Press Box with reporters and camera crew at work.

The project to expand the Grandstand nears completion in 1984

In 1983, Keeneland began a major construction project, adding 40,000 square feet to the rear of the Grandstand and replacing the old saddling stalls with the semicircle at the west end of the Paddock that still stands today. The project was completed…

Spectators gather along the hedgerow to view horses in the Walking Ring before a race during the Spring Meet in 1974. By this date, the Grandstand and Clubhouse had been connected into a single building, visible in the background with the pathway for…

Horses leaving the starting gate during a race at the 1971 Spring Meet at Keeneland.

Horses race around the turn at Keeneland with Grandstand in the background during the 1972 Spring Meet.