Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Commodore Downs
As with the multiple other racetracks the nom has suddenly AfD'd, racetracks have been are still are a major part of the cultural fabric of a city and region.  That a location is "closed" has nothing to do with notability.  The nom admittedly didn't follow  and simply presumed the sources that were in the article at AfD were the only ones that existed.  Not surprisingly it took seconds to find significant coverage on this race track. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sYAcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aVcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2756,4934571&dq=commodore+downs+erie&hl=enhttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=d_EdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-2EEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4221,5268433&dq=commodore+downs+erie&hl=enhttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m4BIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O20DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6988,3740838&dq=commodore+downs+erie&hl=enhttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vHMlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w_IFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3249,1444165&dq=commodore+downs+erie&hl=enhttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8EkcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8WAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3288,2499040&dq=commodore+downs+erie&hl=en
— User:Oakshade, 19:48, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BEFORE (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion)