Churchill Downs' $9 Million "Southern Mansion"
Earlier this week, Churchill Downs released the details of a major renovation that will take place at the track before next May’s Kentucky Derby. As had been widely suspected, the sixth-floor media center—one of the most spacious press boxes in racing, with a multi-tiered balcony for prime race viewing—will be converted to a luxury hospitality area that has been dubbed, apparently without irony, “The Mansion.”