Neil Ellis

Gaming News Across Southern Ontario

December 13, 2012

From Hamilton to Pickering and further on over to Belleville, more news items spurred by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.'s controversial gaming modernization plan have hit the mainstream media th...

Ellis, Collins On Belleville, Liberals

Regarding Belleville's long-delayed new Quinte Raceway, and the Ontario Liberals' new stance toward the horse-racing industry, Belleville Mayor Neil Ellis has gone on the record as saying, “Now, maybe...

Mayor Ellis: "We Need An End To This"

February 03, 2012

It has been reported that on Thursday, February 3, Belleville City Council unanimously supported a motion which will formally ask the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation for an update in regard to ...

Smith Looking For Baymount Answers

December 21, 2011

It has been reported that Prince Edward-Hastings MPP Todd Smith has contacted Ontario Minister of Finance Dwight Duncan for information as to what is going on in regard to Baymount Incorporated and th...

Rollins: "I Think It's Coming"

Belleville Agricultural Society president Doug Rollins has been quoted as saying that he believes that work on the new Quinte Exhibition and Raceway could be starting this

Ellis: Raceway Project Moving Ahead

According to a report, Belleville Mayor Neil Ellis yesterday acknowledged that he is aware that people are tired of him saying that the new Quinte Exhibition and Raceway is moving ahead

Mayor On Baymount Announcements

February 25, 2010

Over the past years, horsepeople in the Belleville, Ont. area have listened to announcement after announcement from Baymount Incorporated in regard to the erection of the New Quinte Exhibition and Rac...

Baymount's Simmonds To Meet With Mayor

February 11, 2010

Baymount Incorporated announced yesterday that it has closed on the first phase of its agreement with Macallan Equity Inc. Baymount's president and CEO, Graham Simmonds, has since gone on the record r...

Williams Not After Slots And Racetrack

In today’s edition of The Intelligencer, Quinte West’s Mayor, John Williams, has stated his municipality is not trying to steal away plans for a racetrack

Ellis On New Quinte Track

February 26, 2009

CKWS Television from Kingston, Ont. has produced a video report on the stalled progress of the New Quinte Exhibition and Raceway

More On Belleville Situation

February 19, 2009

With financing issues disrupting the progress of the new Quinte Exhibition and Raceway in Belleville, Ont., the municipal government has hinted they could step in and take over the project

Shovels In The Ground In Belleville

August 28, 2008

A large crowd of local and government officials and racing representatives were on hand this morning as the official ground breaking for the new Belleville racetrack took place.