In 1929, an airport was constructed in Erbenheim on the site of a horse-racing track.
There are several horse-racing tracks, but the best known is Turffontein Race Course, 3km south of the city.
From 1920 until 1941, the area was the location of a horse-racing track known as Brighouse Racetrack.
Developers came here with a plan to build a $30 million horse-racing track, the state's first.
Outbuildings included 70 cottages, 30 barns, and a horse-racing track.
There was horse racing on the horse-racing track that looped around the polo grounds and the golf course.
But the state's three horse-racing tracks can water their turf courses.
Two years later tennis courts were built and the following year a horse-racing track was opened to the public.
There are two public parks, a horse-racing track, and a swimming pool, which in winter serves as a skating rink.
Albany is also going to skim a half a percentage point from the total handle at horse-racing tracks.