The Tribe has made a number of improvements since taking over the operation including a 1,150 square feet (107 m2) infield big screen.

Emerald Downs celebrated its 20th anniversary Monday, June 20, 2016, with a special night of racing featuring many of the stars from the track's first two decades.

Finally, the water is released into Mill Creek at an engineered rate of discharge in order to help prevent flooding downstream from the track.

There is general admission seating on track level, including a grassy park area with free children's activities on weekends (weather permitting).

The vet clinic includes: As part of the process in building the facility that exists today, Northwest Racing Associates, L.P. developed an extensive plan to mitigate the impact of a fill on low grade wetlands on the Emerald Downs property.

Located a mile and one-half south of the track property, at a cost of $6.5 million, 56 acres (230,000 m2) of wetlands were created or enhanced.

[6] Emerald Downs shares videos highlighting various hall of fame inductees and their induction ceremony on its YouTube channel.

In addition to live racing, the track offers simulcast wagering and a card room casino year round.

The track record for wins in a single day is six, shared by Seth Martinez (July 27, 2008) and Kevin Radke (September 2, 2002).

Washington Hall of Fame trainers Frank Lucarelli and Tim McCanna rank 1-2 in all-time wins at Emerald Downs.

West Seattle Boy is the winningest horse in track history with 21 career trips to the winner's circle, the most recent on September 25, 2011 as a 12-year-old.

In 2015, Jim & Mona Hour's 6-year-old Washington-bred Stryker Phd became the first horse to win the Longacres Mile twice at Emerald Downs.

[10] Note: (QH) = Quarter Horse Emerald Downs biggest race is the Longacres Mile Handicap, a listed event.

In order to attract racers and attention, the purse was set at $10,000, instantly the largest staked one mile (1.6 km) race in the country (and it would remain so for more than 40 years).

The stakes attracted the owners of a New Orleans horse named Biff, grandson of Man o' War, who had just won $5000 in Chicago.

In 2008, locally owned and bred Wasserman took the Longacres Mile closing fast to win in a photo finish over horses shipped in to run the race.

The 2011 Longacres Mile featured a showdown between defending champion Noosa Beach and multiple graded stakes-winning millionaire Awesome Gem.

The 6-year-old Washington-bred gelding by Bertrando-Striking Scholar is owned by Jim and Mona Hour of Bellevue, Wash., trained by Larry Ross and ridden by Leslie Mawing.

Emerald Downs selected other races and inaugural date: Washington Cup races: The massive payoffs for the top three horses listed were a result of a fourth-place finish by then-undefeated Knight Raider in the Diane Kem Stakes for two-year-old fillies on Washington Cup Day.