EXHIBIT 23.2
 
                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
   As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the inclusion in
Hollywood Park, Inc.'s Amendment Number One to its Registration Statement on
Form S-4 dated March 1999, of our reports dated February 27, 1998 on the
financial statements of Hollywood Park, Inc. and Casino Magic Corp. We also
consent to the incorporation by reference in Hollywood Park, Inc.'s Amendment
Number One to its Registration Statement on Form S-4 dated March 1999, of our
report dated February 27, 1998 included in Hollywood Park, Inc.'s form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1997, and to all references to our Firm included in
or made a part of the Registration Statement.

 
                                        /s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP 
 
Los Angeles, California
March 23, 1999