View Full Version : 45,673 at SA on Friday
dilanesp
11-05-2016, 01:12 PM
This is looking like a big success.
the little guy
11-05-2016, 02:29 PM
This is looking like a big success.
It's funny. This was right around the lie that we were guessing they would post as the Friday attendance. The better question is whether or not total attendance for the two days will ACTUALLY be higher than the made up number for the first day.
Likely close.
NorCalGreg
11-05-2016, 02:48 PM
It's funny. This was right around the lie that we were guessing they would post as the Friday attendance. The better question is whether or not total attendance for the two days will ACTUALLY be higher than the made up number for the first day.
Likely close.
Dilan's actually on-site TLG
PaceAdvantage
11-05-2016, 03:23 PM
Dilan's actually on-site TLGAre you saying he counted everyone himself? :lol:
elhelmete
11-05-2016, 03:24 PM
Threads like this make me believe our game will die from the inside. If one can't be happy this weekend, go play checkers. :ThmbDown: :ThmbDown: :ThmbDown:
PaceAdvantage
11-05-2016, 03:26 PM
Threads like this make me believe our game will die from the inside. If one can't be happy this weekend, go play checkers. :ThmbDown: :ThmbDown: :ThmbDown:Oh, I'm happy... :jump:
elhelmete
11-05-2016, 03:28 PM
Oh, I'm happy... :jump:
Me too...stuffing my face, got 2 TVs going and friends about to land. XPRESSBET loaded up...
dilanesp
11-05-2016, 03:30 PM
The crowd count looks legitimate. It's well over 50k today.
I am not going to argue with TLG about this, however. I know he is right that crowd counts sometimes get padded at big races (such as at Churchill); however, I believe the announced attendance.
RunForTheRoses
11-05-2016, 03:52 PM
It didn't seem that crowded yesterday, there was some room. Today is a different story. I think 45k was probably an exaggeration but then again I didn't count everyone.
andtheyreoff
11-05-2016, 04:44 PM
Why is it that, every time a track announces a high attendance figure, people automatically dismiss it as fake? It is impossible for a track to have a lot of people on a big day?
the little guy
11-05-2016, 05:30 PM
Oh, I'm happy... :jump:
Me too!!!!
Psychotic Parakeet
11-05-2016, 09:35 PM
72,811 people were at Santa Anita today. Attendance record for a BC at Santa Anita.
dilanesp
11-05-2016, 10:03 PM
I'm still in the traffic jam in the parking lot.
parlay
11-06-2016, 08:53 PM
is the count based on ticket sales or turnstile? Friday we arrived early and walked right in the gate. No one was even at gate to look at our tickets. Saturday we entered at the clubhouse entrance and had to go through a security check and then had our tickets scanned. From my observation Friday was busy. Saturday was very busy, but not Derby busy.
rsetup
11-06-2016, 09:33 PM
Yeah, umm, while we're exposing falsehoods, what's definitely farfetched is the $125k stud fee for Pioneerofthenile (whatever the spelling is). He was waaaayyyy too SLOW for such an exorbitant fee:lol:. Like anyone is really buying it.
delayjf
11-07-2016, 01:53 PM
Make that 72,812 - I was able to sneak in.
I have a lot of experience with big crowds, but take this for what it is worth. I'd guess 35k-40k on Friday 55-60k on Saturday.
dilanesp
11-07-2016, 08:38 PM
I have a lot of experience with big crowds, but take this for what it is worth. I'd guess 35k-40k on Friday 55-60k on Saturday.
Take this for what it's worth. I've been going to Santa Anita all my life. Saturday was the biggest post-race traffic jam that I have seen since March 3, 1985, when they had 85,000.
Big crowds don't look quite as big anymore because fewer people sit in the grandstand. But the apron was full and the downstairs betting areas were very crowded, as was the paddock and paddock room.
Take this for what it's worth. I've been going to Santa Anita all my life. Saturday was the biggest post-race traffic jam that I have seen since March 3, 1985, when they had 85,000.
Big crowds don't look quite as big anymore because fewer people sit in the grandstand. But the apron was full and the downstairs betting areas were very crowded, as was the paddock and paddock room.
That would assume the 85,000 was true also.
dilanesp
11-08-2016, 02:28 PM
That would assume the 85,000 was true also.
That 85,000 was the biggest crowd I have ever seen at a racetrack. You had to go down 15 minutes before the race to bet (they didn't have the self service back then). There were lines at the restroom. The upper level of the grandstand was wall to wall humanity. And my mother, who attended Ohlaverry's Santa Anita Handicap (also 85,000), said it was exactly the same.
What has happened, as I said, is a lot more people are buried down inside the grandstand than used to be the case. But the parking lot traffic jam told the tale. I am not vouching for every single one of the 72,000 announced, but it was a HUGE crowd, one that Santa Anita has not seen for decades.
garyscpa
11-08-2016, 03:18 PM
That 85,000 was the biggest crowd I have ever seen at a racetrack. You had to go down 15 minutes before the race to bet (they didn't have the self service back then). There were lines at the restroom. The upper level of the grandstand was wall to wall humanity. And my mother, who attended Ohlaverry's Santa Anita Handicap (also 85,000), said it was exactly the same.
What has happened, as I said, is a lot more people are buried down inside the grandstand than used to be the case. But the parking lot traffic jam told the tale. I am not vouching for every single one of the 72,000 announced, but it was a HUGE crowd, one that Santa Anita has not seen for decades.
Yep, definitely more than 2 years ago. The place was packed.
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