average admission prices?

[fouroneone]

Hollywood park was running a promo ad which showed a man standing at the admission gate. I noticed the sign said Grandstand = $7.

What are the average prices of Admission, Parking, Food/Drink and PP's at Various Tracks?

I know NYRA has always been cheap, but i was suprised that some tracks can be so expensive.

@ NYRA it is

GS = $2
Club House = $5

Parking = Dunno, I always take the subway

PP = $1.50

The only expensive thing is food and drink. A tall can of bud runs you around $5, and dont even think about the liquor. A gin or vodka name brand drink will run you $6 and they use the counters attached to the bottle. That way the bartender can NEVER give you a nice or extra pour.

However NYRA allows BYOB, which is always nice.

How about other tracks?

[46zilzal]

can't beat that, although at one the parking is outrageous

[AQUEBUCKS]

Aqueduct is $1 parking, $1 GS/$3 CH
Free parking/GS during the inner dirt track meet

[Doc]

The best deal in the country is at Philly Park.
Admission: Free.
Parking: Free.

The only thing you'll lose after a day at the Pha races is your shirt.

Doc :ThmbUp:

[Valuist]

Arlington is SIX BUCKS. For that they give you a "Daily Racing Guide" (what hardcore player hasn't already gone thru the DRF with a fine tooth comb by that point?). Of course CDI was responsible for that. Its outrageous. Why should anyone pay to bet the races when they pay you offshore?

[ratpack]

That is the one thing that always killed me about the So Cal tracks is that they don't lower the price when live racing ends at a track.

Same Prices Live or Simulcast.

[fouroneone]

anyone know the prices at the Meadowlands?

[kingfin66]

Emerald Downs $4 General (gets you into the clubhouse too). Clubhouse - free but you have to have a reserved table, which means a per person minimum.

EmD preferred parking is $4, general parking is free. Programs are $2.00.

I think that they should let people into the track for free rather than tax them. Isn't the takeout already enough tax? Casinos don't charge people. They feel the house advantage is enough.

[Buckeye]

The only thing you'll lose after a day at the Pha races is your shirt.

That's ok, but what about my mind? :)

[Buckeye]

ANY track charging admission is losing money, in my opinion.

What's the admission charge to Bally's Park Place? How much does it cost to enter the 7-11 at Bristol and Brownsville Road to purchase a Pennsylvania State Lottery Ticket?

There used to be a drive-in theater near Philly Park too. Times change.

[Buckeye]

Not to mention "diners" near the track too!

[Buckeye]

Dear Racing Industry,

let's move on, it's 2005, not 1955

[Buckeye]

Liberty Bell is gone and the average person will not pay to enter a racetrack. Figure out a better way to separate them from their money and please don't consider charging admission until you can get away with it again, if ever.

Philly Park is more in tune than many other tracks and are to be commended.

[Zaf]

anyone know the prices at the Meadowlands?

$1 Admission
Free Parking

Woodbine - Free Admission & Parking :)

ZAFONIC

[The Hawk]

Delaware Park is also free admission and parking.

[Lasix1]

ANY track charging admission is losing money, in my opinion.

It depends on whether or not the area the track is in supports the culture of horse racing. At my track, Oaklawn Park, we pay $2 to park and $2 to get in the gate. On Saturday's during life racing, 25,000 people pony it up gladly and have a ball. On opening weekend they get 60,000 in the gate, and 71,000+ paid to see the recently run Arkansas Derby.

After the 55-day season is over, the rest of the year both parking and admission for simulcasting are free.

This is obviously unusual and when tracks give away their live product, they are conceding that there is no culture of horse racing in their area, so they give away the store to get gamblers in the gate.

If they were smart--which they aren't--they would work on building the kind of enthusiasm that makes people want to see the real thing.

[KingChas]

Its not so much admission prices-it's what you can bring in.Philly Park and Monmouth (Food.Beer,Soda-BBQ Grills-Kids entetainment)I went to the Belmont (Funny Cide Year)spent more on refreshments than I did betting.Not enjoyable knocked down ROI big time.I frequent The Downs Lehigh Valley little as possible in winter.They can't (college educated management)figure it out.Admission,outragous refreshment prices nothing cheap.I was in line to enter OTB when I heard a female employee threatening a retired man because he was bringing in a 7-11 cup of coffee.She even called management.At $2.50 a pop for beer the bartenders are closely observed.If they slip a big spender a freebee they will be terminated.No Class at all.I will pay gas prices to go to live racing anytime.Fresh non uppity air.These places need us to run them(what real players want)not the bottom line paper diploma ,I know what horseracing needs,Not The Business Management Degree Kind. :mad:

PS;Two big screens set at-Tampa Bay,Charlestown,Laurel
Little Screens-NY-KY-Fla-Cal----Not a Clue-----Duh!!!! :rolleyes:

[rastajenk]

River Downs and Turfway are free pkg & adm, in response to the local riverboats going that way. Used to be you had to pay admission for a 2-3 hour session, I think, but now they're open sessions all the time, so the tracks are, too. According to Lasix1, "they are conceding that there is no culture of horse racing in their area," and I couldn't really argue that.

[BarnieClockerbigal]

Just back from England. Cheapest admission 11 pounds (20 bucks American)

I'll never complain about admission ever again (the racing was nice; better than any American track right now with huge fields but 20 bucks to see racing---aacck) ;)

[Doc]

I think that all tracks should give away programs, too. Let me tell you, if one of the Atlantic City casinos was running a racetrack, they'd throw in so many perks for the customers that they'd have attendance up in no time.

I could never understand why a track charges for the program...making their customers pay for information about the sport about to be contested on its property. Isn't having the majority of the crowd walking out broke enough for management?

Plus, it doesn't cost them that much to print them up. I think the program that Philly Park sells is printed on recycled toilet paper (just kidding, but it's not high quality).

Doc

[Tom]

Finger Lakes -

Parking - free
Admission - Free
Day-old DRF - half off:D

[Buckeye]

In the past, the racetrack was a special, almost unique place where gambling was allowed. It was worth paying to get in. Racetracks can't sell that privilege today since their competition is giving it away. The Marketplace is slowly but surely "persuading" racetracks towards change. The invisible hand will move them like anything else.

[Kreed]

Yeah give all trackers FREE admission, FREE parking, FREE programs. And
increase those FREE drawings for prizes. And make that Ten Cent Pick 5
available. I agree, for many folks its a Fun Day Out, so pack the place.
It's more FUN when people are actually enjoying themselves. PS, EDIT ...
I LOVE MONMOUTH PARK. It even beats going to Belmont in Sept. I take
the train from Belmar right into Monmouth & man, that track's got the right
feel.

[TrackManSam]

The problem with not charging admission is the fact that a lot of vagrants and moochers are allowed to come in. Balmoral Park doesn't charge admission and you have a lot of "scums" sitting in booths either sleeping or just watching TV clogging them up for the people that want to sit their and bet. Hazel Park (Detroit, where I used to live) same thing. Now Maywood Park charges four dollars for parking and four dollars for admission. Less people perhaps but definitly a higher class crowd and a more enjoyable atmosphere. The clubhouse is actually a clubhouse and not a soup kitchen like in some of these places that charge free admission.

Also, I had a girlfriend once that was in charge of the program department where they print their own stuff and it IS expensive to print your own programs. 30 to 40 cents per copy. Perhaps $2.00 a program is a bit steep but still if you gave those away, tracks would be broke in no time.

[Buckeye]

Let them charge $50 for admission, the question is what do you get, what does the price include?

What's the takeout once you get in, is it still 17%?

Is food included? Is there a shrimp and lobster buffet (all you can eat) for say onother $20 per person?

Is it plush, secure, and comfortable?

No, no, and no?