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Originally Posted by Cangamble
You are right. It has been free admission in Ontario for quite a while and the crowds get smaller and older every year.
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LOLOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
CG, and I bet they're showing up with their AARP cards, which, no doubt, insures their senior discount--for whatever may NOT yet be FREE.
SuffolkDownsFan, horseracing, still today, is inexpensive, when compared to all major sports. And this is whether one is a spectator of football, baseball, basketball, hockey, NASCAR etc, etc, or a participant in tennis, golf, boating, etc. Club memberships included. Again, free is of no value. These sports are not, why should horseracing be?
The cultivating of new fans lies, not so much with those of us who already love the game, but instead, the greater concern is instant gratification, or what may be seen as a lack of such. One's attention span, and one's desire to learn this game has to be paramount. If you possess neither, you will not ever have any interest in the sport of horseracing.
Text messaging and tweeting will probably not garner a twentysomething too many winners.
At some point, hopefully, one puts their cellphones away. And it is then, that one begins to learn from those of us willing to teach and welcome new fans to the sport we care so much for.
