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08-22-2018, 02:39 PM
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PA Steward
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Del Boca Vista
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Greatest....idea...ever....
Not sure it will work in practice...but damn...why didn't I think of that? 
https://calvinayre.com/2018/08/21/ca...ng-grandstand/
PS. When first seeing this headline, I thought it said "Full Card Reports"  And I was like damn...that's some mighty fine data gathering if they can detect motion sickness in a horse's running line...  
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08-22-2018, 02:51 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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I've got an idea of my own, which seems the perfect complement to this new innovation. How about allowing the spectators to sit on separated movable seats...so they can also race against one-another as they are racing alongside the horses "for every dramatic second"? That way...the fans can also bet on one-another while they are betting on the horses of their choice. Won't that appeal even more to the video game-crazed youths of today?
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08-22-2018, 03:11 PM
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Location: Western NY
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It seems like that would be a big distraction for the horses, probably a lot of "first time blinkers" in each race.
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08-22-2018, 03:16 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
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Can the announcer ride on top of the moving grandstand?
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08-22-2018, 03:24 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2017
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I'll go with the grandstand in the shape of a triangle with a one mile dirt surface, turf course, and synthetic surface. Rotating Grandstand big enough for 20K with some permanent seating around it.
Take that
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08-22-2018, 03:37 PM
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Buckle Up
Join Date: Apr 2014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by v j stauffer
Can the announcer ride on top of the moving grandstand?
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As long as you keep serving cocktails in the Clubhouse.....Sure, why not ride up top... 
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08-22-2018, 04:05 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Canandaigua, New york
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Is this the same moveable grandstand GP used during their renovations?
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08-22-2018, 05:11 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Reno, NV
Posts: 16,915
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We have so many big thinkers here at PA. Who would have thought?
Permit me to offer a suggestion and join the Big Thinkers group... Save some ground. Put that stupid "Amtrak Grandstand on the inside, dummies. That way it won't have to run farther (and therefore) faster, than the horses to keep up."
Last edited by Dave Schwartz; 08-22-2018 at 05:21 PM.
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08-22-2018, 07:32 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2016
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Quote:
Originally Posted by v j stauffer
Can the announcer ride on top of the moving grandstand?
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There would be no need for an announcer as everyone in the moving grandstand could plainly see who’s where all the time  you’d be preaching to the choir...
Last edited by VigorsTheGrey; 08-22-2018 at 07:34 PM.
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08-22-2018, 07:38 PM
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Mad as hell !
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Bridgeport, CT
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Why didn't NASCAR think of this ?
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08-22-2018, 07:40 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2016
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Schwartz
We have so many big thinkers here at PA. Who would have thought?
Permit me to offer a suggestion and join the Big Thinkers group... Save some ground. Put that stupid "Amtrak Grandstand on the inside, dummies. That way it won't have to run farther (and therefore) faster, than the horses to keep up."
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Why not place the entire huge grandstand in the infield on a large rotating carousel...And give each fan his own pole to hold onto...
Last edited by VigorsTheGrey; 08-22-2018 at 07:41 PM.
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08-22-2018, 07:45 PM
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Mad as hell !
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Bridgeport, CT
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VigorsTheGrey
Why not place the entire huge grandstand in the infield on a large rotating carousel...And give each fan his own pole to hold onto...
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Here you go....
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08-22-2018, 07:54 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nutz and Boltz
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Classic...! I wanted to be on the wabbit as well...he looked like a weal winner from de beginning... 
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08-22-2018, 07:57 PM
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Mad as hell !
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Bridgeport, CT
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VigorsTheGrey
Classic...! I wanted to be on the wabbit as well...he looked like a weal winner from de beginning... |
Nice impression of Elmer Fudd !
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08-22-2018, 08:00 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nutz and Boltz
Nice impression of Elmer Fudd ! |
I’d hate to be anti-wabbit as well...everybody thinks i’m anti-enough already...
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