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10-15-2016, 11:06 AM
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Yeah, but those ticks include a concert and stuff on the infield. I saw ZZ Top the year Rachel won the Preakness. This is a joke......its not just entertainment you are wagering too. Like they don't make enough?
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The infield tickets are 60 if you buy them now and increase all the way up to 110 dollars the day of the Preakness. Not including the 20 bucks for the beer mug. That's a lot of money and it will only keep going up. Of course they can charge what people will pay but that doesn't make it right in my opinion.
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10-15-2016, 11:38 AM
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I have a semi-rich friend who's gone to these. He says it's mostly just a big party. Side bets are made with his circle for friends. He's never been to a thoroughbred racetrack the last time I spoke with him.
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10-15-2016, 03:06 PM
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Yeah, but those ticks include a concert and stuff on the infield. I saw ZZ Top the year Rachel won the Preakness. This is a joke......its not just entertainment you are wagering too. Like they don't make enough?
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If this is run like big days at Santa Anita (Gulfstream Park East's sister track), there will be live bands, food trucks, etc.
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10-15-2016, 04:19 PM
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They were suppose to have parimutuel wagering this year but Christie took too long to sign the bill. Pretty good chance they have it next year.
It is also a fund raiser for cancer research I believe, not for Stronach's pockets.
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10-15-2016, 04:20 PM
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The infield tickets are 60 if you buy them now and increase all the way up to 110 dollars the day of the Preakness. Not including the 20 bucks for the beer mug. That's a lot of money and it will only keep going up. Of course they can charge what people will pay but that doesn't make it right in my opinion.
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Great, 110 bucks for the worst place to watch the race. However, a great place for frat boys and sorority girls to get drunk, get stupid and get laid.
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10-15-2016, 04:26 PM
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Sounds like a great way for the rich elite to keep out the middle class "riff raff" and "degenerate horseplayers".
God forbid they should let mere commoners mingle with their betters.
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10-15-2016, 05:14 PM
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Sounds like a great way for the rich elite to keep out the middle class "riff raff" and "degenerate horseplayers".
God forbid they should let mere commoners mingle with their betters.
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They get a crowd of 30,000+. I guess they could all be rich elite, though by the looks of the live feed it doesn't appear so.
A "regular" days racing in most countries costs $20+ just to get in the door. Like a mid week afternoon fixture at a not famous track. US horseplayers have been spoiled by the anomaly that is US racing where admission is either free or a negligible $2-$5. But one of the side effects of that is that it has created the illusion that because it's so cheap that, that it is not good value. It's psychological. People value stuff more the more it costs. Granted there is a price point and a sweet spot you have to find.
But any way, the point being made is that there is a good chance that Stronach will have a sell out crowd paying $100 each for his race in Jan. All you guys saying "that's crazy, nobody will pay that", I think you are going to be surprised.
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10-15-2016, 05:19 PM
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If this is run like big days at Santa Anita (Gulfstream Park East's sister track), there will be live bands, food trucks, etc.
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So they already know a $12 million dollar race in itself will not generate a crowd?
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10-15-2016, 08:00 PM
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So they already know a $12 million dollar race in itself will not generate a crowd?
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The NFL has a bunch of this stuff at the Super Bowl....
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10-15-2016, 08:54 PM
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Fair enough.
The SB is more about a party than football, so I see the similarities.
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10-15-2016, 09:53 PM
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They were suppose to have parimutuel wagering this year but Christie took too long to sign the bill. Pretty good chance they have it next year.
It is also a fund raiser for cancer research I believe, not for Stronach's pockets.
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I was at Far Hills today for work. 90% of the crowd is in Vineyard Vines. Lots of drunk college kids who pretty much all look the same. Very few people watch the races with any interest. I think pari mutuel is a certainty in 2017. Should have some appeal in the UK/Ireland and with the lads at Fair Hill
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10-15-2016, 10:24 PM
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I was at Far Hills today for work. 90% of the crowd is in Vineyard Vines. Lots of drunk college kids who pretty much all look the same. Very few people watch the races with any interest. I think pari mutuel is a certainty in 2017. Should have some appeal in the UK/Ireland and with the lads at Fair Hill
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For work huh, must be nice!
Yes it has that whole hoighty toighty feel to it. I am almost positive 90 percent of the people there dont even catch a glimpse of the races. That being said, depending on where I am that time next year I will go if they have betting. Otherwise I dont care much for that type of crowd. 
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10-15-2016, 10:27 PM
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Sounds like a great way for the rich elite to keep out the middle class "riff raff" and "degenerate horseplayers".
God forbid they should let mere commoners mingle with their betters.
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So only the rich elite go to baseball games?
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10-15-2016, 10:39 PM
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So only the rich elite go to baseball games?
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Only the rich can afford a $200 admission on an ordinary day.
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