Walk Up Ticket For Belmont
 

I'm considering driving in from CT on Sat, early... Do any of you have tickets...? thought it could not hurt to ask. But the real question is do you think there will be any difficulty buying tickets, even GA, on the street and what do you think I will have to shell out to get them.

Do you know how many GA seats are released Sat morning?

Thanks!

I/L

I think you can walk right up to the gate and pay your $10 and get GA. If you can get a seat outside that typically includes the $10 admission charge as there is a stub on the bottom of the ticket for admission.

I'm selling tickets on my new site....www.Spudhub.com

Seriously though you'll have no problem walking up...jsut may not be good seats but your in.

Spuder

I have said this before, but it bears repeating:

Just get there butt early, find your spot on the rail, and guard it with your life. Guaranteed to see some horse flesh.

i'm driving down from upstate NY and just purchasing a general admission ticket and finding a spot somewhere

By butt early, he means before 9am...

I think the gates open at 830. Before the beer ban the place was a mob scene (in the park behind the track anyway) by 10-1030. Since they put the ban in place, there hasn't been an attempt at a triple crown, so we are really in uncharted water here. I remember the first year of the ban how empty the place was, and it really hasn't been crowded since 2004 (Smarty plus beer = 120,000+ people). There were only 61,000 in 2006 and 47,000 last year so you could've walked in after the Manhattan and found a place along the rail.

I still think the ban on beer will limit the total number of people going to Belmont that day, but the people going will be those who want to "see" the races and therefore viewing areas will be at a premium. I've heard some outlandish predictions on the attendance, but I'd be shocked if it got too far over 100K.

There'll be 120,000 people, beer or no beer. You can't bring beer into the Derby, and that doesn't stop 150,000 people from showing up every year.

As for the question, GA doesn't get you a seat, which I don't think is necessarily a bad thing. You can roam the track and look for a good spot in the morning, and $10 is way better than some of the absurd prices people are paying that won't get them a great view anyway.

Don't buy a GA ticket from anyone on the street. Walk up to the gate and buy one. I doubt they'll turn anyone away, but if they do, it'll probably be in the afternoon.

Yes, the get 150,000 EVERY year for the Derby. We are not in Kentucky (this is NYC where there are other things to do), and this is not the Derby, it never will be. If there were only 120,000 people here on a day when half a city traveled for a hero and you could party til the cows came home and general admission prices were $3 and $5 not $10 and $20, and reserved seats were not as outlandish as they are now, I would be very, very surprised to see that many people again, ever. And does anybody really LOVE Big Brown anyway? Certainly not the way people comepletely fell for SJ.


In regards to your other advice, very true. I don't even think there is a such thing as a general admission ticket. So DO NOT purchase a general admission ticket from anyone, it's a scam. They will not turn anyone away.

This is a major sporting event that will attract just about every casual fan in the tri-state area. Racing may be declining in prominence, but the attendance figures don't support that, as the TC races and Breeders' Cup perenially get huge crowds. I'd be shocked if there weren't at least 115,000 people (if weather cooperates). 103,000 showed up in the pouring rain for Funny Cide, way more than there should've been.

Shoot, they stopped letting people bring beer into the grandstand/clubhouse of the Preakness, and that hasn't caused attendance to dip. I think people come to see a potential Triple Crown winner, bringing in one's own beer is secondary.

Thanks to Everyone...now
 

If I can just get my teenage son to get up a 6:00......:)

put foot in ass....:zz:

and repeat if necessary.

yeah, but up here we are used to bringing coolers in. i agree with you on GA, the seats are usaully the "boring" people anyway. i like being in the yard, just like i like the infield at the derby. how can you run your mouth,drink and smoke when you are stuck in a seat next to the q-tips!

not sure if this had been answered or not.... but whats the difference in GA $10 and Clubhouse $20?

either way, look forward to seeing you guys up there

-bt-

GA gets you into the grandstand area, Clubhouse actually gets you into the Clubhouse area.

and i assume $20 clubhouse tickets don't give you a seat?

-bt-

They do not, but you're inside and much nearer the finish line. You can stand right above the seating area and watch from there. There's also a pretty good bank of tv's with benches in the area.

thanks boss

-bt-