No outside drinks will be allowed at Preakness infield
 

MJC announced today that they will no longer allow any beverages of any kind to be brought into the infield for this year's Preakness.

I wonder how that will affect attendence? :)

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


ok..................... i think i've calmed down now............. no wait, AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

WOW

who makes these bold decisions? last year you couldn’t brink ANY alcohol into the grandstand, now you can't bring it in the infield, why go to the preakness? it sure as hell can't be to bet the undercard b/c it usually sucks. I didn't have any problem bringing vodka to my seats in the grandstand last year, security gave our cooler a once over and let us pass, so they're still ways around it, but that’s gonna cut their infield attendance in half, maybe more if college kids can't bring in trash cans full of beer, are they seriously trying to push people away from biggest/only event maryland has for horse racing?

-bt-

attendence drops from 100k to 25k.

Except 75k college kids show up at 8am still with case's full of beer to find they will have to turn around. Nobody will pay $30 or whatever it is to get in the infield if they cant bring booze.

Absolutely stupid on the part of MJC IMO. Preakness infield partying is a tradition that should last forever.

This will be DEATH to attendance, less so to handle. Still a dumbass move. The Preakness ain't the Derby. If there's no booze, there's no fun.

I'm not shocked...

I'm honestly shocked nobody has died in the last three or four years from the things that happen in the infield at Preakness. I would have to imagine MJC is probably thinking the same thing. If you guys had seen just how many people there were last year coming out of the infield either bloody from stray beer can grenades or otherwise incapacitated and on stretchers, you might consider eliminating unlimited alcohol in the infield as well.

You guys really think it will be that big of an impact? People will just get more bombed in the parking lot before going in. Now, if they start cracking down on the tailgating in the parking lot then all bets are off.

LOL...

10 years ago in college we were rolling kegs in on shopping carts. They're aint a chance in hell they will be able to search every cooler that the kids roll in.

Parking is a nightmare at the Preakness. It's not a tailgating event. I doubt it'll cut 75,000 off the attendance, but 30,000 or so is very possible, IMO.

Ah, the old days of rolling in with kegs seem far away now.

Slot -

You really think it's a safety decision, not a shortsighted gamble to sell more booze? I'm down with giving the benefit of the doubt, I'd just like to know what you think.

Not that you asked me, but if I was the owner of Pimlico and I saw the footage that you posted from you tube, I would cancel BYOB as well...I'm sure their premiums drop a bundle and the chances for a $50 Million lawsuit do as well. I'm all for beer, but as a business decision, it's hard to argue with that.

And if they sell some extra booze, so be it

Where is the link to this video Bob? I would like to see what was going on.

I don't know, on the far side of the grandstand when I was there, there was a pretty big lot that had a bunch of RVs in it of people tailgating pretty hard. I have a feeling the people who were only going to party in the first place will find a way to get it done beforehand in the parking lot. It also depends what they price beers at on the infield. If they try and charge $8 a beer it will hurt future attendance. Charge $4 or less and you'll have more people willing to go despite not being able to bring in their own beer.

Joey posted in earlier in another thread..I think 2 days ago

edit..maybe it wasn't ATeam..can't find it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sr3G...eature=related

I remember the first time I went into the infield for the Preakness .... my first thought was "I've seen toga parties in the woods at night more civilized than this"

But anyway, of course it's all about selling booze and not safety.

How many toga parties in the woods at night have you seen?

I'm sure these antics weren't alcohol induced:

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...0&oq=preakness

I haven't looked at the video, but is that the video of people taking full cans of beer and throwing them into the crowds as one might toss a grenade into a foxhole, or is that a video of an idiot trying to run the urinals despite the fact the urinals are in groups of six and spaced ten feet apart?

Anyway, I'm sure there is some merit to picking up the liquor business, but I'm frankly shocked there hasn't been a huge lawsuit at Pimlico to date over some of the happenings in the infield. MJC certainly can't afford that megamillion lawsuit at this point.