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Originally Posted by ateamstupid
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.
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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.