Super Bowls and Horses...

[richard burch]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

Rich, wishful thinking. But whenever there is football games the track is absolutely dark for the day. They need the parking spots for football. If you notice the Meadowlands will have an afternoon post for the next couple of days because Bon Jovi is officially opening the stadium. They just don't hold racing when something big is going on next door.
My guess if anything is that the track will be closed Super Bowl week in 2014. Just too much going on next door and in the complex, without the added people/traffic (not that it's much) going in and out of the track.

You are right about the football games but since I am there way too much I see plenty of other smaller events like soccer, carnivals, car shows, lacross games etc... that are going on when the track is open (sometimes with live racing, sometimes without it).

You know there are Giants and Jets players who visit the track. I also see alot of other football jerseys there too. There is a common element between football and horse racing. It's called gambling.

In all the years i've gone to events at the meadowlands not once was I ever given a free admission, free voucher,program or any other enticement to go visit the track.

How hard is it to give the people attending another event a free admission coupon to the track just to get them interested? How come I don't get a free pass to a car show when I visit the track? The other events aren't packing people in either.

Besides, I like my idea better than no idea, which is what has been happening for years. You need someone who can think outside the box.