'get your preak on'

[slotdirt]

The infield was basically an open field at Pimlico last year. I understand why they're trying to make up for a 30k plus drop in infield attendance last year.

[Thunder Gulch]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

The infield was basically an open field at Pimlico last year. I understand why they're trying to make up for a 30k plus drop in infield attendance last year.

Exactly. Keeping the college kids away means nil chance of them really becoming interested in the sport somewhere down the road. If you can bank an extra few million in the process, good for Pimlico.

Everyone needs to get off the high horse and quit worrying about the new slogan and this promo designed to let college kids have a good time. Not everyone wants to dress up and pretend to be important.

[alysheba4]

santa anita back in the mid eighties you could bring your own in the infield......the 2004 belmont was insane, i saw a guy with 7 cases stacked on a wagon going thru the turnstiles.

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by alysheba4

santa anita back in the mid eighties you could bring your own in the infield......the 2004 belmont was insane, i saw a guy with 7 cases stacked on a wagon going thru the turnstiles.

Was he from Philly? That was the Smarty Jones year.

Oh, and will there be more "running of the urinals" footage this year @ Pimlico?

[alysheba4]

Originally Posted by joeydb

Was he from Philly? That was the Smarty Jones year.

Oh, and will there be more "running of the urinals" footage this year @ Pimlico?

.....yeah, the palce was like a war zone afterwards. i should post some pix.

[slotdirt]

They changed the configuration of the urinals in 2008 to avoid the videos that were posted on youtube in previous years. One can attempt to run the urinals, but the urinals are now set up in fours or sixes and stationed like ten feet apart - this made for a couple fun scenes where from the grandstand one could see several someones unsuccessfully attempt to the bridge the divide betwixt urinal blocks.

Check youtube - people definitely ran the urinals at the Derby in around 2008. They so wanted to get their Preak on.

[MisterB]

Originally Posted by Thunder Gulch

Exactly. Keeping the college kids away means nil chance of them really becoming interested in the sport somewhere down the road. If you can bank an extra few million in the process, good for Pimlico.

Everyone needs to get off the high horse and quit worrying about the new slogan and this promo designed to let college kids have a good time. Not everyone wants to dress up and pretend to be important.

This isn't about college kids having a good time, never was. But when things suck, try anything method. Now the 2nd jewel in racing has stuped to a beer fest to make money, and think this promotes real racing fans. lol

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by MisterB

This isn't about college kids having a good time, never was. But when things suck, try anything method. Now the 2nd jewel in racing has stuped to a beer fest to make money, and think this promotes real racing fans. lol

I don't get it. Have you been to a Preakness other than last year's? They want to rekindle the party atmosphere in the infield that has existed for DECADES. They're not trying to create some new misadventure and 'debaucherous' scene... They're hoping to bring back the one that always existed until last year's ill-advised 'crackdown'.

My first racetrack experiences as an adult was in the Preakness infield 1984-89. It helped fuel my interest in the game. I'm sure I'm the ONLY person that ever got interested in the sport that way though.

[randallscott35]

Between the 3 big race days of the Triple Crown, there is something for everyone. I have no problem with the party atmosphere. Belmont Day is the one that is more about horses if you ask me.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Kasept

I don't get it. Have you been to a Preakness other than last year's? They want to rekindle the party atmosphere in the infield that has existed for DECADES. They're not trying to create some new misadventure and 'debaucherous' scene... They're hoping to bring back the one that always existed until last year's ill-advised 'crackdown'.

My first racetrack experiences as an adult was in the Preakness infield 1984-89. It helped fuel my interest in the game. I'm sure I'm the ONLY person that ever got interested in the sport that way though.

Did you "run the urinals"?

[Cannon Shell]

If the promotion draws Art Mann Presents, it is ok with me.


http://www.artmann.com/

[Cannon Shell]

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/at-la...-campaign.aspx

Next year they need to go after the "afro-americans"

PREAKNIK

Or put lights up and run it on Friday.

Preaky Friday

Or they could just go f.uck themselves, the unimaginative preaks.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by MisterB

This isn't about college kids having a good time, never was. But when things suck, try anything method. Now the 2nd jewel in racing has stuped to a beer fest to make money, and think this promotes real racing fans. lol

the preakness has ALWAYS been a beer fest except for last year. I would bet that a lot of people in the B-more area think of a party when they hear "Preakness" and not a horse race.

[slotdirt]

I think folks are overestimating the value in this all-you-can-drink package they'll be selling at Preakness this year. Granted, if MJC can get another 30k or so to pack into the field than they did last year when attendance was miserable and ZZ Top played to crickets, they'll make out well on gate alone, but the new policy sells a mug for $20 and lets you fill it up as many times as you'd like while last year beers were a scant $2. I'd say the average Preakness goer consumes roughly ten beers during their time at the track this Saturday, so really the only difference this year is that more folks are going to go because it's an all-you-can-drink event and not a la carte.

That rambled, but hopefully, someone understands what I'm trying to say.

[Thunder Gulch]

Originally Posted by MisterB

This isn't about college kids having a good time, never was. But when things suck, try anything method. Now the 2nd jewel in racing has stuped to a beer fest to make money, and think this promotes real racing fans. lol

Mr. B has spoken from high on his throne as a true representative of the sport of kings. Let the game stay with the dying hardcore racing fans and to hell with anything outside of a pure racing experience to expand the audience. Sorry that my 20 years as a peasant in the Derby infield doesn't make me a fan of the game.