Arlington Park saga

[3kings]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

One small suggestion I had and conveyed it to GM Tony Petrillo was to sell $50 or even $100 vouchers at the gate that would have to be used on that particular race day. Those willing to do this would be given complementary admission and a racing program. Food and beverage at Arlington is handled by Levy so I didn't even suggest they participate. So far crickets.....

Meanwhile this Saturday we'll see the park packed with miserable crying kids who are only charged $4 admission. We'll see their idiot parents lifting up said kids to self-service terminals to make picks on a machine the parent barely understands how to use. Each kid betting $2 and taking their sweet time completely ignorant that there are others in line seeking to bet far more. Throughout the day throngs will clog teller lines to place their $2 derby show bets first confirming show means 1rst, 2nd or 3rd on either American Pharaoh or Dortmund and then clog lines following the derby hoping to cash their $2.80 cent winners.

Wow I feel better getting that out.

Nice rant Del! Let me know how those lines at the machines are after you give everybody a voucher they don't know how to insert let alone bet with.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by 3kings

Nice rant Del! Let me know how those lines at the machines are after you give everybody a voucher they don't know how to insert let alone bet with.

I'm not suggesting 'giving' vouchers but rather having patrons buying vouchers. A person paying $50 or $100 for a voucher forgoing paying the $14 admission fee likely has a bit more knowledge than the once a year visitor who does nothing more than take up space on big days.

Oh, I also forgot the idiots that will try to pay for their $2 show Dortmund bets at the window with a credit card and or insert their credit cards into the voucher slot on the self-service machines. And the idiot women that will attend simply because it's a reason to buy a big hat, no one can see over or around, waiting till they get their show bets down to dig around in their suitcase of a purse in search of $2 bucks to pay for it as if they didn't know the price of a $2 show bet.