Belmont Stakes crowd capped at 90,000 by NYRA

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Eh, five days and I hear rumor that New York City can be a fairly entertaining place to visit in the meantime. I think they have a couple of museums, or something like that. Theater maybe. I dunno.

yeah, it would definitely be part of a broader trip, with other things in between the race days.
we're leaving town next friday morning for a trip. won't be a two weeker like we did in december to california...just a 10 day trip to nebraska, south dakota, wyoming, colorado and then back home. i can't wait!

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

yeah...we had to sell some extra moonshine to pay the bills this last month.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Danzig

yeah, it would definitely be part of a broader trip, with other things in between the race days.
we're leaving town next friday morning for a trip. won't be a two weeker like we did in december to california...just a 10 day trip to nebraska, south dakota, wyoming, colorado and then back home. i can't wait!

That sounds amazing! Nebraska is one of the 9 states I still have to visit.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

That sounds amazing! Nebraska is one of the 9 states I still have to visit.

yeah, we plan to hit all 50-i'm getting there.
going to ashfall in nebraska, the badlands, black hills, mt rushmore, devils tower in wyoming, and then chill in colorado a few days.

edit~~and even better, was hoping to buy an office to expand my business...looks like i'll be closing on that before we go. yay

[richard burch]

wasn't there almost 175K reported at the derby?

The attendance at the 141st Kentucky Derby set a record for the event with a crowd of 170,513 on hand Saturday, according to the Associated Press. The previous record of 165,307 was set in 2012.

new york only gets 90K wtf?

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by richard burch

wasn't there almost 175K reported at the derby?

The attendance at the 141st Kentucky Derby set a record for the event with a crowd of 170,513 on hand Saturday, according to the Associated Press. The previous record of 165,307 was set in 2012.

new york only gets 90K wtf?

You really don't pay attention at all.

[cal828]

Originally Posted by Danzig

yeah, we plan to hit all 50-i'm getting there.
going to ashfall in nebraska, the badlands, black hills, mt rushmore, devils tower in wyoming, and then chill in colorado a few days.

edit~~and even better, was hoping to buy an office to expand my business...looks like i'll be closing on that before we go. yay

Can't blame anyone for wanting to get out of Arkansas even for a little while. I am so sick of rain. Rains every day. Turning into Brazil. People in California begging for water. We have a super abundance of it. Don't even have to look at the weather report any more. know it's going to say rain and more rain. I need a trip to Vegas bad.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by cal828

Can't blame anyone for wanting to get out of Arkansas even for a little while. I am so sick of rain. Rains every day. Turning into Brazil. People in California begging for water. We have a super abundance of it. Don't even have to look at the weather report any more. know it's going to say rain and more rain. I need a trip to Vegas bad.

Jay Cronley talked about the Arkansas weather in his Preakness recap!

http://espn.go.com/horse-racing/stor...sons-preakness

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by richard burch

wasn't there almost 175K reported at the derby?

The attendance at the 141st Kentucky Derby set a record for the event with a crowd of 170,513 on hand Saturday, according to the Associated Press. The previous record of 165,307 was set in 2012.

new york only gets 90K wtf?

The infield is not open to the public at Belmont.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by cal828

Can't blame anyone for wanting to get out of Arkansas even for a little while. I am so sick of rain. Rains every day. Turning into Brazil. People in California begging for water. We have a super abundance of it. Don't even have to look at the weather report any more. know it's going to say rain and more rain. I need a trip to Vegas bad.

Yeah, been a real wet spring. Haven't gone out on the river yet this year...supposed to spend the holiday weekend in bull shoals...lakes real high, and of course there's rain in the forecast... They closed three locks on the Arkansas due to high water.