On their knees for ole Frankie

[Scav]

Originally Posted by eurobounce

That is the thing, why would you want 5 stores in a 20 mile radius. Franchising is difficult.

not radius...20 miles APART....>i have a like three Walgreens to choose from within a 1 mile radius, and about 4 McDonalds within a 2 mile radius here....

[SentToStud]

I wish they had more green areas at Gulfstream too and they've admitted making mistakes with the paddock/walking ring area and lack of grandstand seating. Supposedly they've taken steps to ameliorate those two problems. We'll see.

But I actually admire the business model. They made it clear from the start that Gulf would be a handle-driven track and not attendance-driven. They will suffer modestly on the 4-5 big days but how can you fault them for not building a huge grandstand? Those days are over, save the dozen or so big days for the TC, BC, etc.... It makes no sense to use your resources to bulid a 20,000 seat grandstand that's almost never needed.

Business is cooking at the place and purses will be up 18% vs last year. In the meantime there are a half dozen nice restaurants there and there was even a boxing card yesterday evening.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

I wish they had more green areas at Gulfstream too and they've admitted making mistakes with the paddock/walking ring area and lack of grandstand seating. Supposedly they've taken steps to ameliorate those two problems. We'll see.

But I actually admire the business model. They made it clear from the start that Gulf would be a handle-driven track and not attendance-driven. They will suffer modestly on the 4-5 big days but how can you fault them for not building a huge grandstand? Those days are over, save the dozen or so big days for the TC, BC, etc.... It makes no sense to use your resources to bulid a 20,000 seat grandstand that's almost never needed.

Business is cooking at the place and purses will be up 18% vs last year. In the meantime there are a half dozen nice restaurants there and there was even a boxing card yesterday evening.

Agree, there is no such thing as a RACE TRACK anymore, it is more of an event center with a dirt oval there....Arlington is the same way, they have all these events their in the off season...don't fault them one bit

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

.....there are a half dozen nice restaurants there and there was even a boxing card yesterday evening.

I heard Debbie Gibson will sing there soon.

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

I heard Debbie Gibson will sing there soon.

Electric Blue should really pack them in Scuds!!!Standing room only!!

[Scav]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

I heard Debbie Gibson will sing there soon.

I went to a Debbie Gibson concert at SIU when I was there, it was PACKED with hot chicks in 80's gear, it was awesome

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by Scav

I went to a Debbie Gibson concert at SIU when I was there, it was PACKED with hot chicks in 80's gear, it was awesome

She wrote Lost In Your Eyes after meeting Dixie.Can't believe he forgot to tell ya that.