Arkansas Derby

Originally Posted by packerbacker7964

Parking is a bitch unless you pay to park in someone's yard $20-$30 a block away or a half mile walk for around $5-$10.

Sounds a lot like Churchill. Used to live a block away as a child and we made many a fortunes parking cars in our yard (front and back!!). Of course, the closer you were the more you could charge and we were pretty dang close so it wasn't unusual to charge $20 per car on Oaks and Derby days. RV's were a killing. Those guys would pay $200 to park in the alley behind our house. Guess there was really nowhere else to go...everytime I go back to Churchill now I always park across Central Ave in a lady's yard. I wouldn't have it any other way

[jman5581]

In case anyone is interested, Oaklawn has no reserved seating left for Derby Day. Supposedly, 300-400 tickets will be available that morning (wonder what those will cost?!?!?). Of course, the infield will be open and the lady on the phone said admission to the infield would be $2. I don't need a damn seat...I guess that's what I get for procrastinating (well, more forgetting than anything).

Originally Posted by jman5581

In case anyone is interested, Oaklawn has no reserved seating left for Derby Day. Supposedly, 300-400 tickets will be available that morning (wonder what those will cost?!?!?). Of course, the infield will be open and the lady on the phone said admission to the infield would be $2. I don't need a damn seat...I guess that's what I get for procrastinating (well, more forgetting than anything).

you could try stuhub for seats

[Scurlogue Champ]

I went for the 2005 Rebel Stakes that Greater Good won.

I have family in Arkansas, and have lived all over the south. But Oaklawn Park was full of more redneck trash than anywhere I have ever been.

It was a miserable experience and I felt filthy when I left. Trash, trash, trash.