No outside drinks will be allowed at Preakness infield

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

You guys really think it will be that big of an impact? People will just get more bombed in the parking lot before going in. Now, if they start cracking down on the tailgating in the parking lot then all bets are off.

Parking is a nightmare at the Preakness. It's not a tailgating event. I doubt it'll cut 75,000 off the attendance, but 30,000 or so is very possible, IMO.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Parking is a nightmare at the Preakness. It's not a tailgating event. I doubt it'll cut 75,000 off the attendance, but 30,000 or so is very possible, IMO.

I don't know, on the far side of the grandstand when I was there, there was a pretty big lot that had a bunch of RVs in it of people tailgating pretty hard. I have a feeling the people who were only going to party in the first place will find a way to get it done beforehand in the parking lot. It also depends what they price beers at on the infield. If they try and charge $8 a beer it will hurt future attendance. Charge $4 or less and you'll have more people willing to go despite not being able to bring in their own beer.