The Preakness; Kegasus!

[TouchOfGrey]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Kegasus is pretty awesome.

I heard he's hung like a horse.

[smartbid09]

Originally Posted by TouchOfGrey

I heard he's hung like a horse.

That's classic!

The Preakness does a great job of using clever advertising! I love Kegasus! Last year it was "Get Your Preak On!"

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only in MD



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[booner]

I keep getting the feeling a roomful of potheads are coming up with these marketing campaigns.

[Thoroughbred Fan]

Originally Posted by booner

I keep getting the feeling a roomful of potheads are coming up with these marketing campaigns.

The craziest idea they ever had was to end BYOB. That move absolutely killed their revenue from that day. It was tantamount to putting bacon on every sandwich at Jewish deli and then wondering why you aren't selling anything.

Face the facts. People are by nature animals. I have been to eleven runnings of the Preakness. It had begun to get worse in the infield. I can understand wanting to rid the infield of the full beer can toss that had become a staple. People were getting hurt. However, they should have rolled out Kegasus and the $20 bottomless plastic mug that first year they killed BYOB.

This marketing campaign isn't crazy, the fact that they had to lose millions of dollars before launching it is CRAZY.

Godspeed MJC.

Crabsfest.


Pay me.

[slotdirt]

Originally Posted by Thoroughbred Fan

The craziest idea they ever had was to end BYOB. That move absolutely killed their revenue from that day. It was tantamount to putting bacon on every sandwich at Jewish deli and then wondering why you aren't selling anything.

Face the facts. People are by nature animals. I have been to eleven runnings of the Preakness. It had begun to get worse in the infield. I can understand wanting to rid the infield of the full beer can toss that had become a staple. People were getting hurt. However, they should have rolled out Kegasus and the $20 bottomless plastic mug that first year they killed BYOB.

This marketing campaign isn't crazy, the fact that they had to lose millions of dollars before launching it is CRAZY.

Godspeed MJC.

I completely disagree. People were eventually going to die because of the BYOB policy. I'd rather lose out on 20-30k in attendance who spend virtually nothing on betting than have a bazillion dollar wrongful death lawsuit.

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i guess mjc has someone else to blame now when they run out of beer for their "bottomless" beer mugs by the 3rd race again this year....
this coming from a state who's just now getting slots..... it all makes sense


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[Thoroughbred Fan]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

I completely disagree. People were eventually going to die because of the BYOB policy. I'd rather lose out on 20-30k in attendance who spend virtually nothing on betting than have a bazillion dollar wrongful death lawsuit.

How can you say disagree when I said BYOB was removed to eliminate danger from full cans being tossed? You can still get plowed only you don't have to carry it in now. You may still have a wrongful death suit. On that topic, it is called insurance. You pay for it, so use it once in a while.

As for the lost revenue, it is more than gambling. Tix cost about $60 bucks and then the people buy beer, food, memorabilia, etc. I bet each infield head is valued at near $100 to MJC. That multiplied by the near 50k drop caused by the change in policy adds up to $5M. You can chose to lose whatever you want, but MJC and MD racing needs the $5M.