Monmouth great crowd today

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Originally Posted by Benny

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A couple of other complaints are the gouging of fees by management/

1. $4 parking ? Really ! even Belmont did away with parking fees = turnoff

2. Giving the mezzanine level patrons the boot to the upper nose bleed seating unless you buy a seat ticket. Loads of ill will there, for the principle of it afrer 20 years of only paying for a seat in 2 roped off sections nearest the finish line. BTW. the mezz level was near empty

3. Seems, track admins don't get it, you want more on track handle, not drive people out of their seats. As it is, Monmouth gets twice the attendance of Belmont and half the handle at best

Benny

I don't disagree w/ you on your points. they need to be doing everything they can yo get people in there. The parking was way out of line. Also I think they are trying to limit he BYOB bench area to get you to buy from them. This in my is a hugh misatke.

Regarding the attendance Monmouth relies more on it an not so much for Belmont, since alot more of their monies come fron off track or through ADWs. However, Monmouth is off to a fairly good start with very respectable total handles.

For me I could care less about the seat in the stands and have only used them if it rained, otherwise I love to sit outdoors when the weather is nice and have been doing so for 35 years. Even when I went to AC Racecourse on a summer night I would sit in the open club house area.