2014 admission hikes for Belmont, Saratoga: GA $5, Clubhouse $8

[cmorioles]

Yeah, $15 or $30 would really bring the fans in droves.

If you bet only $100, you are already paying $18-20 in admission...but everybody seems to forget that. Let's just keep tacking on more and more.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

Yeah, $15 or $30 would really bring the fans in droves.

If you bet only $100, you are already paying $18-20 in admission...but everybody seems to forget that. Let's just keep tacking on more and more.

I agree with this.

As to Saratoga and the hit to those who attend most of the season, do they still offer the season pass? It has been a couple years since I lived there, but if they do still offer this, it is a great deal for frequent attenders.

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

Yeah, $15 or $30 would really bring the fans in droves.

If you bet only $100, you are already paying $18-20 in admission...but everybody seems to forget that. Let's just keep tacking on more and more.

This was the best comment in the whole discussion.

If I go and wager in a casino on a slot machine and bet $100 the casino will get an average of $5 pending on the game. If I bet $1000, which is my typical handle if I was to go to the races for an entire day, its $50.

If I go to the races they get $200 on average.

One is free and the other is charging, you would think its reversed on the who.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

This was the best comment in the whole discussion.

If I go and wager in a casino on a slot machine and bet $100 the casino will get an average of $5 pending on the game. If I bet $1000, which is my typical handle if I was to go to the races for an entire day, its $50.

If I go to the races they get $200 on average.

One is free and the other is charging, you would think its reversed on the who.

Well said. Let's face it horseplayers are portrayed as degenerate gamblers by the media and the industry is treating us like addicts. Increasing the rates for us to get our fix chasing the big score (high) . The casinos understand that giving perks and low takeout games will get more folks in the door and churning that money over and over until it is gone.

To me it seems like the horse racing industry has too many old execs unable to grasp that it is no longer the 1960's and 70's

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by jms62

Well said. Let's face it horseplayers are portrayed as degenerate gamblers by the media and the industry is treating us like addicts. Increasing the rates for us to get our fix chasing the big score (high) . The casinos understand that giving perks and low takeout games will get more folks in the door and churning that money over and over until it is gone.

To me it seems like the horse racing industry has too many old execs unable to grasp that it is no longer the 1960's and 70's

i agree that the industry who makes its money from bettors seems to ignore who actually funds the whole thing.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i agree that the industry who makes its money from bettors seems to ignore who actually funds the whole thing.

That is why we have the mighty HANA