Pick out your preferred seating for Keeneland Cup '15..

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

You're missing the point. The BC was ( at least partially ) created to showcase great racing at tracks all around the country so that people in various places could see the best horses compete. While I agree that Keeneland is a great theater to hold the event, it is not necessarily a great choice from the standpoint of fans attending.

I get that. The 1st post in this thread creates a bad enough picture. At best, tickets will likely be excessively priced and hard to get.

My point simply was that a lot of fans have no interest in attending -- and when you're in that camp -- Keeneland becomes a very ideal location.

In other words, when your "preferred seating for Keeneland Cup '15" is hundreds of miles away from the track, it's an excellent choice of host track.

[tector]

I've been to many BCs--GP (3), CD (3), BEL (3), SA (1), Toronto (1). The last one was 11 years ago. Now I just go to Vegas or stay home home (Vegas for the last three). You sometimes have a major advantage NOT being at the track. When that whole Life At Ten controversy went down in 2010, the people on track had no idea what was going on (unless they got a call). Meanwhile I was cancelling and changing bets.

[Rudeboyelvis]

Originally Posted by tector

I've been to many BCs--GP (3), CD (3), BEL (3), SA (1), Toronto (1). The last one was 11 years ago. Now I just go to Vegas or stay home home (Vegas for the last three). You sometimes have a major advantage NOT being at the track. When that whole Life At Ten controversy went down in 2010, the people on track had no idea what was going on (unless they got a call). Meanwhile I was cancelling and changing bets.

Excellent point.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

I get that. The 1st post in this thread creates a bad enough picture. At best, tickets will likely be excessively priced and hard to get.

My point simply was that a lot of fans have no interest in attending -- and when you're in that camp -- Keeneland becomes a very ideal location.

In other words, when your "preferred seating for Keeneland Cup '15" is hundreds of miles away from the track, it's an excellent choice of host track.

That's fair.

[ghartman02]

Ironically, I think Churchill if planned properly, could have a heckuva fun party with the "big screen" when the BC is at Keeneland. Horse racing for whatever reason is a tough thing to please everyone. For example, if you go to a NFL, MLB, NASCAR etc. for a big event, you get a seat, and you see the event. Horse Racing because of the vastness of the "field" (a mile or more), and that you have to maneuver back and forth to betting windows, and the length of day, it's a difficult event. Keeneland won't be able to please many, the entire grandstand IMO will be Owners, Sponsors, etc., so I doubt if any seats in the grandstand will be available to the general public.