Pimlico Infield

Well if it isn't funny the first time then give it a go a few more until people want to throw cans at your head.

[cowgirlintexas]

Originally Posted by pgardn

But the beer cans upside the head...
The pageantry, the skill involved in
negotiating frictionless port-a-potty
roof tops.

Im choking up a bit here.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by Thunder Gulch

They deserve the lost patrons. I hope the $7 beers they sold today make up for the lost admission fees and lost handle...screw em

the infield never significantly contributed to handle... but its a real shame they ended the bringin in beer thing.... because that is what the Preakness is all about!! One big party!

[-BT-]

the place was a ghost town this year, the corporate tents and turfside palace tickets (the big wigs) were empty all day except for the preakness race. Couldn't see the infield from my seats, but the local tv station showed a clip in the mid-afternoon where spots on the fence, which are usually gone by 8:05 were wide open. I guess the $1 beers from 8-11 and the oxygen bar didn't attract as many people as they thought. I waited for the last race to end, and it literally took me 10 min. to get onto the expressway. I've seen bigger crowds at best buy on christmas eve, sad


-bt-

[Seattleallstar]

I missed seeing the hott chicks barely wearing anything

[sumitas]

Originally Posted by Baranduin

The usual Preakness infield crowd doesn't gamble much-just drink themselves into oblivion and do things no self respecting person would do.

Who really needs these type in attendance ? They are a nuisance .

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

Well if it isn't funny the first time then give it a go a few more until people want to throw cans at your head.

Mr. Congeniality speaks.

Did you laugh after you set
your grandma on fire?

[tanner12oz]

i was at pimlico yesterday and it was pretty thin.....the apron area was about the same but you noticed a big change in the park and ride, shuttle volume. i heard alot of folks that were in the infield complaining on the way home. i think pimlico tried to keep them happy with zztop and some decent big name bands...

[slotdirt]

Honestly, the whole bringing in your own beer thing just had to stop at the Preakness. I'm sorry, but that was just a lawsuit waiting to happen, and when you're a company in bankruptcy, I have to presume you just can't afford that kind of liability.

Incidentally, beers were $3.50 at the Preakness yesterday, which is half of what they charge at the Derby infield. As much as West Baltimore is a hole, let's be honest here, where Churchill sits in Louisville isn't exact an oasis either.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Honestly, the whole bringing in your own beer thing just had to stop at the Preakness. I'm sorry, but that was just a lawsuit waiting to happen, and when you're a company in bankruptcy, I have to presume you just can't afford that kind of liability.

Incidentally, beers were $3.50 at the Preakness yesterday, which is half of what they charge at the Derby infield. As much as West Baltimore is a hole, let's be honest here, where Churchill sits in Louisville isn't exact an oasis either.

i read that beer was actually only a buck the first few hours. as one guy said, i can't get wasted...i still remember the idiot running onto the track and taking a swipe at a horse as it ran by a few years back. that moron could have been killed, or caused a really bad incident. lawsuits filed by the day, i'm surprised it took them this long too.

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i read that beer was actually only a buck the first few hours. as one guy said, i can't get wasted...i still remember the idiot running onto the track and taking a swipe at a horse as it ran by a few years back. that moron could have been killed, or caused a really bad incident. lawsuits filed by the day, i'm surprised it took them this long too.

That was Artax leading them home. If my awful memory is correct.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

That was Artax leading them home. If my awful memory is correct.

It was, and he was the 6/5 favorite, and they had to refund all wagers on him. Probably cost the track $250k as they estimated something close to $2 million was bet through him.

[jballscalls]

60 dollars to sit in the infield and you can't bring in your beer?? no wonder nobody showed up. if they were going to take away the BYOB fine, but atleast lower the ticket price significantly

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by jballscalls

60 dollars to sit in the infield and you can't bring in your beer?? no wonder nobody showed up. if they were going to take away the BYOB fine, but atleast lower the ticket price significantly

that's the thing, they actually raised the prices at the same time as banning byob. but, you can't really say it was a mistake, look at the handle. and i'd imagine the patrons appreciated not having the fiasco in the infield.

TVG was in the mix this year. It's not like handle has been phenomenal the past few years.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

TVG was in the mix this year. It's not like handle has been phenomenal the past few years.

well, that's true...but an increase, especially considering the overall economy and the derby handle, has to be a good thing-add in magna's issues, and md racing on top of that. or maybe i'm just being too pollyannic.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Cardus

I don't know whether or not you have been to the Preakness Stakes, but the infield melee has NOTHING to do with your enjoyment during the races if you are sitting anywhere else. Absolutely nothing.

Now, after the races are finished and you are trying to leave, the size of the crowd impacts departure, but that would be true if you have 30,000 drunken fans from the infield or 30,000 sober fans from the infield.

a scary thought, all those drunks leaving..driving-yikes!

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by philcski

It was, and he was the 6/5 favorite, and they had to refund all wagers on him. Probably cost the track $250k as they estimated something close to $2 million was bet through him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sl505ke7YQ

Originally Posted by Danzig

well, that's true...but an increase, especially considering the overall economy and the derby handle, has to be a good thing-add in magna's issues, and md racing on top of that. or maybe i'm just being too pollyannic.

Quite frankly the way Magna has handled things the past few years it would've been a disaster not to have a solid improvement in handle this year. You couldn't have asked for a better storyline leading up to the race.

[CSC]

Drunks? How about nutcases...Does anyone remember that nutbar that jumped onto the track during a race on Preak day attempting to throw a punch at a passing horse? That has got to be the most peculiar thing I have ever witnessed in racing.