Pimlico Infield

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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.

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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.

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.

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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!