Super Bowls and Horses...
 

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With the Super Bowl coming to the Meadowlands I think the N.J. horse racing industry will get a positive effect from it. This could create some new jobs and there will certainly be some improvements to the roads and other NJSEA facilities like the arena and race track. Maybe they can even revive that doomed Xanadu (now called Meadowlands) disaster.

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After all, they built the new stadium right next to the racetrack’s clubhouse turn and you could probably watch the races from the upper deck it’s so close.

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The greatest asset may be that people must walk past the track's main entrance to get to the stadium and maybe some creative marketer could cross promote the two venues.

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Our new Governor received a warm welcome down at Monmouth Park on Saturday. Maybe he is pro racing.

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As for the horse pics, those are my retired friends down on the farm. They served us well and are now Livin' La Vida Loca!

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Rich, wishful thinking. But whenever there is football games the track is absolutely dark for the day. They need the parking spots for football. If you notice the Meadowlands will have an afternoon post for the next couple of days because Bon Jovi is officially opening the stadium. They just don't hold racing when something big is going on next door.
My guess if anything is that the track will be closed Super Bowl week in 2014. Just too much going on next door and in the complex, without the added people/traffic (not that it's much) going in and out of the track.

You are right about the football games but since I am there way too much I see plenty of other smaller events like soccer, carnivals, car shows, lacross games etc... that are going on when the track is open (sometimes with live racing, sometimes without it).

You know there are Giants and Jets players who visit the track. I also see alot of other football jerseys there too. There is a common element between football and horse racing. It's called gambling.

In all the years i've gone to events at the meadowlands not once was I ever given a free admission, free voucher,program or any other enticement to go visit the track.

How hard is it to give the people attending another event a free admission coupon to the track just to get them interested? How come I don't get a free pass to a car show when I visit the track? The other events aren't packing people in either.

Besides, I like my idea better than no idea, which is what has been happening for years. You need someone who can think outside the box.

I know the track used to give you free admission with your Devils ticket stub. I would assume that they did the same for the Nets. But if you think about it, if people weren't going because of a $2 admission, what kind of players are they going to be? Also the whole parking snafu situation was also a hinderence in getting over to the track.

As far as the football fans go, getting out of that stadium can be brutal. And one day after a Giant game, I said the hell with sitting in the traffic. I figured I would go play some races until the traffic thinned out. That's when I realized that the track was dark on those days.

I have also experienced those same conditions after g-men games. The new traffic routes they are creating should help that. Remember that any promotional gifts do not have to be on the same day as when you got them.

by the way the meadowlands admission is only 1$ now, so you are right that it's not the admission thats keeping them away.

It doesn't matter Rich, due to the vicinity of the track they could be giving out 10 dollar vouchers and most of people still wouldn't go. And God Forbid you go there when there is no live racing.........it's just scary.

The thing that they should promote with coupons/discounts is the restauraunts. Trackside and or the Pegasus are great places to spend the night while eating and watching the races. I could see some people taking advantage of that.

I like that idea. I had a great time at the pegaus last time.

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Did Springsteen die and I didn't hear about it?

The track should give you a $1000 voucher for showing a Nets ticket stub.

Watched the '06 Breeder's Cup from there... Very nice.. Great times...