Must be NYRA's fault.
Here's the problem, scalpers get their hands on many tickets and charge well more than even the price with this new fee ( which I guess adds a couple hundred bucks to each ticket ). From the venue's standpoint, why should they get such a small percentage of what scalpers get, and a fair argument is to let the market decide fair value.
To be honest, the crowd that attends the races rarely, and only on special days, does not deserve special treatment. The problem is for those of us that support the game year round, through attendance and wagering, and often can't even get access to specific amenities. Racing needs to find ways to reward those that keep the game alive.
Every year there is a letter from someone in NY that got shut out of Belmont seats claiming how poorly they are treated by NYRA and how they have been attending the Belmont for umteen years, and blah blah blah, blah blah, blah blah. I say unless you are a regular attendee, and/or wagerer THROUGH the host track, tough luck. The once a year people, sadly, don't help....at least from my perspective.
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