why we love the game....

[Ogygian]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

I can't believe there are two people from Erie that know how to use the Internet, and they are both on here!

Ogygian, what do you think of PID?

I honestly don't think too highly of the place. The track is a afterthought...The only reason the track is there is the casino needed it to open. I have spoken with Doug regarding the track and my feelings in the past, actually there is a great piece in Erie's paper that Doug wrote discussing the tracks concerns. At least this year the field size is up, last year they averaged 6.3, it's up to 7.9 so far this year.
It is very plain jane, cosmetically it looks like they took the cheapest road possible when the opportunity presented itself.
The gift shop is a banquet table, the infield reminds me of the neighboring dump, there still isn't enough stalls (500) and they received something like 2500 applications, and the takeout is terrible. I believe Doug said it ranked 62 out 65 tracks...oh yeah and the new track anouncer is the same guy that does the pics before hand and I'm guessing he didn't have any experience.
It seems to be getting better...it just may take some time