Derby Tickets

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Originally Posted by slotdirt

I stay up in Indiana. The Ramada in Sellersburg (or is it Jeffersonville) does a pretty good deal with a two night minimum for a few hundred bones.

Agreed that the second floor grandstand is awesome - I saw there for the 2005 Derby - but those tickets are even harder to get than the first floor jobs.

This is my third consecutive derby and I have been lucky enough to get tickets directly from Churchill Downs for the last two. My seats are on the rail and I wouldn't trade it for a seat in the place. (if it rains I might change my mind)

This year I learned a great trick regarding hotels...look to book your hotel literally the day after the Derby for the next year if you think you will be going. If you do this then the hotels don't have a chance to adjust their room rates. I am staying in Louisville this year for $89 a night, no minimum stay.