Monmouth great crowd today

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Originally Posted by Benny

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A couple of other complaints are the gouging of fees by management/

1. $4 parking ? Really ! even Belmont did away with parking fees = turnoff

2. Giving the mezzanine level patrons the boot to the upper nose bleed seating unless you buy a seat ticket. Loads of ill will there, for the principle of it afrer 20 years of only paying for a seat in 2 roped off sections nearest the finish line. BTW. the mezz level was near empty

3. Seems, track admins don't get it, you want more on track handle, not drive people out of their seats. As it is, Monmouth gets twice the attendance of Belmont and half the handle at best

Agreed. I like to sit in the grandstand mezz and relax on a hot day. And if I have my kid with me I'm lucky to be able to sit for two races. No way I'm paying. I've been talking with a lot of people, and everyone is pissed about this. Maybe they'll reverse this policy soon; I sure hope so. And if they're going to charge $2 for a seat, it better be clean. The sections at the end of the grandstand have a years worth of dust and grime on them.