Poll: Vote on Churchill's $50 Ky Derby ticket request fee

[slotdirt]

And even if you pay the 20 percent, there's no guarantee you'll get tickets then either, no? What if like 6,000 people ordering 3.5 tickets apiece pay the 20 percent before someone submits an application? You're telling me CDI is going to knowingly accept this $50 fee for tickets they know at the time the application is submitted won't be available?

I think collecting an extra $200k in admin fees is on the really low end if ticket requests are as brisk as previous Derby editions.

[Port Conway Lane]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

And even if you pay the 20 percent, there's no guarantee you'll get tickets then either, no? What if like 6,000 people ordering 3.5 tickets apiece pay the 20 percent before someone submits an application? You're telling me CDI is going to knowingly accept this $50 fee for tickets they know at the time the application is submitted won't be available?

I think collecting an extra $200k in admin fees is on the really low end if ticket requests are as brisk as previous Derby editions.

I would speak with a live rep by phone to apply and get on the list immediately otherwise I wouldn't bother if they couldn't assure me I'd get tickets. If demand is enough to sell out there will come a time that a rep may not be able to guarantee anything. I would think that when they sell the final ticket the applications will end.

I was wrong, 250k would be the bare minimum ;4 tix per person x 5,000 ppl x $50. On the high end 10k ppl x 2 tix x $50=$500k, and none of that includes the fees from the people that wait and hope.

The whole idea is borderline extortion.