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It isn't just New York. I live in Pittsburgh and tickets for the Steelers, Penguins, and Pirates have all gone up substantially while I think attendance in all three leagues has gone down.
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There is no demand for clubhouse admission to Belmont, or any admission to Belmont. I could see if this were for days with G1 races, or something like that. But a Wednesday or Thursday afternoon to see five maiden races, a couple claiming races, and some bad statebreds? Come on. You probably won't find two people in the crowd those days that are there for the sporting aspect.
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Between tolls and gas they should be paying you to come to Belmont on the weekdays.
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The ticket price increase at Saratoga pales in comparison to the increase in the hotel rooms. This year during Travers week it was $285/nt, next year $360/nt.
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People still go to the track? And they pay? I can see why NYRA would think that they'd then be willing to pay even more.
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will a lousy fiver really make the difference between going to the track or not? hell, people pay hundreds every couple months to upgrade to the latest iphone, if they want to go to the track five bucks won't make the difference.
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Its best to reward people coming to the track than to punish them. If you say an extra 2 dollars wont decrease attendance then the counter argument shall be....does it increase it? If so, how? Is there something new and spectacular offered at the track that the new increase is worth me coming? A fiver multiplied by 50 days times 1000 people is money that could be used in the pools. Would you not welcome that or are the hobos that much of a nuissance to you?
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Fair enough but I think you can keep out the undesirables either way. Do casinos have undesirables when the admission is zero? They get booted out. Bad for business
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In any case, wouldn't it actually be easier to remove them when they haven't paid to get in.
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do i go as often as others? no. but whether i went every day or once every third blue moon, $5 is no big deal-especially when one considers it costs twice that, or more, just to park at other venues. or a cab ride to get to a game. the cold pizza i choked down at a football game costs more than that. like i said earlier, last time i made the jaunt to arlington it was $7 to get in, now it's $8. anyone in that area know if it had an attendance drop due to the increase? you think people went to arlington, got to the ticket booth and said $8?! i'm out of here? and if it's $8 there, $5 starts to sound like a bargain. |
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Multiply that by 4 or 5 days per week. So will $6 more dollars be a deal breaker, maybe. |