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Old 07-04-2007, 10:01 PM
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With all the talk of "the live game is dead", I was thinking today at Belmont how busy it seemed. Since the 4th is a day where people can actually ATTEND the races, instead of having work and other obligations from 1-5 PM, here's the reported figures for today at major tracks:

Belmont 8,415 (seemed a lot more than that, all the front parking lots were full by the 4th race when I got there)
Churchill 12,398
Ellis (opening day) 7,088
Hollywood [not available]
Lone Star 20,000
Monmouth 15,791

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Old 07-04-2007, 10:10 PM
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How did Finger Lakes do with Funny?
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Old 07-04-2007, 10:16 PM
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How did Finger Lakes do with Funny?
No attendance numbers there anymore- with the slots now it's free admission. Anybody from the Rochester area attend and have a ballpark figure?
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http://www.13wham.com/content/sports...d-6fcbc514c72f
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Old 07-04-2007, 10:21 PM
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No attendance numbers there anymore- with the slots now it's free admission. Anybody from the Rochester area attend and have a ballpark figure?
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/...ap3884557.html

12,000 reported...
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Old 07-04-2007, 10:22 PM
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No attendance numbers there anymore- with the slots now it's free admission. Anybody from the Rochester area attend and have a ballpark figure?
Those damn cheap slots.
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Old 07-04-2007, 10:29 PM
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No sh!t. That's amazing. I didn't even think they could fit that many in there.

By the way, one of my good friends is a weatherman for that station.

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Those damn cheap slots.
ROC degens. I don't know anything about that type of person.
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Saw the clips on the news from the Lakes, never saw it that crowded ever there!
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No sh!t. That's amazing. I didn't even think they could fit that many in there.

By the way, one of my good friends is a weatherman for that station.



ROC degens. I don't know anything about that type of person.

Phil, it's great to see FL get that many people there to watch the race. They showed a picture of the grandstand it was packed.
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Old 07-04-2007, 10:41 PM
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With all the talk of "the live game is dead", I was thinking today at Belmont how busy it seemed. Since the 4th is a day where people can actually ATTEND the races, instead of having work and other obligations from 1-5 PM, here's the reported figures for today at major tracks:

Belmont 8,415 (seemed a lot more than that, all the front parking lots were full by the 4th race when I got there)
Churchill 12,398
Ellis (opening day) 7,088
Hollywood [not available]
Lone Star 20,000
Monmouth 15,791

Pretty impressive.
Arlington was so-so, they were giving away chairs though so people were blazing those up
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Old 07-05-2007, 06:21 AM
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Belmont 8,415 (seemed a lot more than that, all the front parking lots were full by the 4th race when I got there)

Calder: 6325


I watched Belmont on simulcast from CRC. They had a pan shot of the outside clubhouse right before the Tom Fool, there was about 6 people there. The grandstand looked like about 20.. Sad. Maybe it was a hot day and the rest were inside, but still sad.
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I heard the announcer say 11,400 before the race. Well more than alot of tracks across the country. Great to see Funny Cide win yesterday. Sent chills up my spine... again.
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I watched Belmont on simulcast from CRC. They had a pan shot of the outside clubhouse right before the Tom Fool, there was about 6 people there. The grandstand looked like about 20.. Sad. Maybe it was a hot day and the rest were inside, but still sad.




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Arlington was so-so, they were giving away chairs though so people were blazing those up

Paper said about 18K for races, but more for fireworks later
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Old 07-05-2007, 01:12 PM
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I watched Belmont on simulcast from CRC. They had a pan shot of the outside clubhouse right before the Tom Fool, there was about 6 people there. The grandstand looked like about 20.. Sad. Maybe it was a hot day and the rest were inside, but still sad.
It started raining right at that point, which is probably what happened. I ran out, took some pictures of the post parade, and ran back in. It was pretty busy there...
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Old 07-05-2007, 01:15 PM
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Paper said about 18K for races, but more for fireworks later
that sounds absolutely correct to me. From looking around, I'd have said 20k for the races and about 45k for the fireworks. I was counted in both of them... and came out ahead, which is never a bad thing.
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Canterbury had almost 11,000 there for the 4th. That's big by their standards. They usually get that attendance figure for Debry Day (their opening day as well), the 4th, and Claiming Crown Day. They do their fireworks display on the 3rd instead of the 4th, but I'm unsure of the attendance for that.

CBY will miss not having the Claiming Crown this year.
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Ellis had a nice crowd. 7,000 at that joint is wall to wall.
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Old 07-06-2007, 04:28 AM
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Canterbury had almost 11,000 there for the 4th. That's big by their standards. They usually get that attendance figure for Debry Day (their opening day as well), the 4th, and Claiming Crown Day. They do their fireworks display on the 3rd instead of the 4th, but I'm unsure of the attendance for that.

CBY will miss not having the Claiming Crown this year.
CBY:14000 TUESDAY Before THE 4TH,AND 11,000 on the 4th.Good numbers!!!
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