>
> I hope AP wins the Preakness. I want to hear
> NYRA's overpaid at any price
> Chief Experience Officer explain how she decided
> to turn away up to 60,000
> potential patrons and the revenue they could have
> generated, rather than
> trying to gameplan for a huge crowd. The pathetic
> path of least resistance
> taken by a management team which is not vested in
> the future of racing in
> general and especially NY racing.
>
i don't necessarily agree with this point. There is a reasonable capacity for any venue beyond which no amount of planning can completely accommodate.....not sure what that breaking point is but they certainly reached it last year. I'm sure their motives are not purely in the interest of those who already have tickets and that they want to avoid embarrassment by another fiasco, but putting fan comfort ahead of increased gate revenue is the right move. As one who already bought tickets I'm grateful that I only have to deal with 90k other lunatics vs 150k.