richiebee Wrote:
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> The more complex part of the plan would involve
> interfacing with local law
> enforcement, local governments, business, etc. The
> transportation logistics
> plan would involve severely curtailing on track
> parking on Belmont Day.
> Certain locations around the City could be
> designated "collection areas" where
> folks could park and be taken to Belmont by bus.
> Think Citi Field or Yankee
> Stadium, Fort Wadsworth in Staten Island (would be
> good for Jersey folks),
> Green Acres Mall,etc. Make certain there are bus
> connections to the major
> transit hubs such as the Jamaica station of the
> LIRR, Grand Central Station,
> Port Authority etc. (Note to NYRA: When I say
> "bus", I mean a well appointed
> bus with a lavatory and television monitors, not a
> death cheese yellow school
> bus). Traffic on the arterial highways around the
> facility would have to be
> monitored and managed the moment the field crosses
> the wire in the Belmont.
> This type of transportation plan is something the
> folks at Keeneland were
> apparently working on even in advance of being
> awarded the 2015 BC.

Richie, I'm guessing the folks who would be responsible for implementing that would look at what you wrote and say, "Screw that." Of course, you more or less implied that when you characterized them as quasi-public, non-incentivized management.

As for that $25 "Richiebee special", if FrankD is to be believed, they'd lose money on it.