Getting around Belmont weekend

[SniperSB23]

So anyone think if I leave an hour before the Belmont that I'll have any problem getting to a hotel near Tarrytown in time to watch the race? I have to imagine the traffic leaving Belmont will be nonexistent but also don't want to miss the Belmont or miss the wedding of one of my good friends.

[blackthroatedwind]

What kind of a s s hole gets married on Belmont Day?

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

What kind of a s s hole gets married on Belmont Day?

I told him that last year. I said it was a guarantee there would be a Triple Crown on the line. At least this is one Triple Crown I don't want to see.

[pick4]

Originally Posted by Cardus

Still recovering? Tell me about it!

I still like to blame the Philly crowd for NYRA's policy forbidding people from bringing in their beer. Charlie Heyward told me a year later that NYRA had never had as many problems (fights) among the crowd than that year.

The day before the race, I was at Belmont. (I thought that a longshot filly won the Acorn that year.) Tom Hammond was rehearsing for the next day, and as I ascended the steps in the section over which the TV platform exists, I said to him that I had heard about all of the Philly people coming in for Smarty, and I was hoping that they weren't Eagles fans! He had a laugh.

It was a great day, though.

I went to the Belmont Stakes in 2002 and that was a huge mistake. I went with my father and we arrived at Belmont Park at 9:30 and did not have tickets. I'll never attend the Belmont again unless I have seats. But when we walked in the backyard, it was mobbed and looked like a boozefest. There were college kids downing beers like they were at a frat party. Anyway, by the first race the backyard was as crowded as could possibly be. It was a miserable day. Standing in line for twenty minutes to have a chance to get a bet in. I was shutout a few times.
I went up to the grandstand to watch War Emblem make his bid for the TC. After he lost I went back to meet up with my father and once I found him it was impossible to not notice the brawl going on in the area the same group of college kids were boozing it up at 9:30am. It looked like a cartoon fight. A huge cloud of dust and anything and everything imaginable flying up and out of the cloud of dust and people fighting. Eventually Nassau County police on horseback arrived to break up the fight.

After witnessing that I believe NYRA did the correct thing in banning BYOB. While it hurts the guy who can go to the track and can drink a few beers in a responsible way, the harm that a group of immature kids can cause is not worth it.

[3kings]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I told him that last year. I said it was a guarantee there would be a Triple Crown on the line. At least this is one Triple Crown I don't want to see.

So he gets married every year on Belmont Day?

[slotdirt]

I don't believe Belmont allows people to bring their own beer into the track anymore, so you certainly shouldn't see the same antics that have become altogether too common at the Preakness. Did anybody see kids actually lobbing full cans of beer in grenade-like fashion at the infield last Saturday?

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

So anyone think if I leave an hour before the Belmont that I'll have any problem getting to a hotel near Tarrytown in time to watch the race? I have to imagine the traffic leaving Belmont will be nonexistent but also don't want to miss the Belmont or miss the wedding of one of my good friends.

give it more than that - the bridges and cross island can still back up on saturday afternoon

on a clean day in the early am when i go down to watch the workouts it takes me 20 -25 minutes to get there - i am 20 minutes below tarrytown

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

Thanks all for the responses. We get in Fri mid-morning. We'll go into the city and take it from there.

bruce clean out your PM box


also just enjoy the train ride on fri and sat do not attempt to drive out there

pm me if you need resturant choices - i worked in mid town for 4 yrs