Belmont Day Attendance v. Handle

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Attendance on Saturday under overcast skies was 46,870, down 23.3 percent from the crowd of 61,168 last year. It was the smallest crowd to come to a Belmont since 1996, when 40,797 saw Editor's Note win in a non-Triple Crown year.

Ontrack handle on the 13-race card was $8,843,720, a slight decline from the ontrack total of $8,958,323 last year. The record ontrack total was set in 2004, when $14,461,402 was bet at the track.

So if I get this right the missing 14,298 persons from last year represented $114,603 or $8 bucks a person?

Hope they will do everyone a favor and stay home next year as well.