Saratoga Race Course 2012 season, in numbers
A few numbers from this year's season at The Track, which ended Monday:
+ Total attendance this year: 901,033.
+ Average daily attendance this year: 22,526 -- up .8 percent compared to last year. (The 2011 season was 39 days instead of 40 because racing was canceled one day because of Irene.)
+ The total season "all-sources handle" (the amount bet on races at Saratoga, from everywhere): $588.4 million -- the daily all sources handle average was up 9 percent compared to last year.
+ The total "on-track handle" (the amount bet at the race track itself) for the season: $128.3 million.
+ The average daily on-track handle: $3,207,356 -- up 3.3 percent compared to last year.
+ The total season on-track handle per attendee: $142.39 -- that's up 2.5 percent from last year.
All numbers via NYRA -- except for the last one, which we calculated ourselves. Some numbers have been rounded. The attendance count includes people who entered multiple times on giveaway days.
The Saratoga Race Course advertised on AOA this year.
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"Attendance" is always a misleading term here, and "handle per attendee" is a worthless figure, only because of what you note at the bottom -- it's impossible to know how many actual people went to the track, because there are always spinners.
... said KB @ Home-Baked Happiness on Sep 4, 2012 at 4:55 PM | link