Churchill freezes ticket prices for Derby, Oaks
Business First of Louisville
Churchill Downs racetrack is freezing most ticket prices for the 2009 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks, allowing customers to purchase the majority of reserved and general admission seats at the same price levels offered in 2008.
The freeze includes most of Churchill’s permanent seats, as well as temporary seating areas and general admission on the day of the events, according to a news release.
The 135th running of the Kentucky Oaks will be on Friday, May 1, and Kentucky Derby 135 will take place Saturday, May 2.
There will be a previously scheduled price increase for customers in the 30-year personal seat license program and limited price increases in some luxury suites and Marquee Village units adjacent to the Kentucky Derby Red Carpet venue.
Derby ticket prices range from $88 to $692. Oaks tickets run from $41 to $242.
General admission is $40 on Derby Day and $25 on Oaks Day.
Churchill also announced today that it will expand its public drawing that gives guests the opportunity to purchase two tickets to the Derby.
Every live race day from Saturday, Nov. 22, through Saturday, Nov. 29, the racetrack will hold drawings for reserved seats.
Churchill guests will have one chance each day, for six days, to have their names drawn for the opportunity to purchase the reserved seats.
A total of 500 pairs of tickets will be made available for the public drawing. Fifty names will be drawn Nov. 22 and 23 and 100 names will be drawn each day from Nov. 26 to 29.
The seats available include a variety of clubhouse and grandstand seats. The ticket prices per seat range from $88 to $207 ($176 to $414 per pair).
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