{"id":3001,"date":"2024-05-05T15:32:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T15:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/05\/on-the-sidelines-of-a-pricier-kentucky-derby-the-race-is-on-for-small-dollar-spending\/"},"modified":"2024-05-05T15:32:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T15:32:03","slug":"on-the-sidelines-of-a-pricier-kentucky-derby-the-race-is-on-for-small-dollar-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/05\/on-the-sidelines-of-a-pricier-kentucky-derby-the-race-is-on-for-small-dollar-spending\/","title":{"rendered":"On the sidelines of a pricier Kentucky Derby, the race is on for small-dollar spending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=''>The Kentucky Derby, long known as \u201cthe most exciting two minutes in sports,\u201d may be on its way to becoming some of the most expensive two minutes in sports.<\/p>\n<p class=''>Ticket prices for the iconic horse race have more than tripled over the past decade, from an average of $378 in 2014 to $1,254 this year on the resale market as of April 22, according to the booking platform TicketSmarter.<\/p>\n<div id='taboolaReadMoreBelow'><\/div>\n<p class=''>That could reflect strong demand for the race\u2019s 150th anniversary, but it\u2019s also partly because Louisville\u2019s Churchill Downs Racetrack has worked to lure spendier customers through its gates. The facility has shaken up its seating and poured $200 million into a renovation that debuts at this year\u2019s Derby and features, among other upgrades, \u201ca new luxury equine-focused dining experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on NBC NEWS<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kentucky Derby, long known as \u201cthe most exciting two minutes in sports,\u201d may be&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}