Today marks the opening of the Kentucky Derby Festival, a two week party culminating in the race itself.
If you're coming to town, here are a few things to consider.
Hotels all over will be full and expensive.
Hookers of all stripe, street walkers, escorts, body rubbers, etc will be a mix of very cautious locals, out of town opportunists, and law enforcement cracking down on trafficking.
Strip clubs will be watched by LEO. It won't change much in some of the clubs, i.e. the ones keeping up the vig, but others might be a little tamer.
Strippers will be less likely to do extra for the reasonable prices that usually pertain. There will also be a lot of out of towners, who might or might not provide, and will want a premium.
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With so many torists in town, it will be a seller's market
^tourists
Each year I say I want to go but when faced with actually going it just seems like too much of a hassle.
I've lived here over twenty years. Been to the Oaks once, Derby never.
I tend to stay out of the clubs on that Friday and Saturday, but sometimes earlier in the week can be fun.
I went to the Derby once about 5 years back...and I'll have to think long and hard if I ever will do it again. Hotel prices were out of control. Had to wait an hour in lines to get in to Churchill downs, and after the race it took 2 hours to get from the infield to our car service that was waiting for us just a mile down the road past Papa Johns Stadium. The mint juleps there tasted like ass.
I love the triple crown races and it was a bucket list event, but it just was more work than fun. Best of luck to anyone who goes.
"The mint juleps there tasted like ass."
I'm guessing there's a weiner dog lover making plans to go right now.
@desertscrub. True, but fortunately not all at the same time. :) Seriously, there's no more debauchery here during Derby (except maybe in the infield) than at any other major sporting even anywhere in the country. Of course, the local cops and state and federal agencies are concerned about the trafficking, as they should be, but it isn't any worse than anywhere else.
@a21985: A mint julep has to be the worst waste of perfectly good bourbon ever concocted. It doesn't even make bad bourbon taste good.
Since they call it tourist season, why is it illegal to shoot them?
In Florida we just invoke the Stand your ground" law.
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