No outside alcoholic beverages allowed for 2024 Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course

SARATOGA, N.Y. — The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced when general admission tickets, hospitality offerings and reserved seats for the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course will go on sale to the public.

Tickets may be purchased at BelmontStakes.com/tickets, at 10 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, February 15, with advance pre-sale opportunities available by signing up at BelmontStakes.com/pre-sale.

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The 156th edition of the Belmont Stakes is set for Saturday, June 8, with the Racing Festival beginning on Thursday, June 6 through Sunday, June 9.

According to NYRA, general admission tickets provide access to the backyard, picnic tables and apron, however, reserved picnic tables will also be available for purchase in the picnic paddock area.

At this time, we’re unsure how many picnic tables can be reserved and how many will be available morning of as guests race to their favorite spot.

Despite the festival taking place at Saratoga Race Course, the policies in the venue will reflect many of the protocols typically in place at Belmont Park.

This means that alcoholic beverages can not be brought inside the venue, including in coolers. Fans can still bring coolers full of food and drinks, as long as they’re non-alcoholic.

That policy is only in place for the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, and it will not effect the 40-day Saratoga summer meet starting on July 11, according to NYRA.

With Saratoga Race Course hosting the four-day festival for the first time, construction of a new Belmont Park, the Long Island home of the third leg of the Triple Crown, can continue uninterrupted.

The 2024 Festival includes 23 stakes races with purses totaling $10.1 million, the highest purse levels and number of stakes offered since the launch of the multi-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival a decade ago in 2014.

TICKET OPTIONS:

• Beginning February 15, and while supplies last, a four-day general admission pass will be available for $90, a 10% savings
• Single day admission will be available for the 2024 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival
• Thursday and Sunday will be $10, the standard walk-up GA price during the Saratoga summer meet
• General admission will be $30 on Friday and $50 on Saturday, which is unchanged from the 2023 Belmont Stakes Day general admission price at Belmont Park
• Admission for children ages 4 to 12 will be $20 on Belmont Stakes Day and $10 on Friday, June 7. Admission is free for children 12 and under on Thursday and Sunday of the Festival

The 2024 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival will be a four-day celebration of world class thoroughbred racing at the sport’s most historic and exciting venue,” said NYRA President & CEO David O’Rourke. “NYRA is thrilled to be able to host a Triple Crown event at Saratoga Race Course, and we look forward to presenting a memorable edition of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival from June 6-9.

Daily capacity for the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga will be 50,000 fans, standard for the summer meet.