Fewer than 85,000 people are expected to attend the Melbourne Cup but the VRC hopes a music festival and overturning a ban on shorts will keep young people interested.
The Melbourne Cup is expected to draw a crowd of less than 85,000 people to Flemington and continue a long-term decline in television ratings, but organisers are responding with a music festival, improved amenities and by letting the punters wear shorts.
But Victoria Racing Club chief executive Steve Rosich said the 100,000 plus crowds did not provide racegoers with a great experience. This year, the predicted crowd of between 70,000 to 85,000 on a forecast perfect 29 degree day will have more room to move and enjoy improved amenities in the opened up 10,000 square metre space, he said.The Australian Financial Review.
The drop in office attendance post the pandemic, also means that the office sweepstake has largely fallen by the wayside which was an introduction to the sport for many. “Our society is also much more multicultural now. The population is still growing, so it will still be big but it loses it’s cultural important which is a little sad. Sport is the last bastion to help provide social cohesion.”Victorian Greens MP Katherine Copsey said, “we want to see the Melbourne Cup cancelled this year to protect punters from the dangerous harms of gambling and horses from unnecessary cruelty and pain.
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