How to ruin a major event ???

Review by a racegoer who attended the Epsom Derby this year and had this to say on Tripadvisor.......

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Derby Day the " traditional " Londoner's day out has been turned from a great family day out, into a corporate event, that's taken over both the race and the racecourse.

Gone are all it's traditions, the fortune tellers,the fairgrounds [ now reduced to a very small area ] and only open during the races. Gone is "SHOWOUT SUNDAY "...the whole event is just one huge corporate event, with huge marquees occupying Tattenham Corner, the Hill and so many other areas.

The course is now encased with high fencing making it look like a prison camp! This is no longer an event for the average family to enjoy..it's getting very elitist and expensive.Where the crowds have have gone from up to nearly a million they have dropped into the thousands and the numbers are dropping year upon year.

I live on top of the course and it is just so sad to see how this world famous event has just been allowed to die away in favour of just being a money grabbing event.The solution is simple.

Put the running of the Derby itself back to the traditional Wednesday ..get rid of this hideous fencing..bring back all the family entertainments both for the local populace and the race crowds..make it A FAMILY EVENT ONCE MORE.

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P.S. The heading of this thread is what the reviewer used as headline.