Monmouth Park Racetrack is one of the big draws for Monmouth County. With the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, its closure was expected, but the question that loomed for a long time was when would it reopen again? Well, it looks as though it’s going to happen on Thursday, July 2.
Attention Racing Fans! Due to the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 Monmouth Park racing season will resume this Friday with the following protocols: ๐๐๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ (not including TVG.com Haskell Day July 18 – Haskell ticketing details will be announced in the coming days). Gates will open at 11am daily. All fans must enter through either the main Grandstand or Clubhouse entrances. Advanced tickets are not required. Prior to entry, all in attendance will receive a health check consisting of a temperature check and brief health questionnaire. Masks are required to enter. ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ง๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง. Valet parking will not be available. ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ.(12:50pm on September 4 Kentucky Oaks Day) and weekend racing will commence at 12:50pm.
Monmouth Park will re-open for simulcast wagering and sports betting at the William Hill Sports Book on Thursday, July 2, after Gov. Phil Murphy gave approval for the track to do so on Monday as part of stateโs Stage 2 loosening of restrictions to slow the spread of Covid-19.
Monmouth Park, which opens for its 75th season of live racing on Friday, July 3, will be permitted to operate at 25 percent capacity starting July 2. Additional details are forthcoming.
Monmouth Park has been closed to fans since March 16, when restrictions were put into place to slow the spread of the virus.
โWeโre grateful for Gov. Murphyโs leadership throughout this pandemic and look forward to getting back to some semblance of business as usual in these times of a new normal,โ said Dennis Drazin, Chairman and CEO of Darby Development LLC, operators of the racetrack. โWe know our fans are as eager to return to Monmouth Park as we are to have them back.โ
The 37-day live Monmouth Park meet will run from Friday, July 3, through Sunday, Sept. 27. Post time on Fridays will be 5 p.m. (except for Sept. 4 when it will be 12:50 p.m.). Saturday and Sunday post times will be 12:50 p.m., except Haskell Day on July 18, when the first race goes at noon.
source: Monmouth Park via Facebook
