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How much do tickets to the 2018 Preakness Stakes cost?

By Shea Corrigan

BALTIMORE, MD - MAY 19: Jockey Nik Juarez celebrates after guiding Actress #10 to a win in the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes on Black-Eyed Susan Day at Pimlico Race Course on May 19, 2017 in Baltimore, Maryland.(Photo by Scott Serio/Eclipse Sportswire/Getty Images)
BALTIMORE, MD - MAY 19: Jockey Nik Juarez celebrates after guiding Actress #10 to a win in the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes on Black-Eyed Susan Day at Pimlico Race Course on May 19, 2017 in Baltimore, Maryland.(Photo by Scott Serio/Eclipse Sportswire/Getty Images) /
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Here’s what you can expect to shell out to attend the 2018 Preakness Stakes.

If you’re planning on attending the 2018 Preakness Stakes, you have six tiers of tickets available, ranging from $40 for facility admission to $720 for premium.

A $40 facility admission ticket gives you access to the grandstand and clubhouse indoor areas, food and beverage concessions and television monitors to watch the races.

The concourse tier, which comes in the form of $120 “concourse reserved,” “$140 “concourse box” and $160 “concourse apron box” options, guarantees a view of the home stretch from the concourse while also providing access to the Budweiser Infieldfest party.

Next, with the Clubhouse tickets — carrels, for $75, are already sold out, but two-day boxes for $220 are still available — you receive outdoor seating and admission to the Infieldfest.

If you opt to go with a Grandstand package, with boxes or admission ranging from $135 to $385, you are not only paying for “excellent” and “spectacular” views, occasionally personal TVs and the opportunity to mingle “among prestigious fans and horsemen.”

Infield fest access itself has four tiers — $100 for entry, $225 for the Effen VIP Lounge, $120 for MUG Club and $155 for MUG & Vine Lounge. (You can find out what all of those entail on the Preakness website.)

Finally, there are the premium tickets. $200 Clubhouse Turn, $225 Hall of Fame Dining Room, $350 Sports Palace Dining Room and and $405 Terrace Dining, which as the names suggest, provide access to various dining rooms and a range of viewing experiences.

Tickets to the Preakness Stakes may not be as bonkers as the Kentucky Derby, but they still cost a pretty penny. In fact, if there’s one thing that distinguishes tickets to the Preakness (and ultimately, the Belmont) compared to the Derby, it’s the relative lack of resale market. In other words, the races don’t tend to sell out — at least not as early — and aren’t resold at as extreme of a mark-up.

That said, VividSeats does show Preakness tickets, should you find the re-sale steal that is less than face value.

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