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- Get your seersucker suits and sun dresses out! Tomorrow evening is the 138th running of the Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the Triple Crown and horse racing's "Test of the Champion." Races on stakes day begin at noon with post time for the Belmont Stakes at 6:33 pm Television coverage starts at noon on ESPN with coverage on ABC starting at 5. The current favorite for the race is Bluegrass Cat, but the winners of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness will both be absent from the race. Barbaro was injured at the Preakness and the owner of Preakness winner Bernardini decided to rest him. Pre-Derby favorite Brother Derek will also be absent. But that doesn't mean there won't be plenty of fun at Belmont, especially since general admission is only $5.
- Also tomorrow is the East Coast finals of Nike's Joga 3 tournament for teens ages 13-18 from 10 am - 6 pm in Flushing Meadows/Corona Park. There will be practice fields available for anyone to try their hands at "the beautiful game." Speaking of Joga, the opening reception for Joga Bonito 'From Street to Stadium' part 2 is tonight at Zakka (147 Grand St) from 7pm - 9 pm.
- Monday morning at 9 am, US Open tennis tickets go on sale to the general public. Gothamist has been to the US Open several times and here's our best ticket buying tip: Don't bother buying a ticket to the matches at Arthur Ashe Stadium. You won't be able to see and you're going to see a horrible, one-sided match-up. Buy a grounds pass for any day during the first week of the tournament and you'll be able to go to every match that isn't in Ashe Stadium. While you may not be able to see Roger Federer play some no-name, you will be much closer to the action. If you can, take a day off work during the first two days of the tournament and with your grounds pass, you can watch every non-Ashe Stadium match from 11 am until the day is over. Sadly, we don't have any tips on avoiding the insane prices for concessions.
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- Ashe tickets (nosebleed, day session) for the second week are essentialy the same price as the grounds passes available for the first week. While you don\'t get into Ashe for the evening session, you can stay on the grounds till the completion of the last match. I find the second week outer court matches much better than the first because there is a wider diversity of matches. Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Juniors, and Wheelchair matches don\'t start until the second week. The first week is all singles and can get very boring.
- To get around the outrageous concessions prices, bring your own food and a water bottle. They don\'t allow coolers, but a reasonable amount of food in clear non-glass packaging (ziplock, rubbermaid, etc.) is just fine.
- If you can take a couple days off, consider the Value Pack. It\'s $200 for 10 weekday sessions. Awesome deal and allows you to choose which matches you want to go see.
one more thing:
- Under no circumstances should you take a backpack. For some reason, they hate backpacks there and will not let you take it in. I\'ve never been given any trouble with a totebag even though it can hold as much stuff as a backpack. No matter how prepared you are with food, rain gear, sun protection, it will do you no good if they take your bag away!
Is it me or does that logo have two Empire State Buildings, one smaller than the other?