horse racing vancouver

[cookiemantoo]

I have not seen anything about the horse racing track in vancouver. Would it be a nice place to spend part of an evening and perhaps have dinner.

[Urban trekker]

Here's a link to our main horse race track in the City at the PNE:

 

http://www.hastingsracecourse.com/home.aspx

 

Hope this helps

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

[cookiemantoo]

Trekker, thanks for info. That all looks wonderful but I would like some feedback from someone who has been there. I was in Fla. once and read some ad about a casino cruise out of port st lucie. It looked wonderful but when we took it, it was a large boat full of local regulars and I was uncomfortable that I hadn't brought my gun because I felt like most everybody else did. Don't want to take DW to place like that again. We'll be there on 7/24/09, so it looks like the ponies will be running that night.

[scottbee]

Trekker, thanks for info. That all looks wonderful but I would like some feedback from someone who has been there. I was in Fla. once and read some ad about a casino cruise out of port st lucie. It looked wonderful but when we took it, it was a large boat full of local regulars and I was uncomfortable that I hadn't brought my gun because I felt like most everybody else did. Don't want to take DW to place like that again. We'll be there on 7/24/09, so it looks like the ponies will be running that night.

 

Hastings Park is a fun place if you like that sort of thing. If you're looking for outdoor entertainment in what is a pretty decent time of year, our local pro soccer (USL) and baseball (single A) have great outdoor stadiums, and it's an inexpensive way to spend an evening with locals.

[ell52]

cookiemantoo,

 

Your DW would feel comfortable there. It's often used as a social-get-together type of place for local groups or companies (for employee parties) when they want to do something different other than just a dinner in a restaurant. It's a fun way to spend an evening even if you don't know much about racing.

 

ell

[TCF]

The race track is a fun thing to do....we go once a year during the PNE Fair just for a fun time. Purses are small....there are slots there to play....the food is not bad...but it is a race track.

Scottbee's suggestion of the baseball game is a really good one. The stadium is refrred to by many as the, "best little ball park in the world"....it is just a nice, small, friendly place in a great location...family friendly. (Haven't been to a soccer game here but have been told it too is a fun thing on a summer evening.)

Vancouver is a very safe city.....and the locals like meeting visitors. I am sure no matter what you decide to do you will find the venues welcoming and the people fun to be with. (BTW....we don't carry guns!)

[Sally Forth]

Trekker, thanks for info. That all looks wonderful but I would like some feedback from someone who has been there. I was in Fla. once and read some ad about a casino cruise out of port st lucie. It looked wonderful but when we took it, it was a large boat full of local regulars and I was uncomfortable that I hadn't brought my gun because I felt like most everybody else did. Don't want to take DW to place like that again. We'll be there on 7/24/09, so it looks like the ponies will be running that night.

 

Hastings Park (aka Exhibition Park) is just fine. I've been there many many times. I grew up on a race horse farm in the Fraser Valley, and my family had horses there non-stop for almost 100 years until 1996, except for during the war years. It's been in existence since the 1890s and it's lovely. Great air, pretty track.

 

Viv

[Urban trekker]

Funny that you should mention about taking in a baseball game at the Nat - I was there on Monday for the first time in years and posted some info and photos on my blog. Here's the link:

 

http://yvrcruiser.blogspot.com/2009/06/take-me-out-to-ball-game-or-dennis.html

 

And yes it is a great place to watch a game

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

[scottbee]

Scottbee's suggestion of the baseball game is a really good one. The stadium is refrred to by many as the, "best little ball park in the world"....it is just a nice, small, friendly place in a great location...family friendly. (Haven't been to a soccer game here but have been told it too is a fun thing on a summer evening.)

 

I highly recommend a soccer game. The stadium is just lovely and overlooks the trees in Central Park. Easy to get to too, just ride Skytrain to Patterson station, and it's a couple of blocks walk. IIRC the tickets are about $20, and there's a beer garden section you can sit in too if you get thirsty.