Churchill Downs to host 'Big Game Watch Party'

Churchill Downs Racetrack will host a "BIG GAME Watch Party" during the races

in its spacious 30,000-square-foot Plaza on Saturday.

Admission gates will open at 11:30 a.m. (EDT) and the first of 10 races is

12:45 p.m. Kickoff for the much-anticipated college football game between bitter

in-state rivals, the University of Louisville and University of Kentucky, is

noon.

The ESPN telecast of the game in Lexington will be shown on Churchill Downs'

giant 16' x 20' Plaza video screen complete with audio. Once the UofL/UK game is

complete, Churchill Downs will then show the Alabama/Texas A&M game, which has a

3:30 p.m. kickoff on CBS.

There'll be a tailgate-like atmosphere in the Plaza with bleacher seating,

football toss inflatables and game-time drink specials -- $2 Budweiser and Bud

Light and $3 Stella Artois.

General admission is $3, but all college students with a current student ID

will be admitted free of charge.

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