Preakness 138 tickets now available

The Maryland Jockey Club has announced that tickets for 2013

Preakness Day went on-sale as of 10 a.m. (EDT) Monday morning. The 138th running

of the Preakness place May 18, 2013 at famed Pimlico Race Course.

Tickets can be purchased by calling the Preakness ticket office

(410-542-9400 or 877-206-8042) or by logging onto

www.ticketfly.com.

Ticketfly is replacing Ticketmaster as the ticket sales and distribution

company.

The partnership with Ticketfly, an end-to-end ticketing and

marketing platform, will help Preakness to streamline operations and build

community. Preakness officials switched to Ticketfly for its innovative

technology, including a socially-charged purchase experience that will help

Preakness to more effectively reach and engage online audiences. For attendees,

Ticketfly makes buying tickets convenient, quick and easy.

"We're thrilled to be teaming up with the Preakness Stakes,"

said Gannon Hall, Ticketfly's Chief Marketing Officer. "As one of the most

renowned and highly-attended sporting events in the country, with a sizable

music festival component, we're excited to see how Preakness leverages our

platform to broaden their reach and improve the live event experience for 2013."

In signing on with Ticketfly, the Maryland Jockey Club embraced

the power of partnering with a company that provides a full suite of integrated

ticketing and marketing tools, including Facebook ticketing, automated social

marketing, email marketing and real-time analytics.

"Ticketfly is one of the best tech-savvy and forward-thinking

young companies to expand our market reach and offer customers easy, efficient

ways to purchase tickets and stay engaged with us online, while placing their

needs first," Maryland Jockey Club President Tom Chuckas said. "We are excited

to join Ticketfly in their vision to offer Preakness fans the very best

experience."

Seating information and ticket reservation forms for Preakness

138 can be found at

www.preakness.com/tickets. Ticket renewals will be mailed out by October 22.

Just as in 2012, there will be three tiers of pricing, based on

calendar days, for Infield and MUG Club tickets:

The Preakness Operations department has unveiled a four-minute

video on the day, which captures the history, grandeur, style and thrill that is

Preakness. The video can be found at

www.preaknessmktg.com.

"Preakness day is a rite of passage for generations in the

mid-Atlantic region. Nowhere else can you listen to great music and soak up the

party atmosphere that is InfieldFest at such low prices, capped off by the

constant action of live racing," Chuckas said. "The greatest three-year old

horses in the history of racing have thundered down the stretch at Old Hilltop

in their quest for the Woodlawn Vase, the most valuable trophy in American

sports. The video, which was shot this past May, captures everything that makes

the Preakness one of the top sporting events for fans world-wide."

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