Saratoga's mystique sets it apart from modernized racetracks that have lost their soul – and their crowds.
WITH their crowds, delays and "retail opportunities", airports impart feelings that range from irritation to despair.
When Barack Obama and Mitt Romney hit the trail, what do they usually tell their crowds?
And all too often, those issues bring restrained applause from their crowds.
Some would leave their crowds and venture out to the van later.
Their crowds are more diverse now, they say, from 14-year-old girls to 50-year-old men, and the set-lists reflect that.
But, well aware of what their crowds come to hear, they're also providing the old hits, too, both group and solo.
And in recent years, there are signs some clubs have started to think more strategically about the make-up of their crowds and their long-term future.
Chief among them is merely that the band, which formed in 1981, has managed to stay together, still hitting hard and basking in the roar of their crowds.
The clubs of the top two divisions of the English rugby league are due to receive £22.5m of this, a sum they hope will be sufficient to tide them over as their star players build their crowds.
Advocates hold up the example of Las Vegas, where a group of about 30 people who had become friendly at Tea Party events last spring met to discuss how they could turn their crowds into political influence.
