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By Rob Harris, sports correspondentFinancial hurdles facing racegoers have led to Cheltenham discounting tickets and trying to persuade hotels to cut prices for the 2025 Festival.The festival earlier this year saw its lowest attendance across the four-day, flagship jump-racing event in at least a decade.Now the Jockey Club has announced that ticket prices will be frozen for the 2025 event and racegoers will get 20% off attending on an additional day apart from Gold Cup day.
And organisers are working with a sports tour operator to offer discounted 'Room to Race' packages including tickets, hotels and travel.Spiralling costs of hosts in the Cheltenham area have deterred people from attending multiple days.When Sky News checked price comparison sites, the cheapest hotel option in Cheltenham worked out at more than £400 a night for three nights at a 3* property covering a trip to the Festival next year.
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