Kentucky Derby Themed fundraiser event in Tampa, Florida 2024 : Get your bow ties and big hats ready – The most exciting Kentucky Derby Themed event in Tampa! Hosted at The Venetian Event Center in New Tampa. As a guest at our 3rd Annual Kentucky Derby-themed party, you will enjoy hanging out with celebrities, casino styled gambling, premium food and beverage, music, dancing, raffles, silent auctions, cigar lounge, vendors, and of course, real-time viewing of the most exciting two minutes in sports! All proceeds will benefit the Tampa Alumni Guide Right Foundation a 501(c)(3) organization. So ladies and gentlemen, fasten up your fascinators and get your bow ties ready… you don’t want to miss Tampa Derby Day Party! Over 700 attendees expected this year! Event sell out each year. See more info on Tampa, FL Derby Day Party and Casino Night Fundraiser.

This fundraiser event casino night is a Kentucky Derby Themed: The Kentucky Derby has never, ever been canceled. The Run for the Roses has lived through some hard times in American history. But since its founding in 1875, the race has never been canceled. Come rain or shine, come depression or war, come what may, there will always be a race on the first Saturday in May. Space is limited – Only 20 of the best of the best thoroughbred racehorses compete every year. When you compare this to the number of horses born every year, that’s less than one percent of horses that get a chance to run.

Event Date: May 4, 2024

Time: 3pm

Ticketing Options

Individual Tickets: $80.00 (includes a seat at a table, food, non alcoholic drink and 500 gaming chips)

VIP Table Tickets: $680.00 (includes VIP table for 8 people, food, non alcoholic drink and 500 gaming chips for each person)

ATTIRE: Ladies – Sundress or Pants Suit (Hat or Fascinator optional), Gentlemen – Seersucker Suit, Suit, or Slacks and Sport Coat (Hat optional) Dress Code Will Be Strictly Enforced!

THIS IS A 21-AND OVER EVENT: Grab your big hats, appetite and the thrill of casino style gambling celebrating the most exciting two minutes in sports. Guests can purchase either a seat at a table or reserve a table for 8 people.

Event will start with complimentary food and drinks from 3 – 4:30 pm, then followed immediately with a full authentic casino gaming and Kentucky Derby race viewings.

NO: jeans/denim, shorts, t-shirts, cropped or midriff tops, athletic or swim wear, tennis shoes, and/or flip-flops!

*Event gaming tables provided for entertainment only and are operated by our Casino Party Nights Partner

Contact Name Kevin Jackson

Contact Phone 813-230-5364

Contact Email kevin.tampagrfoundation@gmail.com

Site Contact Details Reginald Grigsby is the event chairmen. Same person who is submitting this event. This event is by a 501c3 non profit

Location Venetian Event Center

Building Name/Room Number/Site

Event Type Holiday/Seasonal Events

Neighborhoods Arbor Greene, East Tampa, Hunter’s Green, Seminole Heights, Tampa Palms

Audience Adults

Participation Cost $80

Pre-registration required? Yes

Pre-registration Web Link https://www.tampaderbyday.com

Kentucky Derby history moment: Former American Tennis Professional, Arthur Ashe wrote of the targeted discrimination against Black jockeys as the profession grew in prominence in his book, A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African American Athlete, saying that “by 1911, they had all but disappeared,” from the sport. Latino jockeys became more common after Braulio Baeza won the Belmont Stakes and the Kentucky Derby in 1963. Now, almost half the riders that compete in the Derby are Latino. The vast majority of jockeys are men. In comparison to the hundreds of men who have competed, only six women have participated in the Kentucky Derby, first being Diane Crump in 1970. A woman has yet to win the Derby.