Tonight in Unpacks: With more than 100 employees on the ground at the Kentucky Derby and the F1 Miami Grand Prix, premium experience firm Quint is ready to serve almost 18,000 fans this weekend, reports SBJ’s Bret McCormick.
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Quint set for huge weekend with Kentucky Derby, F1 Miami
This weekend is the biggest of the year for premium experiences purveyors Quint, which will provide high-end service for 15,000 guests at Churchill Downs for the 150th Kentucky Derby and another roughly 3,000 at the F1 Miami Grand Prix in and around Hard Rock Stadium, reports SBJ's Bret McCormick.
Thursday saw Quint CEO Brian Ruede driving from Cincinnati to Louisville for the Derby, as Churchill Downs is one of Quint’s most important and oldest clients (they’ve worked together since 2008). Owing in part to the importance of this Derby, he’ll remain in Kentucky the whole weekend.
Quint will have around 75 full-time employees at Churchill Downs, which has undergone a huge spate of premium renovations and additions during the last decade. That only helps Quint’s business, which provides customers not only with tickets to events but also airfare, lodging, access to private events and other add-ons.
Down in Miami, Quint will have around 30 full-time staff (staff counts for F1 and the Derby don’t include the large number of temporary or contract workers that companies such as Undergrads contribute). There are far fewer hospitality packages offered at the F1 race, but Quint runs its own hospitality there with the Champions Club, an experience it offers at all 24 F1 races.