Not sold out??

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On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:56:34 GMT, "pe2" <dalejr.fan08 (AT) somewhere (DOT) net>
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Rising ticket prices are the blame.

At the very first RIR (Richmond) night race, tickets where $35 for the
Dogwood section. Now-those same seats are in excess of $100+. back stretch
up at RIR-$85.

At Martinsville 10 years ago-the best seat was $45 up high on the front
grand stand. Now, again that ticket is $85+.

Plus-gas to get these events was a $1.00 cheaper than it is today.

At these prices-which is more important; keeping the bills paid or taking a
family of four to a NASCAR event? NASCAR is slowly turning events into the
"rich man's" sport!

I've also heard that moving qualifying from friday to saturday makes
you pay for the ARCA or Bush race instead of $10 for qual. ticket.

I always wondered how anyone could take a family to the race. My
first Pocono ticket was about $45, on the start line, top row. My
last one was $75, several years ago. I always went alone, so that
price plus a 50 mile trip wasn't too bad. If a family of 4 or 5 had a
long trip to get there, that caould be a huge expense.

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"Mango" <mango.man (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote

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"PowerPost2000" <PP (AT) 2K (DOT) com> wrote in message
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commercial says tickets are going fast at california. Another one
says tickets are still available at Las vegas.

How come no sell outs? Not long till california race.

Atlanta is just a week after Vegas and it is not sold out yet either.

Walked up to the ticket office last fall and got decent seats the day of the

race last fall.

I don't think Atlanta sells out.

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"pe2" <dalejr.fan08 (AT) somewhere (DOT) net> wrote

Quote:

Rising ticket prices are the blame.

At the very first RIR (Richmond) night race, tickets where $35 for the
Dogwood section. Now-those same seats are in excess of $100+. back stretch
up at RIR-$85.

At Martinsville 10 years ago-the best seat was $45 up high on the front
grand stand. Now, again that ticket is $85+.

Plus-gas to get these events was a $1.00 cheaper than it is today.

At these prices-which is more important; keeping the bills paid or taking
a family of four to a NASCAR event? NASCAR is slowly turning events into
the "rich man's" sport!

Rising ticket prices may be partly to blame, but dollar for dollar, Nascar
is still a pretty decent value when compared with other sports.

For what I paid for me and my family's tickets to Fontana next weekend (Fri,
Sat and Sun) is the same as I would pay for us to attend 2 Dodger games.

Hmmm 6 hours of baseball or 3 full days at the race track watching
practices, qualifying, races, concerts and all the rest of the goings on.

We used to go to 12-15 Dodger games a year. Now it is more like 2-3. Talk
about over priced!!!

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