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Originally Posted by duel
The big track MIS banned coolers once and the fans raised so much H that an ordinance of some sort was passed to allow them back in.
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The first few years Chicagoland, near Joliet, Illinois, was hosting NASCAR and Indy Car racing spectators were prohibited from entering with coolers and concession prices were comparable to the two MLB venues and Soldiers Field, home to the Bears. There was a sizable backlash to the exorbitant concession prices and cooler ban almost from the beginning. As the crowds began to dwindle management ultimately allowed coolers as an attendance incentive.
The last time we were at the dirt track at Joliet, which was the summer prior to the China virus, they did not allow spectator coolers and the concession prices are a lot higher than the downstate dirt tracks. Probably due to it's proximity to Chicago. To my knowledge Jacksonville does not allow spectator coolers (if I'm mistaken I will humbly stand corrected), neither does Fairbury and the few times throughout the season that La Salle hosts racing they don't either.