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Originally Posted by Tim Watson
I know those old fairgrounds tracks everywhere hold a lot of history but i find it odd that many places are having trouble surviving? Our fairgrounds here is in the middle of town and does very well during the year. Besides the Saturday night racing they have horse shows, dog shows, and the grounds stores campers and such during the winter. Then our county fair is Labor Day weekend which is always a good turn out. Maybe we are luckier than most fairgrounds but it gets used plenty and is a money maker.
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The fairgrounds itself seems to do good on events. Shoot, they have a two day redneck rally here (Schied Deisel Extravaganza). They usually trash the place. Heard they keep jacking up the rent to them also, but Schied makes so much money off it, they pay whatever to keep it here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlU3LDL-H6c
I think the problem with THAT has been the stigma that has attached itself to the track with Allison's reign of terror. LAst year, I seen some of the biggest crowds ever at the track.
Another problem is limited races. I understand that THAt may never be a weekly track ever again. It could have a few more races a month.