Indiana Open Wheel - View Single Post - Could Christopher Bell & Kyle Larson Boycott the Chili Bowl.

racefan20 (Offline)
#65 7/15/22 5:00 PM

Originally Posted by Ray3:
Duuuude,

It was stated in an interview that the Chili Bowl costs $1 million to produce. I didn't pull the number out of nowhere. So its not "WAY OVER" $1 million as you say. I would think the staff knows what it costs better than you do.

"An event spokesperson says the total expense to put on the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals each January exceeds a million dollars when factoring the cost to build the track, insurance for both the Chili Bowl and the proceeding Tulsa Shootout, staff and security for both events, a month of rent for the facility and the purse."

I interpret this to mean it costs between $1 million and $1,999,999.00 to produce the race. Still $3-4million in profits based on ticket sales, entries and pit passes and whatever TV rights, sponsors, and fuel sales are.

https://www.racingamerica.com/news/d...urse-as-factor

I am just utterly amazed at people these days. What are you guys trying to prove by making things up and going against data, facts, the promoters own words, etc. Who does it benefit when you do that? Certainly not the racers or anyone else except Hahn. I love watching the Chili Bowl. It is an incredible event. There is nothing like it. But lets not deify the place.

Just like you I am amazed but I am amazed that you and others think you know and have looked at the financials for this race. He may be making big money but I dont think any of us can possibly know for sure. But as usual a bunch of keyboard jockeys on here and FB have come up with some numbers out of thin air and christened them as fact. None of these people have a clue of the expenses it takes to put this on. If you are so upset about it then dont go/watch. No one outside of Mr Hahn and his accountants really knows. While you are at it try to get Amazon, Microsoft, Tesla etc to lower their prices because they are making too much money, lets see how far you get with that. The common thread is that they all had an idea, through their own money and sweat it became popular and profitable and they then made alot of money off of it. Isnt that what America is all about? Well I guess for some it isnt.

John Hoover

“To whom little is not enough, nothing is enough.” Epicurus

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