Originally Posted by deadhorse30:
Charles, I didn't intend to upset you. I'm just looking at this realistically. I don't claim to know the numbers, but like you I've been attending races for a very long time. This is a very niche sport with a small customer base. Our largest venues hold maybe 20 thousand people, with sellouts being very rare. If that number is real and I was a promoter, I would demand a larger cut. Flo needs the tracks more than the tracks needing Flo. If the tracks are gone they have nothing to broadcast, which would be a horrible business plan.
Thanks for the discussion, maybe I'll head to the Burg this summer and we can finish it in person.
I wasn't upset and I agree 1-4k is most of our normal tracks attendance. Maybe 5k for sprint weeks (Not including pits) Eldora is claiming they get over 30k in attendance for the World, Ive been there for the big events, I don't doubt it. And in that instance I can easily believe five times the amount that did travel to the track are watching on flo, Because they can't make it