Originally Posted by Charles Nungester:
I don't think I said anything wrong, Or untrue, If it was worth their while to run weekly, The gates would be open every Sunday. It takes a significant investment just to open the gates, add a couple rain outs that the money is already spent with no return......... and a couple drizzly days or radar don't look good but they still run which the crowd is a third less or more than normal..........
I also don't know the owner situation, But if your splitting a profit three, four or five ways. Its a big difference vs ONE.
I don't know most stuff. Only the people I've talked too in it, A couple promoters, former promoters and long time workers at tracks that have told me, that if everything goes right, they make a little $$. Most times it's a break even or sometimes lose situation. And most of us have no idea they put a five thousand dollar tranny in that water truck this week, replaced a dozen lights on the track, Spent a couple grand on boards in the grandstand, Rented or bought several pumps and kept them running two or three days straight. Fought the lawsuit from the guy who tripped on a concrete seam and broke a leg. etc. etc.
When they tell you they only make decent $$$ on a few shows a year (Enough to cover all that stuff and still put decent $$ in their pocket), Its kinda hard to believe. When you see the track close permanently, Or open and close several times with different promoters-owners, Reality sets in.
So I ask again, What are you willing to pay to see it? $16, $18, $20? so they make a profit, and enough profit to cover the times they don't and still make it worth the hours and effort week in and out. And you get to see racing every week.
Originally Posted by SPRINTCAR:
I already pay $15 to see a weekly show.
Whats your point? I wasn't talking about Lburg anyway.
What Im saying is, If they can't make a little $$ at $12 or $15. What would you be willing to pay to make it worth it for them to do it? and I started at $16.
One track raised the gate three bucks this year, Lowered the kids age by two years and NOBODY SAID A WORD and they shouldn't. The products totally worth it.
