Hall of Fame

[Tennessee Racing]

Attendance at the NASCAR Hall of Fame fell by 35% in July from a year earlier, continuing a trend of declining results. The Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, operator of the $200 million publicly funded stock-car museum, reported the figures at its board meeting Wednesday. In July 2010, 33,452 people visited the hall of fame. Attendance declined to 21,910 in July 2011, the first month of the new fiscal year. July marked the third month of attendance slips of 30 percent or more in year-over-year comparisons. Those figures offer a barometer of interest in the hall of fame, which opened in May 2010. For May 2011, attendance was 30 percent below the previous year (25,034 visitors compared with 35,090 in May 2010). In June 2011, crowds dropped by 39 percent to 17,604 visitors for the month. Visitors authority board members didn't discuss the hall of fame results during their meeting. A recent update to City Council included questions and discussion of whether ticket prices could be hurting attendance (Charlotte Business Journal).


If it keeps going downhill will they close it?

 

[kkfan91]

It really didn't seem that empty when I was there in August on a Wednesday afternoon.

 

[dpkimmel2001]

You can pretty much cut & paste these HOF stories. It's a shame. From anyone that I've talked to that's been there,it sounds great. People just aren't going. I only hope that I can get there before it closes.

 

[Tennessee Racing]

You can pretty much cut & paste these HOF stories. It's a shame. From anyone that I've talked to that's been there,it sounds great. People just aren't going. I only hope that I can get there before it closes.

Can you imagine what a disaster it will be for Nascar if they close it? All the money and hype into the place and people don't care enough to show up.

 

[robbybee]

I am sure that a decline in attendance after the first year was anticipated. Like anything new, people are gonna flock to see it when it first opens.

It will always be busiest during the times when folks are visiting Charlotte for the races. I can't see it shutting down.

 

[dpkimmel2001]

Can you imagine what a disaster it will be for Nascar if they close it? All the money and hype into the place and people don't care enough to show up.

A disaster for sure. We are heading down to both Charlotte & Martinsville for the Chase races this fall. They're both going to be quick trips in and out for the race those weekends. We hope to find time to visit there then. If not, we'll get it for sure the next 600 weekend. That is, if it's still there.

 

[FlFlash]

I am sure that a decline in attendance after the first year was anticipated. Like anything new, people are gonna flock to see it when it first opens.

It will always be busiest during the times when folks are visiting Charlotte for the races. I can't see it shutting down.

I went last year and then again in May of this year and I beleive it's interesting and worth the $24 to get in. It would be nice if they could change it around and put in new displays from time to time, as far as I could see nothing had changed between my 2 visit's.