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Darlington Raceway lowers ticket prices for Southern 500
Darlington Raceway officials announced Wednesday that the track has lowered ticket prices on nearly 9,000 seats for the Southern 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in May.
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Select ticket prices at Talladega Superspeedway to drop
Talladega Superspeedway officials announced Wednesday that the track has lowered ticket prices by at least 40 percent on more than 20,000 seats for both of its Sprint Cup races.
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http://www.scenedaily.com/news/arti...y_lowers_ticket_prices_for_Southern_500_.html
 
I got an email about this and read the article. Sounds like the seats are terrible and that's why they have trouble selling them in the first place. I guess it's a nice promotion, esp. when you get picked up on all kinds of news alerts that you're lowering your ticket prices. It's just not that thrilling when see where they are and how much they cost in the first place.

What NASCAR REALLY needs to do is lower the prices across the board if they want to see their stands full again. It's always sort of surprised me that this is labeled a "blue collar" sport, but it's definitely "white collar" prices. Depending on where you go, one weekend could add up to a nice vacation someplace for a whole family. It amazes me at the people who are able to afford many races a year along with the travel. I was just thrilled to finally be able to afford to go last summer and in the position to renew my tickets for this year. The year before, the best I might have afforded was general admission, meaning no seats, and trying to find a place to park myself where I might be able to see a decent amount of the race.
 
WNY24Fan said:
I got an email about this and read the article. Sounds like the seats are terrible and that's why they have trouble selling them in the first place. I guess it's a nice promotion, esp. when you get picked up on all kinds of news alerts that you're lowering your ticket prices. It's just not that thrilling when see where they are and how much they cost in the first place.

What NASCAR REALLY needs to do is lower the prices across the board if they want to see their stands full again. It's always sort of surprised me that this is labeled a "blue collar" sport, but it's definitely "white collar" prices. Depending on where you go, one weekend could add up to a nice vacation someplace for a whole family. It amazes me at the people who are able to afford many races a year along with the travel. I was just thrilled to finally be able to afford to go last summer and in the position to renew my tickets for this year. The year before, the best I might have afforded was general admission, meaning no seats, and trying to find a place to park myself where I might be able to see a decent amount of the race.
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agreed
 
But one thing to think about, Nascar doesn't set the ticket prices. The tracks do.
 
VaDirt said:
But one thing to think about, Nascar doesn't set the ticket prices. The tracks do.
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The France family owns ISC which owns 12 of the tracks they run, a good number of those tracks they own have 2 races for a total of 19 race dates. Over half the race dates on the schedule plus they own the concessions at those tracks and MRN. So in a round about way it's ISC, the france family, which sets ticket prices at their tracks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Speedway_Corporation#Penske_merger
 
There is a little more to it than that. In the mid-1980's, drivers and owners were beginning to make rumbling sounds about purses. The fans joined in the noise and as the eighties drew to a close, track purses began to increase. A large part of this due to fans who wanted their favorite drivers to make more money and made very loud noise. What began as a little swell became a full sized wave.

Some history can be found in older issues of National Speed Sport News or Grand National Scene as there were write-ups on the topic during that time frame.

As ticket prices continue to increase, it is due in part to the American capitalist system and the fact most tracks are corporate owned by stock holders looking for a return on their investment.

It is a vicious circle.
 
Oh, I agree with you Whiz. However, all of the tracks/owners are going to have to see what will be better for themselves in the long run. Lowering ticket prices and have more people attend which will also sell more concessions, etc. (so maybe they can get a bigger piece from the vendors) or keep them the same or raise the prices. It's all about what profits them more. Isn't it always about the money? Yep.
 
Magnethead said:
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Yep I agree also. I haven't been to Vegas for 2 years and won't be going this year either. When i go for the 5 days with travel, lodging, tickets, shuttle, food, and a little gambling it costs pretty much $3,000 and that is on the conservative side. I went to one race last year at a local track down in CT called Waterford Speedbowl. One race, fewest races i have gone to in 11 years , but of course i bought a house in 2008 and that curtailed most of my extracuricular activities.:)
 
Mopardh9 said:
Yep I agree also. I haven't been to Vegas for 2 years and won't be going this year either. When i go for the 5 days with travel, lodging, tickets, shuttle, food, and a little gambling it costs pretty much $3,000 and that is on the conservative side. I went to one race last year at a local track down in CT called Waterford Speedbowl. One race, fewest races i have gone to in 11 years , but of course i bought a house in 2008 and that curtailed most of my extracuricular activities.:)
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I had no intentions of going to any races in 2008. My friends dad had the free HCA suite tickets..only reason I went..wasn't on my dime except fuel.
 
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