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•More attendance woes for NASCAR Hall of Fame: 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). Past info, links, announcements on the NASCAR Hall of Fame page.(9-15-2011)
 
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Should have built it around the daytona area. Just say'n
 
I was reading about a plce in Cali that makes fries in Duck fat, pig fat, Pelican fat and whatever else you can think of.

Maybe they could convert it to something like that and keep the acronym.
 
I went to the HOF the month it opened back in May of 2010 & I have to say that I was honestly not impressed, a little dissappointed to tell you the truth. It just seemed a little incomplete & thrown together to me. It's just doesn't look inside the way it should, there's too much open space, not enough memorabilia, not enough history. You know they have this whole section in there where you can pretend your a crew member or take a tour in the back of Jimmie's hauler, i'm sorry WRONG! What the HOF should be is history, mainly history. There should be replica's of Winston Cup trophy's in there won by drivers like Benny Parson's & Bobby Allison. There should be a memorial in there to Tim Richmond & his accomplishments, how about Harry Gants Mr. September run from 1991, that ought to be in there. I didn't see any Busch Series history or Craftsman Truck Series history, it's the NASCAR HOF right, not the NASCAR Sprint Cup series HOF. Not to mention, the fanshop didn't hardly have anything other than HOF merchandise, you mean to tell me with Race City USA right down the street you couldn't do a better job than that? Yeah, had Brian France been there & asked me what I thought on my way out the door, i'd have probably punched him in the gut...
 
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Restrictor Plate King! said:
I went to the HOF the month it opened back in May of 2010 & I have to say that I was honestly not impressed, a little dissappointed to tell you the truth. It just seemed a little incomplete & thrown together to me. It's just doesn't look inside the way it should, there's too much open space, not enough memorabilia, not enough history. You know they have this whole section in there where you can pretend your a crew member or take a tour in the back of Jimmie's hauler, i'm sorry WRONG! What the HOF should be is history, mainly history. There should be replica's of Winston Cup trophy's in there won by drivers like Benny Parson's & Bobby Allison. There should be a memorial in there to Tim Richmond & his accomplishments, how about Harry Gants Mr. September run from 1991, that ought to be in there. I didn't see any Busch Series history or Craftsman Truck Series history, it's the NASCAR HOF right, not the NASCAR Sprint Cup series HOF. Not to mention, the fanshop didn't hardly have anything other than HOF merchandise, you mean to tell me with Race City USA right down the street you couldn't do a better job than that? Yeah, had Brian France been there & asked me what I thought on my way out the door, i'd have probably punched him in the gut...
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Sounds like the France group should have taken a tour of the indy museum
 
One of the problems the HOF is having is the same proble NASCAR is having. The series sponsor doesn't do a good job of marketing the sport...and where is Sprint headquartered anyway. Remember, RJ Reynolds was headquartered here in Winston Salem, deep in the heart of the racing circuit. Everywhere you went, you were sure to see something about NASCAR with the RJR logo, but more than that, Reynolds did a great job of marketing NASCAR. The HOF must be using the same marketing company that Sprint uses.
 
Man, I bet the taxpayers of Charlotte/Mecklenburg are pissed.
 
Restrictor Plate King! said:
I went to the HOF the month it opened back in May of 2010 & I have to say that I was honestly not impressed, a little dissappointed to tell you the truth. It just seemed a little incomplete & thrown together to me. It's just doesn't look inside the way it should, there's too much open space, not enough memorabilia, not enough history. You know they have this whole section in there where you can pretend your a crew member or take a tour in the back of Jimmie's hauler, i'm sorry WRONG! What the HOF should be is history, mainly history. There should be replica's of Winston Cup trophy's in there won by drivers like Benny Parson's & Bobby Allison. There should be a memorial in there to Tim Richmond & his accomplishments, how about Harry Gants Mr. September run from 1991, that ought to be in there. I didn't see any Busch Series history or Craftsman Truck Series history, it's the NASCAR HOF right, not the NASCAR Sprint Cup series HOF. Not to mention, the fanshop didn't hardly have anything other than HOF merchandise, you mean to tell me with Race City USA right down the street you couldn't do a better job than that? Yeah, had Brian France been there & asked me what I thought on my way out the door, i'd have probably punched him in the gut...
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I disagree. I was there in November last year, and could have spent hours and hours more that I did.
 
I still want to make it down to the hall...hopefully next summer....
 
kkfan91 said:
Yeah I'm sure it would have done a ton better in Kansas City
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From a sentimental viewpoint, I think Charlotte is where it belongs. After all, we're talking about North Carolina, the birthplace of the sport.

But from a realistic standpoint, Daytona probably would have been a better place for it. I mean people actually go to Daytona Beach on vacation. But for other than the two races there, who travels to Charlotte for vacation? Anyone?
 
Restrictor Plate King! said:
I went to the HOF the month it opened back in May of 2010 & I have to say that I was honestly not impressed, a little dissappointed to tell you the truth. It just seemed a little incomplete & thrown together to me. It's just doesn't look inside the way it should, there's too much open space, not enough memorabilia, not enough history. You know they have this whole section in there where you can pretend your a crew member or take a tour in the back of Jimmie's hauler, i'm sorry WRONG! What the HOF should be is history, mainly history. There should be replica's of Winston Cup trophy's in there won by drivers like Benny Parson's & Bobby Allison. There should be a memorial in there to Tim Richmond & his accomplishments, how about Harry Gants Mr. September run from 1991, that ought to be in there. I didn't see any Busch Series history or Craftsman Truck Series history, it's the NASCAR HOF right, not the NASCAR Sprint Cup series HOF. Not to mention, the fanshop didn't hardly have anything other than HOF merchandise, you mean to tell me with Race City USA right down the street you couldn't do a better job than that? Yeah, had Brian France been there & asked me what I thought on my way out the door, i'd have probably punched him in the gut...
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I have to agree completely I enjoyed the museums at Darlington and Talledega much more. They both had better exhibits and more of the old memoribilia than the HOF especially like the old cars and equipment on display!
I went to the Bill Elliot Museum in Dawsonville several years back It was really good also...is it still open? I seem to remember hearing something about it closeing???
 
VaDirt said:
From a sentimental viewpoint, I think Charlotte is where it belongs. After all, we're talking about North Carolina, the birthplace of the sport.

But for other than the two races there, who travels to Charlotte for vacation? Anyone?
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We've gone there a couple of times to go camping and also to visit race shops. I know that I'm in the minority on that one but it's the world of NASCAR and I agree, Charlotte is where it belongs.
 
VaDirt said:
From a sentimental viewpoint, I think Charlotte is where it belongs. After all, we're talking about North Carolina, the birthplace of the sport.

But from a realistic standpoint, Daytona probably would have been a better place for it. I mean people actually go to Daytona Beach on vacation. But for other than the two races there, who travels to Charlotte for vacation? Anyone?
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Man I live in the state and I actively try to AVOID Charlotte.

It's the traffic, the traffic there is just horrible.
 
VaDirt said:
From a sentimental viewpoint, I think Charlotte is where it belongs. After all, we're talking about North Carolina, the birthplace of the sport.

But from a realistic standpoint, Daytona probably would have been a better place for it. I mean people actually go to Daytona Beach on vacation. But for other than the two races there, who travels to Charlotte for vacation? Anyone?
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I have 3 times, but 2 of them was because I was visiting a college just over the boarder in SC, the other time was when I went to the HOF just passing by
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
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We've gone there a couple of times to go camping and also to visit race shops. I know that I'm in the minority on that one but it's the world of NASCAR and I agree, Charlotte is where it belongs.
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I haved gone to Charlotte for things other than races as well. But I only live about 3.5 hours from there.


I do agree that Charlotte is where it belongs from a historical standpoint. However, I think that in Charlotte it will draw only the DIE-HARD race fan. The fan, like me, that wants to go there even when a race isn't in town and visit race shops and the hall..etc.... Now in a place like Daytona it would of drew more people over all because of the traffic the area gets anyway.
 
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