dpkimmel2001
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Interesting read if you've got the time.....
In part.....
On a beautiful April day in the Tennessee mountains, sunlight glistened off tens of thousands of empty seats at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Unlike in the previous few seasons, there was no ominous weather in the forecast. NASCAR was enjoying a spectacular start to the season with thrilling finishes and close-quarters racing, thanks in part to a new rules package.
But in Bristol’s 146,000-capacity stadium, there appeared to be at least as many empty seats as occupied ones.
Scenes such as the one at Bristol — which once sold out 55 consecutive races — have been jarring as attendance has fallen over the last decade. NASCAR stopped providing attendance estimates after 2012. Negative headlines about the sport’s health have blossomed since attendance began to fall, and the crowds have only shrunk since. And ratings show not as many are watching the sport on television, either.
Fox and Fox Sports 1 broadcast the first 16 Sprint Cup races this season. Ratings in seven of eight races on Fox were down from 2015, and four of those were the lowest since Fox began broadcasting races in 2001, according to SportsMediaWatch.com.
And the sport continues to search for a primary sponsor to fill the void that Sprint — which came on in 2004 as Nextel and announced its departure in December 2014, citing a change in its marketing focus — will leave at season’s end.
Read the rest here.....
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ndance-tv-ratings-fans-social-media/86573130/
In part.....
On a beautiful April day in the Tennessee mountains, sunlight glistened off tens of thousands of empty seats at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Unlike in the previous few seasons, there was no ominous weather in the forecast. NASCAR was enjoying a spectacular start to the season with thrilling finishes and close-quarters racing, thanks in part to a new rules package.
But in Bristol’s 146,000-capacity stadium, there appeared to be at least as many empty seats as occupied ones.
Scenes such as the one at Bristol — which once sold out 55 consecutive races — have been jarring as attendance has fallen over the last decade. NASCAR stopped providing attendance estimates after 2012. Negative headlines about the sport’s health have blossomed since attendance began to fall, and the crowds have only shrunk since. And ratings show not as many are watching the sport on television, either.
Fox and Fox Sports 1 broadcast the first 16 Sprint Cup races this season. Ratings in seven of eight races on Fox were down from 2015, and four of those were the lowest since Fox began broadcasting races in 2001, according to SportsMediaWatch.com.
And the sport continues to search for a primary sponsor to fill the void that Sprint — which came on in 2004 as Nextel and announced its departure in December 2014, citing a change in its marketing focus — will leave at season’s end.
Read the rest here.....
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ndance-tv-ratings-fans-social-media/86573130/