Two things I'm skeptical about
'Sold out' is 100% of tickets / seat available for purchase. That doesn't mean tickets were offered for all sections or grandstands. It also doesn't mean everyone who bought a ticket showed up, especially those holding tickets bought in blocks buy corporate buyers.
Well, it's a LOT easier to have a sell out if you remove half the seats........ My kitchen table is sold out every night because we put all but two chairs in the closet. Get back to me when one of these tracks start BUILDING new seats.
It seems like attendance has been climbing since 2021. It bottomed out in 2018-2019 where it felt like every race but Daytona was half empty. I go to Pocono every year and this year’s Pocono crowd felt like it was 2006 again. Packed. Darlington Southern 500 I attended was pretty full too.
It is. Younger people love attending because it’s awesome live, you can bring your own alcohol, and it’s relatively cheap. In todays world of expensive tickets, NASCAR is a welcome thing
When tracks remove seating for 30k to 60 k , the odds of selling out become greater.
Don't confuse the Koolaid drinkers with facts. They get defensive.
I dont get a check for the gate, im watching the track. Second half will be wild
Nothing in that article indicates you aren't crazy.
Yeah they had no choice. Storm has been so bad out there that they completely cancelled the final round at Pebble Beach
"You may be right, I may be crazy"
That will right around the time that multi-purpose 80k seat stadiums come back. It's a different time.....
I think even if there’s another boom, NASCAR realizes that creating high demand for a ticket is a good thing. Daytona sold out in November and keeps selling out earlier and earlier since they took 40k seats out a few years ago. Iowa sold out extremely fast and they aren’t adding seats.
I got spoiled at Pocono for a while but its been sold out the past couple years. Used to wait till race week or even race day and get cheap 300 level resale seats. Not lately.
I was hoping that chestnut had been left by the Christmas open fire.
I think NASCAR will continue to host the Chase in underserved markets for at least another three year contract, and probably six to nine. Taking the show on the road exposes the sport to new audiences and gives the existing fans a new layout to get excited about. I suspect travel expenses are less than a car torn up at Daytona.
Better than 2016 and on spring races
Too bad NASCAR will bring diamond tires to the fall race
Goodyear. but both will get blamed for it.
That would be huge if so, close to 90k based off of a current capacity of 146k. Definitely better than it had been the last several years preceding the dirt.
No doubt.
