Walmart signs up to offer $99 ticket special

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By Sporting News Wire Service
March 21, 2011 2:21 PM, EST
http://www.nascar.com/news/110321/walmart-ticket-special/index.html

Walmart is taking its low-price promise to NASCAR this season, partnering with nearly a dozen tracks to sponsor a special ticket package that includes four tickets, four soft drinks, four hot dogs and one souvenir program for $99.


The ticket promotion, which will be offered for 18 of 38 Sprint Cup races in 2011, serves as the first example of how Walmart plans to activate its new licensing agreement with NASCAR.

The world's largest retailer signed an agreement earlier this year that allows it to develop apparel, home goods and other products bearing NASCAR, driver and team imagery and marks. It is promoting that affiliation at stores and on SPEED, and NASCAR officials anticipate Walmart also will spend on promotions at the track and team level.
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That is one heck of a deal. I did not see which tracks were being offered up.
 
http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-wal-mart-cuts-deal-for-nascar-fans/

Wal-Mart, which is working with The Marketing Arm’s Millsport agency on its NASCAR activation, worked with ISC and Speedway Motorsports Inc. to strike promotional agreements allowing it to offer the promotion. The participating ISC tracks are Auto Club Speedway in California, Darlington Raceway, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Michigan International Speedway and Watkins Glen International. The participating SMI tracks are expected to be Atlanta Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway and New Hampshire Motor Speedway. It is working on similar partnerships with Dover and Pocono.

Wal-Mart paid a promotional fee to the tracks for the rights to sponsor the ticket package. Terms of those promotional fees were not available and vary from track to track.

Wal-Mart plans to promote the ticket offering at retail and during Trackside on SPEED, a weekend race program it is presenting this season. It will direct fans to a special webpage — WalMart.com/NASCAR — where it provides a link to the ticket package and promotes the NASCAR apparel it sells.

No purchase is necessary in order to buy the $99 package.
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walmart site http://see.walmart.com/NASCAR/
 
buckaroo said:
Hmmm, already negative thoughts. I guess Walmart can do no right on the left. Kudos to Walmart.
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its got nothing to do with left or right. i dont like Walmart because the majority of the products are made over seas, they pay their employees low wages, and they run mom and pop stores out of business. I avoid Walmart if i can.
 
Go Panthers said:
its got nothing to do with left or right. i dont like Walmart because the majority of the products are made over seas, they pay their employees low wages, and they run mom and pop stores out of business. I avoid Walmart if i can.
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Again Hmmmmm. It is a right/left issue whether you like it or not. The left has been doing all it can to run Walmart out of business including banning the construction of such in some cities. Walmart employees thousands of workers and they never have a shortage of people applying for a job. And Walmart is not union, which is another reason lefties don't like them.

I guess it doesn't matter what they do, you will never like it.
 
I've requested that this thread be sent to the podium - let's see what happens :)
 
buckaroo said:
I guess it doesn't matter what they do, you will never like it.
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Really? You've never met me so you dont really know enough to make such a blanket statement.

It really annoys me that some people make everything a liberal or conservative issue. God forbid someone stand up for what they believe in.


Id like Walmart if they went back to their "Made in the USA" slogan they had years ago. Id like them if they went back to the size stores they used to be before they started running mom and pop stores out of business. Stores the size of Walmart can not give you the same customer service that a mom and pop store can.
 
Go Panthers said:
its got nothing to do with left or right. i dont like Walmart because the majority of the products are made over seas, they pay their employees low wages, and they run mom and pop stores out of business. I avoid Walmart if i can.
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Actually, Walmart pays quite well and offers really good benefits all in all. Any retail job is going to pay low wages -- the difference is whether you're making $10/hour with benefits (Walmart) or minimum wage without benefits (most other supermarkets).

I have a big problem with my union. The tenure system is pure crap. I mean, most of the time, my manager will go around that to give me time off when I want it off because he knows I'm reliable and pretty much work whenever I'm needed. I'd rather not be in a union. That's $500/year I sure would like to have in my pockets. The only piece of mail I've ever gotten from the union is a letter telling me they have donated thousands of dollars to the O'Malley re-election campaign.
 
I missed the point where this became political? I thought this was about race tickets?:confused:
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
Actually, Walmart pays quite well and offers really good benefits all in all. Any retail job is going to pay low wages -- the difference is whether you're making $10/hour with benefits (Walmart) or minimum wage without benefits (most other supermarkets).

I have a big problem with my union. The tenure system is pure crap. I mean, most of the time, my manager will go around that to give me time off when I want it off because he knows I'm reliable and pretty much work whenever I'm needed. I'd rather not be in a union. That's $500/year I sure would like to have in my pockets. The only piece of mail I've ever gotten from the union is a letter telling me they have donated thousands of dollars to the O'Malley re-election campaign.
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Average employee makes about $8.50 to $9.00 an hour, thats less than 20k a year. Thats not a lot. But its retail, so whatever. I'm just not a huge fan.

As far as Unions, I have a BA with a concentration in Management, I've studied unions as a part of my degree in detail. I don't like unions, was there a time and place for them in the work place, absolutely. Do we need them now? Hell no. But I'm a democrat so everyone just automatically assumes i support Unions.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
I make less than that per year working two jobs.
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Im not trying to be rude or anything and if my question is out of line i apologize, but how do you do it?

I just have a hard time believing someone can make rent, pay bills, and put food on the table for that amount.

Again, if my question is out of line, i apologize.
 
kkfan91 said:
I missed the point where this became political? I thought this was about race tickets?:confused:
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I wonder the same thing. This sound like a great deal to me. I'm waiting for Pocono to come online so that I can jump on this deal. $99 is worth the four hour trip for my family of four. It's a race I wouldn't have gone to otherwise.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
I wonder the same thing. This sound like a great deal to me. I'm waiting for Pocono to come online so that I can jump on this deal. $99 is worth the four hour trip for my family of four. It's a race I wouldn't have gone to otherwise.
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It started because i attempted to make a joke at something....i apologize for derailing it.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
I wonder the same thing. This sound like a great deal to me. I'm waiting for Pocono to come online so that I can jump on this deal. $99 is worth the four hour trip for my family of four. It's a race I wouldn't have gone to otherwise.
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Pocono is a race I'd love to go to... some fantastic racing at that track every single time!
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
I've been there for an ARCA race a couple times but never stayed for the Cup race. I like the track too so I guess that makes two of us anyhow.
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Great racing, and it's very unique unlike the crap California, Texas, Chicago, Kansas and Michigan offer up 99% of the time.

(Everyone complains about cookie cutter tracks but they're all so excited about Kentucky getting a race:confused:)
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
Great racing, and it's very unique unlike the crap California, Texas, Chicago, Kansas and Michigan offer up 99% of the time.

(Everyone complains about cookie cutter tracks but they're all so excited about Kentucky getting a race:confused:)
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Its the Pocono fan club in here I guess I like it too. Also not really excited about Kentucky other then in NASCAR 2011 the game just to race it for the first time.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
Tomorrow's your chance. Mine is reserved and ready for pick up right after work.
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I go to school in Vermont I'm assuming I won't have a big problem finding it. But I plan to have it.
 
majestyx said:
Don't see a reason to move it. If anyone else disagrees, let me know. ;)
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There's a reason why some of us avoid the political threads but obviously it's your call and you've made it.

Case closed?
 
#17D500winner said:
There's a reason why some of us avoid the political threads but obviously it's your call and you've made it.

Case closed?
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Considering that the conversation went away from the "political" back to racing discussion, including apologies for the "political" junk, yep. Case closed.
 
buckaroo said:
Great, now dad burn it, can we try to get your former mayor into the top spot of the state? :D
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our former mayor as in the former mayor of Charlotte? I voted for him in 08 and will vote for him again next year.
 
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