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Rick
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Date Posted: Tuesday, May 04, 07:01:33pm
one of the on-air guys did a bit from outside the race track. The sign could be seen clearly. And it said "TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE."
On Jayski today it says tickets for Darlington are available.
Ten years ago would you have believed that Bristol, Richmond and Darlington wouldn't sell out?
Last season, Junior said track owners need to start lowering their prices. I think it was Eddie Gossage, Texas president, who told Junior to stop telling other people to lower their prices unless he was willing to do the same. Junior replied, "Check my website. I've lowered prices on everything I sell. Everything."
Until nascar and the track owners realize that not everyone is made of money, they are going to see crap like that week after week. It makes no sense to have a single empty see that could otherwise be sold, even for less money.
Several months ago, Clark Howard on CNN Saturdays, did a piece on how to see a pro sporting event for almost nothing. Did you know that something like 20 major league ball parks still sell tickets for $5? The deal is, you can only buy one ticket, and as soon as you buy the ticket, you have to go through a door right there, and you cannot leave the park (or you won't be allowed back in). They make you go inside immediately so that you can't sell it to a scalper or buy more. So Howard parked his car 3/4 of a mile from the park. It was a Sunday so parking on the street that far away, was free. They bought a bottle of Coke and a bag of chips each before they went to the park. Total for the food was about $10. Then they each went up to the window and bought their tickets and went in.
Now he did say the tickets were up high, but you could see everything and you could tell who the players were. The family of four saw a major league ball game for under $40.
Now why in bloody hell doesn't nascar see the value in that?
When Phil Esposito brought the Lightning to Tampa Bay, he made sure that all investors knew there would always be some tickets available for $5... to every game. And it works.
NASCAR needs to pull its collective head out of its ass before its too late.
empty seats at Bristol for Christs sake.
My aunt called today to ask if I;d heard that Kurt Busch was leaving Penske. Nothing on J'yski about it.
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