AJSMapleGrove
Nitro Member
So I recently read where the Kansas Nascar Cup Race in October had a race purse of almost $8 million. I've been around racing for 35 years, so I understand the concept of popularity, TV money, major brand sponsorship, blah blah blah. But what really caught my attention is......
I just got my ticket renewal for Nascar Xfinity Series Race at Michigan for 2022. In 2021 my adult ticket was $25. Now for 2022 my ticket jumps to $45. There is one difference that the ARCA Racing Series will share the same race date. Now I myself will not sit through the ARCA race, I will just go up for the Xfinity Race. But I don't care, my trip to Michigan ever summer is tradition. Plus gives me the opportunity to stop at Cabela's on the road at to the hotel after the race. So yes, I renewed my tickets even tho the price went up.
So how can the NHRA possibly secure ideas to gather more revenue. I know not everyone will agree, but as a spectator of the NHRA for 35 years, if Norwalk was to send me my ticket renewal and instead of $64 for my reserve seat, they jumped it to $84, absolutely I would still renew my tickets.
Obviously there is a limit of how much ticket cost can go up. But it's just one idea for NHRA to generate more $$. Cause of you think of it, $84 a ticket for a 5 hour full day of NHRA action "with pit access" is a bargain compared to $109 reserve seat for Nascar Cup (at any track), $100 nose bleed seats for a NFL game. $150 for nose bleed seats at College Football game, and on and on.
So if ticket prices went up to generate more money to teams, what else can be done?
I mean, if Nascar can pay $1,000,000 for a boring All Star Race. How hard can it be to have Top Fuel and Funny Car run for $500,000 for Indy US Nationals win?
I just got my ticket renewal for Nascar Xfinity Series Race at Michigan for 2022. In 2021 my adult ticket was $25. Now for 2022 my ticket jumps to $45. There is one difference that the ARCA Racing Series will share the same race date. Now I myself will not sit through the ARCA race, I will just go up for the Xfinity Race. But I don't care, my trip to Michigan ever summer is tradition. Plus gives me the opportunity to stop at Cabela's on the road at to the hotel after the race. So yes, I renewed my tickets even tho the price went up.
So how can the NHRA possibly secure ideas to gather more revenue. I know not everyone will agree, but as a spectator of the NHRA for 35 years, if Norwalk was to send me my ticket renewal and instead of $64 for my reserve seat, they jumped it to $84, absolutely I would still renew my tickets.
Obviously there is a limit of how much ticket cost can go up. But it's just one idea for NHRA to generate more $$. Cause of you think of it, $84 a ticket for a 5 hour full day of NHRA action "with pit access" is a bargain compared to $109 reserve seat for Nascar Cup (at any track), $100 nose bleed seats for a NFL game. $150 for nose bleed seats at College Football game, and on and on.
So if ticket prices went up to generate more money to teams, what else can be done?
I mean, if Nascar can pay $1,000,000 for a boring All Star Race. How hard can it be to have Top Fuel and Funny Car run for $500,000 for Indy US Nationals win?
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