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Originally Posted by turn1
As for the resounding success, it's all relative. It didn't sell out. It was a blip compared to the 1st 2 years at Indy...
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Hey "Tavo"...Indy has the highest permanent seating capacity of any sporting venue in the world (257,325). COTA's permanent seating capacity is roughly 3.5% of that number. Temp. seats have to be erected to even approach 47% of Indy's permanent seating capacity.
Furthermore, Indy has 104 years of racing history. Austin/COTA has what, 6 months!?! One must prove themselves to become successful. COTA has not had the time to do so.
I'm rather pleased at their (COTA & Austin's) first-year F1 "success." However, I do think COTA over estimated the success of the other first-year races on their calendar. Hopefully, year #2 will be more successful.
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