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Originally Posted by GoldenBoot
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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Err...not Tavo...but I'm not sure what I said that you're arguing against here.
I said they didn't sell out. They didn't,
despite the venue being smaller than Indy's. Indy can hold 400K+ (with GA) & pulls crowds in that ballpark. COTA could accommodate 200K with GA & pulled 117K. COTA's
seated capacity is not 47% of Indy's seated capacity, and the 120K is not the true capacity. Different COTA reps have said variously over the last 2 or so years that it will hold 200K+, 160K, 140K, and 120K. They also reduced the size of the T1 GS by a few sections because of slow sales there. Even with the stands mostly full during F1 and 40K in GA areas, there were massive areas with few people and lots of room for more.
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