So there is like no one here... San diego sx

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1/17/2016 8:04am
mumhra wrote:
What is the entrance to such a Monster Energy Supercross race ? Here in Europe the entrance to a GP is, at around 70 euro's(75 dollar)...
What is the entrance to such a Monster Energy Supercross race ?
Here in Europe the entrance to a GP is, at around 70 euro's(75 dollar) pretty high if you ask me. But then again you get 2 entire days or racing. Especially if you go to the GP's where there are also rounds of the EMX races contested.
If you ask me there actually is not much racing going on in such a supercross race. The really best of the world only ride for about 20 minutes. (5 minutes in their heat race and 15 minutes in the main event). That is not a lot. How much do you actually have to pay for that ?
Americans have short attention spans, so a 15-minute final is close to eternity.
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Feld made the same mistake doing 2 Atlantas last year. Place always had 70000 but last was 35000-40000 both races. Really changed the whole atmosphere around...
Feld made the same mistake doing 2 Atlantas last year. Place always had 70000 but last was 35000-40000 both races. Really changed the whole atmosphere around the event.
BAMX wrote:
Didn't they also screw up by putting one of the races the same weekend as the Nascar race?
Yea Atlanta 2 was same weekend. NASCAR race is same weekend as Atlanta this year also. As big as NASCAR is here I don't see that being a problem. We get one supercross this year so GA dome will be packed.
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Supercross online announce crowd of 36,000. Petco Park holds 42,000, but with supercross blocking seats capacity for supercross is probably around 40,000.

Idk if I ever have seen them announce attendance on their website with attendance that low. If they are racing in a 40,000 seat stadium then it should be sold out.
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1/17/2016 8:33am
Jordan421 wrote:
Bring back Orlando!!!
Hopefully that will happen in the future, or Tampa.

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1/17/2016 8:34am
too many Cardinals fans down in So Cal??
...that was a great game!
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jmx411 wrote:
Supercross online announce crowd of 36,000. Petco Park holds 42,000, but with supercross blocking seats capacity for supercross is probably around 40,000. Idk if I ever...
Supercross online announce crowd of 36,000. Petco Park holds 42,000, but with supercross blocking seats capacity for supercross is probably around 40,000.

Idk if I ever have seen them announce attendance on their website with attendance that low. If they are racing in a 40,000 seat stadium then it should be sold out.
That's about what I guessed the attendance to be judging by the photos. You have to remember that a lot of people buy tickets and don't show up for whatever reason, are going to the bathroom or hotdog stand, etc at any given time. I go to a lot of basketball games and the games all are announced as being sold out but it is rare that the place ever looks even 3/4 full outside of the playoffs.

It will be interesting to see how full it is for San Diego 2. Everyone guessed ATL 2 would be more full compared to ATL 1 but I don't think it turned out that way.
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1/17/2016 9:26am
A lot of my friends, who are diehard moto, say they are staying away this year because of this. That said, Ticketmaster shows most sections close to sold out.



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1/17/2016 10:45am
They appear sold out because 3rd party ticket sites will buy them all and then try to sell them for more than they're worth. It happens every week unfortunately.
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1/17/2016 10:47am
It could have been worse......Phoenix has always been week 2.....
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1/17/2016 10:55am
The race was in HD at my house...Silly I had a great seat... Watched it at 9:30 am. this morning... have a nice day...
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1/17/2016 11:21am
enketchum wrote:
We are taking the trolley right now to our free parking that's 9 minutes away. You can get a trolley pass for 5 bucks and return...
We are taking the trolley right now to our free parking that's 9 minutes away. You can get a trolley pass for 5 bucks and return to your car between Qual2 and night show
Where's the free parking at? I parked at the Amtrack station for $10. It was still about 10 minutes away.
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1/17/2016 11:38am
Moving the race to Petco Park kept us from going. We have gone to Jack Murphy/ Qualcom for many years. Qualcom is located in a spot where it will pull peeps from all SD area as well as Fallbrook, Temecula and even further areas. We came down from the HD. Petco Park is a beautiful venue over Qualcom for sure. But sticking it down town will not pull more peeps from SD. They are already commited. But it could possibly discourage those from further distances away?
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1/17/2016 11:56am
San Diego fans suck at supporting sporting events and teams. Any padre or chargers game that sells out is usually due to the other teams fans (Dodgers, raiders, steelers, Patriots, Cubs etc)
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1/17/2016 12:50pm
I'm guessing Feld doesn't care third party sites buy up tickets bc that pads their pockets, but it led suck for us fans that you are left paying double or triple face value.
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1/17/2016 1:10pm
The question about ticket prices, and the amount of racing you can watch, prompts this.

We have tickets to Vegas...our first SX after years of attending MX. For MX, we go first thing in morning and watch all practices and qualifying and then the races. We skip the pits and such. Cant you do that in SX as well...i.e. when do they open the gates?
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1/17/2016 2:56pm
While the stadium is nice and having the downtown restaurants and bars is cool, the parking and broken up pit area and bums and 52 mile walk to get anywhere make this place a bad venue for supercross. Plus, no place to tailgate... Have I mentioned that before?? Bring back at least one round at Qualcomm.
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1/17/2016 3:14pm
I have yet to understand FELDs strategy in scheduling these races. I live in Atlanta and the SX here is always one of the highest attended races throughout supercross.
Last year they finally gave us TWO races.....but they put them back to back. wtf were they thinking. I mean I love me some supercross, but that was just stupid. If they would have spread it out by a few races or so the second race wouldn't have been a bust on attendance...it was still better than the attendance of this years san diego race though.
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Living in the U.K. I could only wish to be there!.......planning to come over and watch one round this year, but really not sure what one would be best to make the trip over to see?, I'm guessing Vegas would prob be the best bet?.

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1/17/2016 3:29pm
h&m_cycle wrote:
The race was in HD at my house...Silly I had a great seat... Watched it at 9:30 am. this morning... have a nice day...
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1/17/2016 3:36pm
#76 wrote:
Living in the U.K. I could only wish to be there!.......planning to come over and watch one round this year, but really not sure what one...
Living in the U.K. I could only wish to be there!.......planning to come over and watch one round this year, but really not sure what one would be best to make the trip over to see?, I'm guessing Vegas would prob be the best bet?.

Vegas imho is a pretty unique event, hopefully the series isn't cinched by then!!
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#76 wrote:
Living in the U.K. I could only wish to be there!.......planning to come over and watch one round this year, but really not sure what one...
Living in the U.K. I could only wish to be there!.......planning to come over and watch one round this year, but really not sure what one would be best to make the trip over to see?, I'm guessing Vegas would prob be the best bet?.

Foxboro.

New venue all the N.E. crazies ... that one will be good.
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1/17/2016 3:39pm
While the stadium is nice and having the downtown restaurants and bars is cool, the parking and broken up pit area and bums and 52 mile...
While the stadium is nice and having the downtown restaurants and bars is cool, the parking and broken up pit area and bums and 52 mile walk to get anywhere make this place a bad venue for supercross. Plus, no place to tailgate... Have I mentioned that before?? Bring back at least one round at Qualcomm.
Nowhere for uncle Rico to toss the 'ol pig skin, ping?
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#76 wrote:
Living in the U.K. I could only wish to be there!.......planning to come over and watch one round this year, but really not sure what one...
Living in the U.K. I could only wish to be there!.......planning to come over and watch one round this year, but really not sure what one would be best to make the trip over to see?, I'm guessing Vegas would prob be the best bet?.

I know it's too late for this year but in SX the earlier rounds are the best. If this is like any of the previous years you can count on half of the top riders being out and the Championship clinched by the time it gets to Vegas.

San Diego is the best city of the opening rounds and if you are on vacation book a hotel within walking distance of Petco park.
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While the stadium is nice and having the downtown restaurants and bars is cool, the parking and broken up pit area and bums and 52 mile...
While the stadium is nice and having the downtown restaurants and bars is cool, the parking and broken up pit area and bums and 52 mile walk to get anywhere make this place a bad venue for supercross. Plus, no place to tailgate... Have I mentioned that before?? Bring back at least one round at Qualcomm.
As much as I started to detest Qualcomm, once you try out the shiny new GF, you miss the old one that let you party when you wanted to. And throw a football.
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1/17/2016 4:36pm
#76 wrote:
Living in the U.K. I could only wish to be there!.......planning to come over and watch one round this year, but really not sure what one...
Living in the U.K. I could only wish to be there!.......planning to come over and watch one round this year, but really not sure what one would be best to make the trip over to see?, I'm guessing Vegas would prob be the best bet?.

KennyT wrote:
I know it's too late for this year but in SX the earlier rounds are the best. If this is like any of the previous years...
I know it's too late for this year but in SX the earlier rounds are the best. If this is like any of the previous years you can count on half of the top riders being out and the Championship clinched by the time it gets to Vegas.

San Diego is the best city of the opening rounds and if you are on vacation book a hotel within walking distance of Petco park.
Early round for sure, if you're coming from Europe. The field is definitely thinned out and locked down by the time they get to the end of the schedule. Other than that, it would be much closer to hit NY or MA. Flying out to the west coast will double your flying time compared to Boston or NY.
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1/17/2016 4:43pm
Xeno wrote:
The ticket prices keep going up, so I stopped buying them.
Its funny that you're the only one who has actually touched on why attendance is so low.

I used to be able to go to the LA/anaheim/san diego supercross for less than $40. That was gas and my ticket. That wasn't two or three decades ago either.

My girl and I were planning all week on going to the san diego round because she works every other weekend. Missed anaheim 1. Ok so we sat down and decided to figure out what it was going to cost us to go:

2 tickets, club seating. $30 each x 2 = $60.

Ticket master $35 service fee charge per ticket. $70.

We are now at $130 just for two tickets.

Parking? $30.We are now at $160.

Wait there's more. Pit passes not included with ticket purchase. $10 per ticket. x 2.

$180. Tank of gas to get there and back. $ 50. Now at $230. Two beers, one for each of us. $20.

So for $250 we can go watch supercross live, and have one beer. Plus go cruise the pits, see no riders. Get a ticket, and wait in line for three hours for an autograph from a rider, only to be told the rider isn't giving autographs any more sorry folks.

Solution? We went to a nice dinner, came home and drank ice cold beer of our choice. Had the best seats in the house, weren't cold, and I got to immediately go to bed, knock one out, and fall asleep. No traffic, no dealing with the public, saved money, was comfortable, didnt get beer spilled on me by the flatbiller the row above me.

Sorry Supercross, you have officially priced yourself out of the sport. Nobody wants to spend that much money, to deal with that much bullshit, to have a mediocre time.
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1/17/2016 5:00pm
Maybe those venues are just easier to get.
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I don't get the "we can't tailgate so we aren't going" excuse. I love to tailgate for college football but for supercross I'm in the stadium at 12:30 and I don't leave the stadium until the last checkered flag. I want to see as much of what these great athletes as possible. Georgia Dome is downtown and doesn't have much parking so most people don't tailgate and that doesn't hurt attendance.

The second thing is I go to MLB, NBA, NHL, college football (Clemson games mostly) and NASCAR races every year. None of them come close to the excitement of supercross in the Georgia Dome. I will always pay to see supercross live. Tv doesn't even come close to doing it justice. Not to mention $60 for a club seat is as cheap as it gets to see a major sporting event in a major stadium.

We should be thanking FELD for keeping prices as low as they are. Same people complaining about prices want riders to be paid more. Well like an old A.D once said at an SEC school. "You can't want to compete at a national level but only want to pay Conference USA prices.
1/17/2016 5:05pm
people boycotted because of the pieck freeze thingy
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I'm a fan of the brand.

If a KTM and a Husky were exactly the sand bike at the same price, I'd buy the Husky.

I have no opinion on JA.

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