Nashville SX Feld Fails The Fans

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5/1/2023 6:45am Edited Date/Time 5/1/2023 7:33am
ttusomeone wrote:
My prepaid Lot was A also. After being sent in a big circle, I did get into Lot A and they scanned my pass. The lot...

My prepaid Lot was A also. After being sent in a big circle, I did get into Lot A and they scanned my pass. The lot was mostly full when I came back out from the race - and we stayed until after the podium interviews and about 15 minutes after that, so I imagine that lot was all the way full. I think the parking staff/police didn't know what was going on (or someone was telling them incorrectly).

I agree with you, the ones we tried to get help from at 545am looking for our FCA group and LOT A looked at us like we were crazy. The early race day screwed up everything IMO, practice starting at 7am is stupid. I'm sure some Feld dude that's smarter than everyone else made the call but the staff in and around the stadium were ill prepared. We tried getting help from a man and woman that worked for the stadium trying to find our group and they both told us they didn't know what we were talking about. Then 10mins later they were assisting opening the gate our FCA group was supposed to go in and completely ignored us. I've been to atlanta over 25 times in my life and I've never seen such disorganization as what we saw in nashville.

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5/1/2023 6:46am
sam hain wrote:
I had prepaid parking for LOT A and apparently that lot wasn't open for SX, had a security guard tell us to park in a LOT...

I had prepaid parking for LOT A and apparently that lot wasn't open for SX, had a security guard tell us to park in a LOT across the road from the juvenile building and tell the attendant we worked for the stadium so we could park for free. It worked, but I had already paid $35 for prepaid parking so it wasn't exactly "free" but thankfully we didn't have to pay twice.

ttusomeone wrote:
My prepaid Lot was A also. After being sent in a big circle, I did get into Lot A and they scanned my pass. The lot...

My prepaid Lot was A also. After being sent in a big circle, I did get into Lot A and they scanned my pass. The lot was mostly full when I came back out from the race - and we stayed until after the podium interviews and about 15 minutes after that, so I imagine that lot was all the way full. I think the parking staff/police didn't know what was going on (or someone was telling them incorrectly).

APLMAN99 wrote:
I don’t know what sort of transit system that Nashville has, but most of the big sporting events that I go to are in Seattle and...

I don’t know what sort of transit system that Nashville has, but most of the big sporting events that I go to are in Seattle and I don’t think I’ll ever do any stadium parking again. The train system works so well that I park almost an hour’s drive away and get there in minutes. The best part is that after the event you can get back to your car and have dinner before some people even get out of their parking. 
 

May not work everywhere, but it works great there. 

There's a bus system, but that's it. In hindsight I should have tried it out. At the end of the day, besides spending extra time in the car, we still got to do what we wanted at FanFest so it didn't really hamper the day. 

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5/1/2023 6:54am
ttusomeone wrote:
My prepaid Lot was A also. After being sent in a big circle, I did get into Lot A and they scanned my pass. The lot...

My prepaid Lot was A also. After being sent in a big circle, I did get into Lot A and they scanned my pass. The lot was mostly full when I came back out from the race - and we stayed until after the podium interviews and about 15 minutes after that, so I imagine that lot was all the way full. I think the parking staff/police didn't know what was going on (or someone was telling them incorrectly).

sam hain wrote:
I agree with you, the ones we tried to get help from at 545am looking for our FCA group and LOT A looked at us like...

I agree with you, the ones we tried to get help from at 545am looking for our FCA group and LOT A looked at us like we were crazy. The early race day screwed up everything IMO, practice starting at 7am is stupid. I'm sure some Feld dude that's smarter than everyone else made the call but the staff in and around the stadium were ill prepared. We tried getting help from a man and woman that worked for the stadium trying to find our group and they both told us they didn't know what we were talking about. Then 10mins later they were assisting opening the gate our FCA group was supposed to go in and completely ignored us. I've been to atlanta over 25 times in my life and I've never seen such disorganization as what we saw in nashville.

Yeah I wish it was a night race. Granted, I took a five year old so it was easier on her not being out until late.

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Cokeham23 wrote:
I got there at 8am. Walked right in with regular tickets (I was in section 231), sat down (in a different section than my seats as...

I got there at 8am. Walked right in with regular tickets (I was in section 231), sat down (in a different section than my seats as I knew the upper levels wouldn’t be open yet) and watched the first round of qualifying no problem. Then went to the pits after. For qualifying I was always told it’s open seating since they don’t have the upper levels open yet, your paid seat is for the night show. My only complaint about Nashville would be when everyone was coming back in from fan fest, they had you funnel into one kind of small entrance of the stadium. It got super congested, it took probably 30 minutes to get about 100-200ft before it opened up. I’m used to going to the Arlington round, so much better configuration than Nashville.

So the OP just couldn't figure out where to sit and blames Feld.....and then a bunch of other people that weren't there blame Feld too because...

So the OP just couldn't figure out where to sit and blames Feld.....and then a bunch of other people that weren't there blame Feld too because Feld must suck so bad.....oh wait....the OP couldn't figure out where to sit and looking back at him in a mirror is the actual problem.  Got it.

Well what's the verdict here? Is the OP a mouth breathing twit or an mx fan with valid complaints. Can someone sum it up for a slow old man like me? 

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5/1/2023 8:44am
BobbyMyers wrote:
Well what's the verdict here? Is the OP a mouth breathing twit or an mx fan with valid complaints. Can someone sum it up for a...

Well what's the verdict here? Is the OP a mouth breathing twit or an mx fan with valid complaints. Can someone sum it up for a slow old man like me? 

Not sure what's so hard for you to understand given the photo evidence posted here, they had half the stadium blocked off. I'm not talking about the upper levels I'm talking about literally half the entire stadium. IDK if Feld is to blame or the stadium folks, the ushers I saw telling people they couldn't go past the ribbon to the other side were stadium employees. People finally said F this and went through banners and ran around far enough on the lower levels from the ushers they knew they wouldn't chase them.

 

Me and my family could have actually gotten in free had we known better. No one ever checked our tickets, we gave an empty monster can to get in the pits and then walked right in the stadium. No one ever stopped us. Like I mentioned in another thread I think the whole deal was very poorly organized I've never seen the lack of organization at other SX's in my life. 

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5/1/2023 10:35am

Supercross in person.....just say no. Too expensive, too may drunk Monster truck bros.

1000% I was there and will NEVER go back. I can say that now that I have been to Nashville but 900 miles and probably $1800 total for 4 hours of moto just isn't worth it. Atlanta was good, I went there 2 weeks ago and we got in and out better and the track was way better as far as fans. 

 

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5/1/2023 10:52am

Ford Field in Detroit does the same thing every year. You can only sit in the lower level half way around the stadium. The entire upper deck is closed as well. About 2 hours before the night program they open everything up. 

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5/1/2023 1:47pm Edited Date/Time 5/1/2023 1:58pm
Magoofan wrote:

Meanwhile in Africa...kids are starving.

(for the easily offended...this was another way of sayin OP is complaining about 1st world problems)

 

Oh man just read this now.

This coming from the same person that completely wigged out over Hunter's phone bill analogy.

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5/1/2023 2:13pm
What a bunch of tool baggers in the comments.  The guy has a legitimate reason to complain and the main thing is a paying customer more...

What a bunch of tool baggers in the comments.  The guy has a legitimate reason to complain and the main thing is a paying customer more than likely won't show up and pay again in the future... and I highly doubt he's the only one there. Good grief.  

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I agree. In the short time I have been on Vital, I have read way too many posts where a person makes a reasonable point and...

I agree. In the short time I have been on Vital, I have read way too many posts where a person makes a reasonable point and is met by a horde of idiots wielding pitchforks of rudeness.  It’s strange because in my experience moto people are usually very cool.  

Not this bunch.

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5/1/2023 2:27pm
BobbyMyers wrote:
Well what's the verdict here? Is the OP a mouth breathing twit or an mx fan with valid complaints. Can someone sum it up for a...

Well what's the verdict here? Is the OP a mouth breathing twit or an mx fan with valid complaints. Can someone sum it up for a slow old man like me? 

sam hain wrote:
Not sure what's so hard for you to understand given the photo evidence posted here, they had half the stadium blocked off. I'm not talking about...

Not sure what's so hard for you to understand given the photo evidence posted here, they had half the stadium blocked off. I'm not talking about the upper levels I'm talking about literally half the entire stadium. IDK if Feld is to blame or the stadium folks, the ushers I saw telling people they couldn't go past the ribbon to the other side were stadium employees. People finally said F this and went through banners and ran around far enough on the lower levels from the ushers they knew they wouldn't chase them.

 

Me and my family could have actually gotten in free had we known better. No one ever checked our tickets, we gave an empty monster can to get in the pits and then walked right in the stadium. No one ever stopped us. Like I mentioned in another thread I think the whole deal was very poorly organized I've never seen the lack of organization at other SX's in my life. 

Half the stadium has been blocked off for practice/qualifying for many many years. (Atleast 30) Only the bottom section of one side is typically open for practice/qualifying and during that time it’s OPEN SEATING. FELD didn’t screw anyone. 

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5/1/2023 2:39pm Edited Date/Time 5/1/2023 2:40pm
twotwosix wrote:
The daytime program started at 7:00am today when the pits and fan fest opened. First timed qualifying started at 8:00am. Final timed qualifying started at 10:30am...

The daytime program started at 7:00am today when the pits and fan fest opened. First timed qualifying started at 8:00am. Final timed qualifying started at 10:30am. They aren’t allowing ANY fans to take their seats in the stadium until after 11:00am. And if your tickets are in the 200s second level section, you can’t take your seats until 11:30am. The night show starts at 1:30. Until 11:00am 60% of the stadium is blocked off and inaccessible. You can’t really even catch a glimpse of the track until the stadium if fully open for the night show. 
 

I want my money back for my tickets. My wife and our son don’t want to stand in front of the concession stands for hours doing nothing after we’ve already weaved thru the fan fest crowds. What a joke. Never paid for a Supercross race where the only part of the race you get to watch is the night show… and I’ve attended them since the end of the McGrath era. (Not to mention the $15 bucks each to get into the ‘Fan Fest’.)

I have been attending SX Races since 1990 when I wrenching on the circuit. I wasn't happy about the day race and if I wasn't local I would not have went. I'm not understanding why Atlanta or Nashville were both day races?

With that said Nashville was like any other SX.  Stevie Wonder could see there were numerous people watching and plenty of open seats on the opposite side. No one really goes to their assigned seats until the main event is about to start. People just bounce around, socialize and watch from different areas.

 

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5/1/2023 3:14pm

Atlanta and Nashville were day races because NBC was televising them on the mother station I’m guessing.

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5/1/2023 7:17pm
BobbyMyers wrote:
Well what's the verdict here? Is the OP a mouth breathing twit or an mx fan with valid complaints. Can someone sum it up for a...

Well what's the verdict here? Is the OP a mouth breathing twit or an mx fan with valid complaints. Can someone sum it up for a slow old man like me? 

sam hain wrote:
Not sure what's so hard for you to understand given the photo evidence posted here, they had half the stadium blocked off. I'm not talking about...

Not sure what's so hard for you to understand given the photo evidence posted here, they had half the stadium blocked off. I'm not talking about the upper levels I'm talking about literally half the entire stadium. IDK if Feld is to blame or the stadium folks, the ushers I saw telling people they couldn't go past the ribbon to the other side were stadium employees. People finally said F this and went through banners and ran around far enough on the lower levels from the ushers they knew they wouldn't chase them.

 

Me and my family could have actually gotten in free had we known better. No one ever checked our tickets, we gave an empty monster can to get in the pits and then walked right in the stadium. No one ever stopped us. Like I mentioned in another thread I think the whole deal was very poorly organized I've never seen the lack of organization at other SX's in my life. 

That's "summing it up"?

 

Afuckingmazing... 

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5/2/2023 8:56am Edited Date/Time 5/2/2023 8:57am
champipple wrote:
I’m here in Nashville. My seat is in section 124. An end zone seat. I was making my way to my seat to watch qualifying and...

I’m here in Nashville. My seat is in section 124. An end zone seat. I was making my way to my seat to watch qualifying and they were waving people away. I asked one of the ushers what the deal was and they basically said I could seat any where else except the endzone sections. Wasn’t given a reason except that’s just the way it is.

So you have entire sections just going anywhere and sitting in peoples seats. Been a few scuffles because someone is showing up to a seat they paid for and someone is seating in it because their seat is closed off.

Total shit show.

I've been going to races since 92. It has always been open seating until the night show... WTF is so hard about explaining this to someone who claims you are in "their seat"? Get an usher if you are that afraid to explain how the system works... You act as though someone is getting murdered, for sitting in what they perceive is "their seats". I was there. I had ZERO ISSUES watching practice.

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5/2/2023 9:51am Edited Date/Time 5/2/2023 9:52am
Robbirob25 wrote:
I've been going to races since 92. It has always been open seating until the night show... WTF is so hard about explaining this to someone...

I've been going to races since 92. It has always been open seating until the night show... WTF is so hard about explaining this to someone who claims you are in "their seat"? Get an usher if you are that afraid to explain how the system works... You act as though someone is getting murdered, for sitting in what they perceive is "their seats". I was there. I had ZERO ISSUES watching practice.

I actually have had people ask me to move during qualifying because I’m “in their seat” instead of just having a seat right next to me. I’m convinced that for at least half of the stadium it’s their first race. 

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5/2/2023 10:22am

I have been to many supercross races at different stadiums, and every stadium runs it a little differently.  usually for practice and qualifying its sit where ever you want in the lower level, I cant recall if other stadiums open their upper levels for practice, but I doubt they do.  The supercross experience varies from stadium to stadium, some are way better then others. 

5/2/2023 11:08am

Just a broader question, not so concerned about SX venue policy, etc:

Can anybody think of any other professional sporting event that charges fans to enter the stadium, allows them in, runs a portion of the competition in the stadium at that time, but does not allow fans to take their seats?

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5/2/2023 11:10am
Cokeham23 wrote:
I got there at 8am. Walked right in with regular tickets (I was in section 231), sat down (in a different section than my seats as...

I got there at 8am. Walked right in with regular tickets (I was in section 231), sat down (in a different section than my seats as I knew the upper levels wouldn’t be open yet) and watched the first round of qualifying no problem. Then went to the pits after. For qualifying I was always told it’s open seating since they don’t have the upper levels open yet, your paid seat is for the night show. My only complaint about Nashville would be when everyone was coming back in from fan fest, they had you funnel into one kind of small entrance of the stadium. It got super congested, it took probably 30 minutes to get about 100-200ft before it opened up. I’m used to going to the Arlington round, so much better configuration than Nashville.

Good points

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5/3/2023 7:28am Edited Date/Time 5/3/2023 7:29am
champipple wrote:
I’m here in Nashville. My seat is in section 124. An end zone seat. I was making my way to my seat to watch qualifying and...

I’m here in Nashville. My seat is in section 124. An end zone seat. I was making my way to my seat to watch qualifying and they were waving people away. I asked one of the ushers what the deal was and they basically said I could seat any where else except the endzone sections. Wasn’t given a reason except that’s just the way it is.

So you have entire sections just going anywhere and sitting in peoples seats. Been a few scuffles because someone is showing up to a seat they paid for and someone is seating in it because their seat is closed off.

Total shit show.

In my almost 30 years of going to Supercross at many different stadiums, practice is always open seating and not every section is open. 

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5/3/2023 7:32am
Just a broader question, not so concerned about SX venue policy, etc: Can anybody think of any other professional sporting event that charges fans to enter...

Just a broader question, not so concerned about SX venue policy, etc:

Can anybody think of any other professional sporting event that charges fans to enter the stadium, allows them in, runs a portion of the competition in the stadium at that time, but does not allow fans to take their seats?

Pretty common for Motorsports to allow people to buy general admission to see practice and or qualifying but not have every viewing section open. I’ve been to F1 and Indycar events that did this. 

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5/3/2023 8:17am
Just a broader question, not so concerned about SX venue policy, etc: Can anybody think of any other professional sporting event that charges fans to enter...

Just a broader question, not so concerned about SX venue policy, etc:

Can anybody think of any other professional sporting event that charges fans to enter the stadium, allows them in, runs a portion of the competition in the stadium at that time, but does not allow fans to take their seats?

What is the start time on the SX ticket?

5/3/2023 8:32am

I was there. We had access to our seats in 114. But that was the side they had open. Most of the people who got in just walked over the banner and to that side of the stadium, not that big of a deal. They can't kick you out for sitting in a stadium when you paid for the ticket. Usually the stadium blocks off sections for concessions not being open or ready yet on that side. US Bank Stadium did the same thing to us last year. Club level sections were blocked off until the night show. I'd say the biggest problem was they never watered the track after the LCQ's. They could have easily laid down a little water to soak into that hard base with the Sun beating on it. And still be fine for the races. Wouldn't have made grease at all.

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