Would SX exist these days without Monster Trucks?

mx216 wrote:

What's hard to get? Its what people do for their kids. My kid has wanted to go see monster trucks every time they are in town...

What's hard to get? Its what people do for their kids. My kid has wanted to go see monster trucks every time they are in town, or in another town, and so do all his friends. Not once has he wanted to go to supercross. We've been to 6 monster truck events in the last year and half. Haven't been to a supercross since pre covid and that was without my kid as he was still pretty little then.  

Kyle978 wrote:

My wife and I shared an Air BnB in Breckenridge with some friends with kids, their son is 4 and absolutely obsessed with monster trucks. He...

My wife and I shared an Air BnB in Breckenridge with some friends with kids, their son is 4 and absolutely obsessed with monster trucks. He had all the toys, played with them exclusively, and we watched tens of hours of Monster Jam over the course of the week. 

After that week, I understand why monster trucks are so popular. It's really easy for the kids to follow. They don't have to follow a specific rider, they follow a truck. They can swap out drivers and the kids have no idea. I'm assuming the "results" are fixed so there is always a story line, and kids follow that. It's easy to track one or two massive trucks on the course at a time rather than 22 bikes with tiny logos and numbers. 

I always kind of assumed it just resonated with the "developmentally challenged" folks, but this kids parents are highly-educated ballers and all he cares about is monster trucks. I've tried to get him to pay attention to SX races and he doesn't give even the slightest shit, and I get it. 

I think SX would struggle to bring in all that dirt into these high-profile venues and keep ticket prices close to the same. As the years go on, I hate Feld less I am actually becoming appreciative of them. It takes some serious capital to fund the SX series.

Rickyisms wrote:

I see a bunch of people I know going to Monster Jam every year that are definitely not Motorsport or off road people at all. Whatever...

I see a bunch of people I know going to Monster Jam every year that are definitely not Motorsport or off road people at all. Whatever they’re doing, they’re doing it right. 

3strokemx wrote:

Yes I think SX would still exist but it would be different. WSX and AX both make due without Monster Jam.  Would Monster Jam still exist without...

Yes I think SX would still exist but it would be different. 

WSX and AX both make due without Monster Jam.  

Would Monster Jam still exist without Supercross? They don't have as many outside sponsors as SX, so I would think it cost Feld quite a bit more to operate Monster Jam than SX. 

crt32 wrote:

Monster Jam makes their money from licensed toys I imagine. I would almost bet 50% of US boys age 3-7 own at least one Monster Jam...

Monster Jam makes their money from licensed toys I imagine. I would almost bet 50% of US boys age 3-7 own at least one Monster Jam toy. 

GrapeApe wrote:

They also have some pretty incredible live attendance numbers. I don't get it, but they do.

Coach529 wrote:

Pretty sure Feld owns the trucks and there are actually multiple trucks doing events on the same dates. For example, there is more than one Grave...

Pretty sure Feld owns the trucks and there are actually multiple trucks doing events on the same dates. For example, there is more than one Grave Digger.

 

3strokemx wrote:

Yes I think SX would still exist but it would be different. WSX and AX both make due without Monster Jam.  Would Monster Jam still exist without...

Yes I think SX would still exist but it would be different. 

WSX and AX both make due without Monster Jam.  

Would Monster Jam still exist without Supercross? They don't have as many outside sponsors as SX, so I would think it cost Feld quite a bit more to operate Monster Jam than SX. 

LungButter wrote:

Yeah.... WSX is just killing it....AX isn't even close to the same monster as SX, takes half the dirt so it's half the cost to construct...

Yeah.... WSX is just killing it....

AX isn't even close to the same monster as SX, takes half the dirt so it's half the cost to construct.  I'd assume they also cover quite a bit of costs with the amateur racing entries.

Gimmea2Smoke wrote:

it's just kids requiring the attendance. I raised 3 kids and saw way too many monster truck jams cause the kids would geek out for it...

it's just kids requiring the attendance. I raised 3 kids and saw way too many monster truck jams cause the kids would geek out for it. I found it miserable, personally. So loud you can't even hear and it's just the trucks driving around randomly jumping stuff. Was fun for the first 9 minutes, then I got a beer and surfed FB.