Attendance!!!

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9/20/2026 12:38pm Edited Date/Time 9/20/2026 12:40pm
WFO Dave wrote:
2 tickets for Branson WOW!

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It's sold out. Every ticket you see is a resell ticket. This is straight from Ticketmaster IMG 2970 7

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Attendance Looked bad on TV, and even worse if you consider Ángel stadium Is only 30 milles away and is always a sold out venue (Even...

Attendance Looked bad on TV, and even worse if you consider Ángel stadium Is only 30 milles away and is always a sold out venue (Even with 2 rounds), San Diego has very good attendance also.

 

Did SX had this low attendance back when they race It at Dodger Stadium? The LA Coliseum finale in 2023 also had low attendance, if you struggle to sell tickets for a Dirt Bike race in the Dirt Bike mecca of the world (SoCal) its a very good sign the SMX Format IS currently a faliure

I went to the Dodger Stadium SX and yeah, people didn’t show. My theory was that most SoCal mx fans don’t like LA County (although they used to show up for races at the Coliseum). But for this event, pricing probably had an effect too.

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9/20/2026 2:52pm
CC268 wrote:
These last three rounds are just so meh. Just leave moto and supercross alone. I think everyone including the fans are pretty fatigued by the time...

These last three rounds are just so meh. Just leave moto and supercross alone. I think everyone including the fans are pretty fatigued by the time we get to these rounds. People are just like mehhhh

I'd rather have Red Bull Straight Rhythm than SMX

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For me it was going to this race or getting a new set of tires for the scooter, I chose new tires. 

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For all the crap Z-Max dragway at Charlotte took, the crowds were bigger than what I’ve seen on TV these last two weeks.

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They say there is mas exodus going on in CA but didnt think it was that bad. 

I keep hearing how we are losing all of these people yet traffic is noticeably worse every year.

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CC268 wrote:
These last three rounds are just so meh. Just leave moto and supercross alone. I think everyone including the fans are pretty fatigued by the time...

These last three rounds are just so meh. Just leave moto and supercross alone. I think everyone including the fans are pretty fatigued by the time we get to these rounds. People are just like mehhhh

I'd rather have Red Bull Straight Rhythm than SMX

I prefer motorcycles that turn

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I think the SMX is a waste, it should go back to a one off race. Each year it should be at different locations and if...

I think the SMX is a waste, it should go back to a one off race. Each year it should be at different locations and if they want a hybrid track then a place like Pala or even WW Ranch as the ability to build a hybrid track. 

I liked Monster Cup better. That was actually unique

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CC268 wrote:
These last three rounds are just so meh. Just leave moto and supercross alone. I think everyone including the fans are pretty fatigued by the time...

These last three rounds are just so meh. Just leave moto and supercross alone. I think everyone including the fans are pretty fatigued by the time we get to these rounds. People are just like mehhhh

I'd rather have Red Bull Straight Rhythm than SMX

RBSR was cool, i got to meet Pastrana one of the years they held it in Pomona. 

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9/21/2026 3:54am

I am with Hunter, these last 3 races just don't have any point, I had the replay on 3 times and have yet to watch all the race.

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joelsmith wrote:

Looking like not many more people in LA with perfect weather as opposed to Columbus with crap weather!

You realize how many more pro moto events cali gets a year? They get their fill, they don't go running to every single event. Much different circumstances in ohio, not even comparable.

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soyMotero wrote:
Attendance Looked bad on TV, and even worse if you consider Ángel stadium Is only 30 milles away and is always a sold out venue (Even...

Attendance Looked bad on TV, and even worse if you consider Ángel stadium Is only 30 milles away and is always a sold out venue (Even with 2 rounds), San Diego has very good attendance also.

 

Did SX had this low attendance back when they race It at Dodger Stadium? The LA Coliseum finale in 2023 also had low attendance, if you struggle to sell tickets for a Dirt Bike race in the Dirt Bike mecca of the world (SoCal) its a very good sign the SMX Format IS currently a faliure

I went to the Dodger Stadium SX and yeah, people didn’t show. My theory was that most SoCal mx fans don’t like LA County (although they...

I went to the Dodger Stadium SX and yeah, people didn’t show. My theory was that most SoCal mx fans don’t like LA County (although they used to show up for races at the Coliseum). But for this event, pricing probably had an effect too.

I go to LA all the time, love the food there, love Dodger Stadium, love the old school side of LA that a lot of people don’t focus on or visit. I didn’t even consider going to this. It’s a pain the ass going to a watered down Supercross in the middle of the day with super high ticket prices. Fans would go if the product was better. 

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Im over it. Cheapest tickets I could find were $151 each, BEFORE fee's and taxes. Im not spending $1,000 to take my wife and kids to go watch supercross, and then spend hours in traffic and pay $25 a beer, and $15 for a stale pretzel.

f*ck ticketmaster, f*ck resellers, f*ck the exorbitant tacked on fee's.

Im DONE. Call me cheap, tightwad, whatever I dont care. IM DONE.  

Feld needs to do away with ticketmaster, sell direct to the public, and eliminate resellers all together if they want to pack the stands.

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9/21/2026 11:17am Edited Date/Time 9/21/2026 11:22am

If you are concerned about attendance at a US event like this, you should tune into the MXGP Australia races, apparently the folks down under like watching live events in person even less than you guys.  Race personnel aside, it looks there was maybe 500 -1000 fans there.

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2stroked wrote:
Im over it. Cheapest tickets I could find were $151 each, BEFORE fee's and taxes. Im not spending $1,000 to take my wife and kids to...

Im over it. Cheapest tickets I could find were $151 each, BEFORE fee's and taxes. Im not spending $1,000 to take my wife and kids to go watch supercross, and then spend hours in traffic and pay $25 a beer, and $15 for a stale pretzel.

f*ck ticketmaster, f*ck resellers, f*ck the exorbitant tacked on fee's.

Im DONE. Call me cheap, tightwad, whatever I dont care. IM DONE.  

Feld needs to do away with ticketmaster, sell direct to the public, and eliminate resellers all together if they want to pack the stands.

Yeah, I didn't even think about going.  The last time I thought about going to SX was Anaheim 2025.  The prices were so much higher than they were 5 years earlier.  It's just not worth it to me to spend $200 per seat, plus parking.   

Hopefully more and more people will start opting out of these ridiculous ticket prices for live events.

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Cut SMX "pLaYoFfS" and bring back Monster Cup or even the Us Open of SX. A one off event (run what ya brung) with a huge purse is way better. It gets the hype of A-1 and the riders are done and back to healing their bodies for next gladiator season. 

 

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9/21/2026 12:19pm

Am I wrong or are all of these resale tickets?  If so I have to wonder, did the event actually sale out?  or did the promoter buy all the remaining tickets and are trying to resale them for more money?   

 

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Am I wrong or are all of these resale tickets?  If so I have to wonder, did the event actually sale out?  or did the promoter...

Am I wrong or are all of these resale tickets?  If so I have to wonder, did the event actually sale out?  or did the promoter buy all the remaining tickets and are trying to resale them for more money?   

 

When I was looking for tickets thats all I could find as reseller tickets on ticketmaster, stub up, etc. It was hilarious because there was huge swaths of seats available for sale but everything was in the 150-250 range for average seats. Some of the better seating was in the 400-500 range.

Its beyond ridiculous.

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If you are concerned about attendance at a US event like this, you should tune into the MXGP Australia races, apparently the folks down under like...

If you are concerned about attendance at a US event like this, you should tune into the MXGP Australia races, apparently the folks down under like watching live events in person even less than you guys.  Race personnel aside, it looks there was maybe 500 -1000 fans there.

Except one is in SoCal and the other is in the middle of nowhere

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9/21/2026 3:53pm

from what I saw on TV, the side that was in the shade was fairly packed, while the other side in the sun was not.  I also noticed there was a grassy area in the shade that a bunch of people were sitting in.  

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9/21/2026 4:31pm

Perfect weather,  stands 1/2 full at best. Hell, Columbus had more in horrible conditions in a shitty stadium..

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A lot of people came dressed as empty seats. 

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9/22/2026 2:44am Edited Date/Time 9/22/2026 2:46am
2stroked wrote:
Im over it. Cheapest tickets I could find were $151 each, BEFORE fee's and taxes. Im not spending $1,000 to take my wife and kids to...

Im over it. Cheapest tickets I could find were $151 each, BEFORE fee's and taxes. Im not spending $1,000 to take my wife and kids to go watch supercross, and then spend hours in traffic and pay $25 a beer, and $15 for a stale pretzel.

f*ck ticketmaster, f*ck resellers, f*ck the exorbitant tacked on fee's.

Im DONE. Call me cheap, tightwad, whatever I dont care. IM DONE.  

Feld needs to do away with ticketmaster, sell direct to the public, and eliminate resellers all together if they want to pack the stands.

I agree 100%.  If they'd do away with PayPal, Affirm, Klarna, etc. I bet the prices would go down!

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If you are concerned about attendance at a US event like this, you should tune into the MXGP Australia races, apparently the folks down under like...

If you are concerned about attendance at a US event like this, you should tune into the MXGP Australia races, apparently the folks down under like watching live events in person even less than you guys.  Race personnel aside, it looks there was maybe 500 -1000 fans there.

Attendance over the weekend at the Darwin GP was 23100; not bad considering where it is. 
A three day ticket was only $105usd (kids were free). Sounded like a great weekend.

How’s that compare with SMX?

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People are paying every bit as much and often much more to attend NFL games in the middle of the afternoon whether it's at Sofi stadium or sitting in the rain/snow in Buffalo. So, I don't believe this is a ticket price issue, at all. 

It looks more like market saturation and lack of SMX interest. There are also a lot of casual fans that may attend an Anaheim SX, which has been around for decades, but have no idea SMX even exists. 

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9/22/2026 7:11am Edited Date/Time 9/22/2026 7:16am
Alex814 wrote:
People are paying every bit as much and often much more to attend NFL games in the middle of the afternoon whether it's at Sofi stadium...

People are paying every bit as much and often much more to attend NFL games in the middle of the afternoon whether it's at Sofi stadium or sitting in the rain/snow in Buffalo. So, I don't believe this is a ticket price issue, at all. 

It looks more like market saturation and lack of SMX interest. There are also a lot of casual fans that may attend an Anaheim SX, which has been around for decades, but have no idea SMX even exists. 

NFL fans are not SX fans. I love football, have a lot of family that loves football. Everyone I know that loves football, and goes to the games at SoFi stadium, is putting it on a credit card and paying it off at 28% interest for 10 months. NFL fans also dont play football every weekend either.

Generally SX fans ride, and race too. So spend $1,000 to go watch SX with the family, OOOORRRRR

New tires, new tubes, oil, tear offs, gas in the truck, race entries for you and your son, and track fee's for mama and the little one?

Yea this is where the people setting ticket prices are so out of touch with reality. NFL ≠ SX

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Alex814 wrote:
People are paying every bit as much and often much more to attend NFL games in the middle of the afternoon whether it's at Sofi stadium...

People are paying every bit as much and often much more to attend NFL games in the middle of the afternoon whether it's at Sofi stadium or sitting in the rain/snow in Buffalo. So, I don't believe this is a ticket price issue, at all. 

It looks more like market saturation and lack of SMX interest. There are also a lot of casual fans that may attend an Anaheim SX, which has been around for decades, but have no idea SMX even exists. 

2stroked wrote:
NFL fans are not SX fans. I love football, have a lot of family that loves football. Everyone I know that loves football, and goes to...

NFL fans are not SX fans. I love football, have a lot of family that loves football. Everyone I know that loves football, and goes to the games at SoFi stadium, is putting it on a credit card and paying it off at 28% interest for 10 months. NFL fans also dont play football every weekend either.

Generally SX fans ride, and race too. So spend $1,000 to go watch SX with the family, OOOORRRRR

New tires, new tubes, oil, tear offs, gas in the truck, race entries for you and your son, and track fee's for mama and the little one?

Yea this is where the people setting ticket prices are so out of touch with reality. NFL ≠ SX

So NFL fans can't actually afford to be at the games, but those families with $250k of equipment parked a mile deep at the Nationals' camping lots are just more frugal with their money?

I don't buy it. 

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For Feld, SMX playoffs aren't about attendance imo. The playoffs are being used to "legitimize" the entire season to sponsors (not that any of us agree w that). The point being to make it look more like a stick and ball sport and therefore get larger deals. 

It would look better to have the stands full on TV, but they had that for Columbus. This was probably the cheapest stadium rental they had all year if I had to guess. 

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9/22/2026 8:13am
2stroked wrote:
Im over it. Cheapest tickets I could find were $151 each, BEFORE fee's and taxes. Im not spending $1,000 to take my wife and kids to...

Im over it. Cheapest tickets I could find were $151 each, BEFORE fee's and taxes. Im not spending $1,000 to take my wife and kids to go watch supercross, and then spend hours in traffic and pay $25 a beer, and $15 for a stale pretzel.

f*ck ticketmaster, f*ck resellers, f*ck the exorbitant tacked on fee's.

Im DONE. Call me cheap, tightwad, whatever I dont care. IM DONE.  

Feld needs to do away with ticketmaster, sell direct to the public, and eliminate resellers all together if they want to pack the stands.

They own all of it at this point. Feld/Live Nation/ Ticketmaster have every aspect of live events locked down & don't gaf about our bitching because they have zero competition. Even if someone came along to start a new series, they have all of the venues. I used to go to a ton of concerts each year, but it's completely unaffordable now. They pay artists a flat rate to tour then charge them back for catering & even the toilet paper for crew.

Stone and Jeff from Pearl Jam went to congress about this back in the early 90's, but they've successfully paid off everyone in government, so it's not going to change.

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