$42.62???

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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 2:15am
The price of a ticket at Hangtown seems out of control. I thought GH was bad at $35.00. I think this is going to kill attendance today, but we'll see. The tracks should be more consistant on ticket prices, what you can/can't bring into the track and stuff like that. Ok, my rant is over. Going to shut up and prepare to enjoy a live moto on TV for once.
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rocrac 5/30/2009 5:00am
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x2. Family of 4? Forget it.
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JPT 5/30/2009 5:18am
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Still cheaper than SX.
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yak651 5/30/2009 6:00am
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Are you serious?? Are all the tracks charging this? If so, guess I'll skip Red Bud this year. Lets see, no seating, no flushing toilets, parking in a field and you want top dollar?? Charge $20 and be happy, you aren't giving any more to the racers than 10 years ago, the facilities haven't improved that much. Greed...
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pilotdude 5/30/2009 6:41am
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yak651 wrote:
Are you serious?? Are all the tracks charging this? If so, guess I'll skip Red Bud this year. Lets see, no seating, no flushing toilets, parking...
Are you serious?? Are all the tracks charging this? If so, guess I'll skip Red Bud this year. Lets see, no seating, no flushing toilets, parking in a field and you want top dollar?? Charge $20 and be happy, you aren't giving any more to the racers than 10 years ago, the facilities haven't improved that much. Greed...
I don't know exactly who determines the ticket prices, whether it's the promoters, the track owners, etc. But they need to be very, very careful about this. We are in the middle of a pretty tough recession and raising prices too much could be absolutely devastating to attendance and generate less revenue/exposure/you name it for everyone involved. I paid $12 per ticket for a family of 5 at Seattle in April.

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Holigan 5/30/2009 6:45am
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Watching the best motocross racers in the world race, priceless.
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The majority of the people that I usually watch the races with are not going due to price. All are racers or former racers and all have kids. That's about 20 people I can think of who will not be there, I'll be surprised if it doesn't look like the mid 90s out there crowd wise.
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FlickitFlat 5/30/2009 6:55am
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What is up with $42.62? That isn't the real price is it? I find it hard to believe they would want to hand out coin change all day. That is crazy. I think Highpoint was $35 last year.
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GuyB 5/30/2009 7:13am
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State-run facility? Maybe Arnold's trying to balance the state budget? Wink
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a gallon of milk is banging 4 bucks
a loaf of bread can go 3 with no problem
and get this, they actually sell water for 2 dollars a bottle.......................................
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tiddlermx23 5/30/2009 8:10am
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$35 for highpoint this year. hopefully free for me and the family!
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motoclwn 5/30/2009 8:29am
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tiddlermx23 wrote:
$35 for highpoint this year. hopefully free for me and the family!
That's one problem, everybody who knows anybody wants tickets for free.
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redrider52 5/30/2009 8:42am
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$30 at Freestone, but pit passes are ridiculous, $200
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BUTCH 5/30/2009 8:45am
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JPT wrote:
Still cheaper than SX.
Man, you must sit in a prime spot. I sit in the cheap seats, $12.50. Ipark abot a mile away so I can park for free too.
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BUTCH 5/30/2009 8:48am
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pilotdude wrote:
Saturday price at Washougal is $35.
Wow,last time I went to the Nationals therer it was $25.00.

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Ozzy 5/30/2009 9:02am
5/30/2009 9:02am Edited Date/Time 4/17/2016 12:09am
Funny, yet I agree 100%.
To costly.
I didn't bother going to GH.
I wanted to & I tried to.
I could rant about all the "favoritism BS"
but some other time.
My son & some pals went though.
My son paid 30 plus dollars.
We heard ahead of time that what he bought would certainly
get him & his pals into the pits, but no such luck!
They ALL felt screwed!
I think so too.
Gotta figure that happened to plenty of others as well!
That's good for nothing.
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mxdad 5/30/2009 9:09am
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You mean you are willing to pay $70 for a fken hotel room for one night but can't hang with $40 for 12 hours of the greatest show on earth? I say raise it to $100 per person and use the money for covered grandstands and air conditioned bathrooms.
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WhKnuckle 5/30/2009 9:09am
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We paid $75/each to see Bruce Springsteen, $50/each to see Coldplay (lawn seats) and almost $100/each to see U2. $42.62 doesn't sound that bad to see the best motocross riders in the world do their thing. Measured against other entertainment, that's not bad. It's just expensive when you expect to pay $30 or so.
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CY25 5/30/2009 9:18am
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Holigan wrote:
Watching the best motocross racers in the world race, priceless.
That's not even one day of riding....Just leave the family at home Wink
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Farva 5/30/2009 9:26am
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If you cant afford 43 a head its probably best you stay home and save some money.
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trick121 5/30/2009 9:34am
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Nationals need family pricing. Too expensive for a family of four to attend.

I bought my Glen Helen ticket at a Yamaha dealer for 33 bucks out the door. Factor in parking which cost nothing I would say it's a bargain for a guy....for a family...well no.

Most parking for events here in Cali is 20 bucks!




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calimxer91 5/30/2009 9:39am
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pilotdude wrote:
Saturday price at Washougal is $35.
BUTCH wrote:
Wow,last time I went to the Nationals therer it was $25.00.
Read somwhere it was twenty.Yeah be prepared to pay about a hundred per person.If you buy some garb.
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Jordan421 5/30/2009 9:41am
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JPT wrote:
Still cheaper than SX.
What are you smoking?
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WhKnuckle 5/30/2009 9:50am
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Heck, it's only once a year. Be happy you have a national to go to - I'm sure a lot of people in Florida and Georgia would be stoked to pay $42/head to see a National.
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BUTCH 5/30/2009 9:57am
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WhKnuckle wrote:
We paid $75/each to see Bruce Springsteen, $50/each to see Coldplay (lawn seats) and almost $100/each to see U2. $42.62 doesn't sound that bad to see...
We paid $75/each to see Bruce Springsteen, $50/each to see Coldplay (lawn seats) and almost $100/each to see U2. $42.62 doesn't sound that bad to see the best motocross riders in the world do their thing. Measured against other entertainment, that's not bad. It's just expensive when you expect to pay $30 or so.
I here ya , but the one thing is , that you can't see those shows on the boob tube the next week, or day , or like this year, a few hours later. Being that it's on tv, you don't feel like you're missing out as much.

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