Anaheim 2 Attendance

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Edited Date/Time 1/21/2014 5:20pm
Most years it seems like the attendance falls a little bit through A2 and A3 but this past weekends attendance seemed even lower than one should reasonable expect, especially with the racing having been so good through the first two rounds.

Is the live TV package making it too easy to enjoy the race from the comfort of your own home?

Have they simply saturated the So Cal market with too much SX?
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Eatmydirt03 1/20/2014 7:59am
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Yeah would be nice if they tried some new venues on the west coast side aside from Cali majority of the time!
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dsmith 1/20/2014 8:18am
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from what i seen ..it looked pretty empty.....money could be why...my women took me to indy sx last year for my b-day....and i still spent over a hundread.....lol
keyboardjockey750 1/20/2014 8:28am
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I notice there was a couple of times the camera caught the stands and they looked empty. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that they were there 2 weeks agoWoohoo
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yak651 1/20/2014 8:29am
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See the thread about ticket prices and no problem with two races there but believe they should be spread out more (I'm sure logistics with the dirt in the stadium most likely have something to do with it)

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OW38B 1/20/2014 8:49am
1/20/2014 8:49am Edited Date/Time 1/20/2014 8:54am
Two main things contribute to the event not being sold out.

1. Great HD "LIVE" coverage

2. Ticket prices.
Club Level = $125.00
Field Level = $75.00
View Level = $40.00

I would not have attended if not for the "retro/Legends" night ...........and my first Anaheim race was in 1977.
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40Plus_922mx 1/20/2014 8:58am
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OW38B wrote:
Two main things contribute to the event not being sold out. 1. Great HD "LIVE" coverage 2. Ticket prices. Club Level = $125.00 Field Level =...
Two main things contribute to the event not being sold out.

1. Great HD "LIVE" coverage

2. Ticket prices.
Club Level = $125.00
Field Level = $75.00
View Level = $40.00

I would not have attended if not for the "retro/Legends" night ...........and my first Anaheim race was in 1977.
This is EXACTLY the reason.

Anaheim has been ramming the prices up these last few years. I remember back in early 2000's Club level row A was 36.00. Everyone I talk to that didn't go this year said it was due to the tickets being too expensive at Anaheim. A lot of them are going to SD cause it is 1/2 the price.
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gt80rider 1/20/2014 9:02am
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even the NFL is having this issue... great live HD coverage is making it tougher to justify going to events in person...
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captmoto 1/20/2014 9:09am
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Eatmydirt03 wrote:
Yeah would be nice if they tried some new venues on the west coast side aside from Cali majority of the time!
Seattle, Oakland/SF, Anaheim, San Diego, Phoenix and Vegas are not coastal but easy drive for L.A.- San Diego. Where else can they race? It's all about marketing. I think Anaheim is over saturated.
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woodsryder 1/20/2014 9:23am
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captmoto wrote:
Seattle, Oakland/SF, Anaheim, San Diego, Phoenix and Vegas are not coastal but easy drive for L.A.- San Diego. Where else can they race? It's all about...
Seattle, Oakland/SF, Anaheim, San Diego, Phoenix and Vegas are not coastal but easy drive for L.A.- San Diego. Where else can they race? It's all about marketing. I think Anaheim is over saturated.
What about dropping an Anaheim and replace it with a 2nd Vegas round?
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OW38B wrote:
Two main things contribute to the event not being sold out. 1. Great HD "LIVE" coverage 2. Ticket prices. Club Level = $125.00 Field Level =...
Two main things contribute to the event not being sold out.

1. Great HD "LIVE" coverage

2. Ticket prices.
Club Level = $125.00
Field Level = $75.00
View Level = $40.00

I would not have attended if not for the "retro/Legends" night ...........and my first Anaheim race was in 1977.
40Plus_922mx wrote:
This is EXACTLY the reason. Anaheim has been ramming the prices up these last few years. I remember back in early 2000's Club level row A...
This is EXACTLY the reason.

Anaheim has been ramming the prices up these last few years. I remember back in early 2000's Club level row A was 36.00. Everyone I talk to that didn't go this year said it was due to the tickets being too expensive at Anaheim. A lot of them are going to SD cause it is 1/2 the price.
I am trying to take a bunch of newbies to the NY race this year, but it's a tough sell at those prices. I don't want to need binoculars to see the race, but it's hard to introduce someone new to the sport if you're asking them to shell out a hundred bucks before they've bought a beer.
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bayodome 1/20/2014 9:34am
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pilotdude wrote:
3 Anaheims is too many Anaheims.
Ditto. Two max and give some other venues some play and a chance for different fans to enjoy SX in person. I think once the NJ SX happens and Feld sees the enormous response to supercross in the Northeast, we'll wind up seeing another round in that area in the coming years.
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OW38B 1/20/2014 9:36am
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Ticket prices for New Jersey: (same price range as Anaheim.)

Club Level = $121.40
Field Level = $86.20
End zone = $68.60
View Level = $46.65
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abn166 1/20/2014 9:47am
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I am not going to any of the Anaheim rounds because of the ridiculous ticket prices. I am not willing to be ripped off like that. I will spend an extra 10 bucks on gas and pay half price to go to the San Diego round. When they lower the prices I will come back.
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Xeno 1/20/2014 9:48am
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I live 35 minutes from Angel stadium, and I've skipped a lot of Anaheim races the last 6 years because of ticket prices.

It's an awesome show, Feld doesn't "owe" me anything, and they can charge whatever they like.
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had2comment 1/20/2014 9:55am
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Yep. I was raped for A1 and I'm tire of being raped without any lube. You will save a ton of cash going directly to the box office but sometimes it's hard when you don't have time. Ticketmaster and outlets are raping hardcore.
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Camp332 1/20/2014 10:31am
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OW38B wrote:
Ticket prices for New Jersey: (same price range as Anaheim.)

Club Level = $121.40
Field Level = $86.20
End zone = $68.60
View Level = $46.65
I got club level seats for $73 each with free pit passes from a local dealership.
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TeamGreen 1/20/2014 10:52am
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OW38B wrote:
Two main things contribute to the event not being sold out. 1. Great HD "LIVE" coverage 2. Ticket prices. Club Level = $125.00 Field Level =...
Two main things contribute to the event not being sold out.

1. Great HD "LIVE" coverage

2. Ticket prices.
Club Level = $125.00
Field Level = $75.00
View Level = $40.00

I would not have attended if not for the "retro/Legends" night ...........and my first Anaheim race was in 1977.
I had two sets of tix...

Industry "Down-Low" close to the track where the tix can cost $50& up...$75...

And tix up in 529...waaaay up hi where they usually cost the least. I've seen $15-20 tix depending on Venue up in that area.

I took my "Girls" (wife & 6 y/o daughter) up to 529. We saw ALL of the racing and had the best perspective of the jumps & whoops that I'd seen all damn day (including sitting down by home plate during practice to keep an eye on so e riders and their route thru the Whoops). Oh, and, Lurch's screaming wasn't soooo loud!

For Oakland I'm going to go sit up high during the night program, again. You see EVERYTHING.

I'd sat up high during A1 for part of the night program, too. You'd be surprised "who" sits up there with head-phones on watching the racing and seeing EVERYTHING.

If you have a "Group" you could look into a "Box": the Individual ticket/seat price isn't much different than club level (can even be LESS!) and it's really nice...you're own catering (about $50 a head) and your own bathroom, etc.

I'll take these prices, seating, crowd and attendance over an NFL game: I don't even go, anymore (9ers) and just let the family use'em. On the other hand: I have been caught being a "12th" up in Seattle: Awesome Fans.

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GeorgiePorgie 1/20/2014 10:54am
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Maybe everyone at A1 spent what the cost of their A2 and A3 tickets were going to be just in BEER. $14.25/beer or something like that?
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TeamGreen 1/20/2014 10:59am
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GeorgiePorgie wrote:
Maybe everyone at A1 spent what the cost of their A2 and A3 tickets were going to be just in BEER. $14.25/beer or something like that?
Out in the Beer Garden it was $8 for a tall Stella: I was surprised it wasn't more, actually (Shhhhhh!)
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enketchum 1/20/2014 11:28am
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Real fans know that 400 and 500 sections are best at Anaheim. You can't see anything from down low.

Where are you finding half price tickets for San Diego? My gf wants to go to that round bc her mom lives down there but the tickets look the same to us...?
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SoCalMX70 1/20/2014 11:33am
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So glad I was able to witness A2 in person, but when I asked my girlfriend what she paid for the tickets (bday present) I was stunned. Can't believe what prices have gone up to....
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SoCalMX70 1/20/2014 11:36am
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enketchum wrote:
Real fans know that 400 and 500 sections are best at Anaheim. You can't see anything from down low. Where are you finding half price tickets...
Real fans know that 400 and 500 sections are best at Anaheim. You can't see anything from down low.

Where are you finding half price tickets for San Diego? My gf wants to go to that round bc her mom lives down there but the tickets look the same to us...?
I always get tickets on the tall outfield wall (234-239 I think). It's never failed me. Being up close in the low sections is pretty bad, and dumb. So yeah, if not the wall, one of the other mid sections is perfect.
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GeorgiePorgie wrote:
Maybe everyone at A1 spent what the cost of their A2 and A3 tickets were going to be just in BEER. $14.25/beer or something like that?
TeamGreen wrote:
Out in the Beer Garden it was $8 for a tall Stella: I was surprised it wasn't more, actually (Shhhhhh!)
You can carry enuff liquor in to get wasted.

Very easy,from bottle in boot to zipplock filled stuffed in pants.
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Hattica77 1/20/2014 12:13pm
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"40,682."

Coupled with the 45,050 from the opener and that's 85,732 SX tickets sold at the same venue within 16 days.

They'll probably get another 35,000 in two weeks.
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OW38B 1/20/2014 12:15pm
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OW38B wrote:
Ticket prices for New Jersey: (same price range as Anaheim.)

Club Level = $121.40
Field Level = $86.20
End zone = $68.60
View Level = $46.65
Camp332 wrote:
I got club level seats for $73 each with free pit passes from a local dealership.
Those prices are off the official supercross online site.

Even "good guy" price of $73 is a tad steep for an event that is live on TV. Hopefully the New York/Jersey event sells out, we shall see.
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hvaughn88 1/20/2014 12:20pm
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I'm selfish, I want two dallas rounds. And I do see what people are saying about being able to see the whole track from higher up. But I have always loved sitting as close to the track as possible just for the experience. I only go to one race a year (dallas) so I like to take it all in. If I miss something, I just look up at Jerry's little TV he has suspended from the rafters of heaven.
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abn166 1/20/2014 12:24pm
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enketchum wrote:
Real fans know that 400 and 500 sections are best at Anaheim. You can't see anything from down low. Where are you finding half price tickets...
Real fans know that 400 and 500 sections are best at Anaheim. You can't see anything from down low.

Where are you finding half price tickets for San Diego? My gf wants to go to that round bc her mom lives down there but the tickets look the same to us...?
The tickets for SD are half the price compared to the Anaheim tickets.
whiskeythrottle101 1/20/2014 12:33pm
1/20/2014 12:33pm
For 3 a1 tickets at the highest row purchased one week before the race I paid 151 at the Walmart ticket master. No more anaheim rounds for me. Race was awesome so I didn't feel cheated

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