No more MXGP at Redsands

Sounds like they are depending on government or community funding to drive commercial business?

That sucks!! Red sand is an awesome track. Man... just dont replace it with another china/thailand/indonesia shit track

How many one and done tracks on the mxgp schedule over the years?

aees wrote:

Sounds like they are depending on government or community funding to drive commercial business?

That's pretty common in Spain and continental Europe. It's also fairly common (unfortunately) for Spanish government to change it's mind depending which way the wind is currently blowing.

It does make you wonder if a legally binding contract was in place between Redasands and the Spanish government?
In which case could they got to the European court of law?
I doubt it, but it is a shame if a government makes a financialcommitment then backs out , especially after the event.

maybe the Government figured out only one person or group (YS) was benefiting from the aid?

Sideways wrote:

That sucks!! Red sand is an awesome track. Man... just dont replace it with another china/thailand/indonesia shit track

Redsands is a flat man-made track..... just like all the ones that get complained about when they aren't in Europe

The Semarang track was 10x better visually than Redsands was.... and it had more people attending

Semarang was a very good track.

Not sure if I can get to it this year, but I'm trying. So many things Demand my money, and, moreover, time, this year. I'd planned to go to the Hong Kong and China GPs ( first ones ever, in those countries, so complaining about them being crap 'before' is uniformed BS) with a bit of a 'conventional' holiday between them, to keep the GF onside. But, they've been now separated by months. Bummer.

Sucks that a situation has been created where a world championship round can’t wipe it’s own arse without government handouts. What sort of business model is that?

Robgvx wrote:

Sucks that a situation has been created where a world championship round can’t wipe it’s own arse without government handouts. What sort of business model is that?

One in which you operate without hundreds of achres of land with varying terrains with much less (relatively speaking) pressure from local groups and environmental groups. The reality in a lot of Western Europe is that without some level of government backing either in terms of planning or medical support etc etc it's very hard to run a top-class MX track permanently.

It's not uncommon for governments to fund sporting events; the Olympics, FIFA World Cup, and many American pro sports teams pay for their stadiums with tax dollars.

Man that sucks, not getting the financial aid that they were promised from Valencia or the government.

It's crazy if the shutdown because of this issue in the budget. It's such an amazing place to ride at. I really, really hope they keep it open for the coming years too.