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2 Feb 2007, 14:35 (Ref:1831920) | #1 | ||
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$104.00 for a Sunday pass for A1GP at the Creek
I can not believe it... I can not believe that they expect the punters who want to go watch one A1GP sprint race in the morning and main race in the afternoon and watch a whole heap of CRAP in between, pay $104.00, they have to be smoking drugs! And, that doesnt include a grandstand ticket.. thats just to park your arse on the grass for god-sake
To the people pushing the buttons behind the scenes at A1GP, give yourselves a massive uppercut you fools! I along with half a dozen others who planned on going out there with our young blokes out there on Sunday have just decided to have a BBQ at home and not bother even watching it if it was on tv. A1GP = Another motorsport class with a short life-span |
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2 Feb 2007, 14:52 (Ref:1831934) | #2 | ||
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Well Peddler, whilst I can accept that $104 sounds rather steep, one has to question both your tone of this post, and also who you are directing this at.
Unless I'm very much mistaken, it's not A1GP who set the ticket prices. It'll be the circuit, so criticising A1GP as having a "short life-span" is not productive. In addition, it's only your opinion that the support races for this weekend are "crap". You believe that you wouldn't enjoy the races, and have therefore made the decision to stay at home. That is your prerogative. There's probably a decent number of people who think they will enjoy the support races, combined with the atmosphere of being at the circuit (I'm sure no one can debate the point that there is that something 'extra' being trackside). As I'm sure you're aware, economics is all about supply and demand. Eastern Creek obviously think that there is enough demand for people to pay that amount without affected the crowd size. Factually, it's only about £5 more expensive that on-the-gate prices at Brands Hatch (£35), and I think everyone expecting that to generate a very healthy crowd size. If Eastern Creek have thought this out wrong and it is too much, we will see on the day! |
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Asp my friend, it sounds like you haven’t watched a race at the creek before. It has to be one of the worst tracks in the country to watch racing from. Also... looking at the support classes, I am not alone in my opinion of the level of entertainment that will be on offer.
I must say I was really looking forward to going out and having a look at these cars in action but thinking about the value for money aspect and then what we will infact be able to see (which is limited) I am afraid I stand by my thoughts. In speaking to the ARDC office (Australian Racing Drivers Club, who own and run Eastern Creek Raceway) today... I was advised that the actual admission fee was stipulated by the A1GP governing body and nothing to do with them. Now with this understanding, I do believe that A1GP will have a short life in its current form. |
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Well i am afraid it isn't going to help to much if they have the same very poor turn out of spectators as they did last year. It really is absolutley stupid if they think poeple are going to pay that much.
I just got fo the phone to someone who is at the track as i am writing this and and his words "other than the teams themselves and the teams corporate patrons, there is stuff all poeple here" I must say i am not suprised at all... |
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2 Feb 2007, 23:47 (Ref:1832266) | #6 | |
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The Australian F1 GP sunday pass is $99
I know which one i would pick. I wouldnt pay more then $40 to go and see it. |
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is that $104 per person ???
If so that is just crazy for general admission and they will not and never will pull any kind of crowd at those prices. very sad to see really |
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Yes, thats $104 per person... absolutley crazy
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Hi
its not A1 that set the prices its the local track. If you don't want to pay that much then don't - you have a couple of other options 1 - wait till sunday and get free tickets when they hand out the spares like they seem to have done at every race except Holland and GB. 2 - come over to silverstone and think yourselfs lucky that you dont pay £100 + and see 1 to 2 hundred yards if your lucky for F1 Well done to Palmer for hosting the A1 race at Brands - its like playing scalextric's its really bad for A1 setting the prices so high and they should really step in so they save face but im sure they would if they could |
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OK so my next question is this.
where does that $104 go ? is it simply the circuit promoters takings ? does the A1 GP organizing committee get a cut. Do the teams see any of these funds ? does the cash go to Mal Loye's dental costs ? Just curious but still outraged at the price |
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I phoned ARDC yesterday and i was told that the prices were set by A1GP organisers and not ARDC/Eastern Creek at all.
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After all, it is the circuit that have to pay many of the costs in hosting the event (including notably paying all the staff required at the event). However, if it's A1GP that are setting the prices, then this suggests that perhaps they are taking (at least) a share of the ticket monies, otherwise what right do they have to do so? |
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Hey guys, if you are an NRMA member you can get a two for one deal by showing your membership card at the ticket office. I wouldn't be going either if I hadn't noticed this deal.
On the racing side the battle between the psuedo NZ and German cars should be worth the money alone. I watched last year's race from near turn two and wound up with about 7 cars parked by the fence right in front of me including the poor little jap guy who remodelled his car at high speed out of turn one. Cheers David |
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I didnt know that (CAMS) "Confederation of Australian Motorsport" approved officials got paid... hehehe. This is he magic thing about these styles of events is that the promotors are infact not doing a lot at all. Everything is outsourced and infact paid for by the teams and sponsors.
The actual level of staffing at the creek for operational purposes who are being actually paid could be counted on one hand. The rest are all there for the love of it. |
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Hi,
Just want to know where you got $104 from? I saw prices on Ticketek last week, I dont remember the actual prices but they were much less than that. Fridays Daily Telegraph had the following adult prices. General Admin- Sat- $49 Sun- $69 Weekend- $79 Grandstand- Sat- $74 Sun- $104 Weekend- $124 Trackside- (On the roof of the pit bilding with pit pass and a BBQ lunch) Sat- $120 Sun- $180 Weekend- $250 These prices seem similar to those that I saw on Ticketek. I tried to find a link somewhere with the prices but no good. I went today (it was great) and will be going tomorrow, but I was lucky enough to win free tickets from last weeks Sunday paper (I was going anyway) so I carn't confirm the price, but my feeling is that the prices above are correct. This means it will only be $69 to sit on the grass. Yes its more than the normal $30 but this is an international event which you don't get to see very often. |
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Turned up on my bike with my 13 year old son on the back, got to the security guard in the gate queue and asked if there was any special parking places for motorbikes and was directed to make a U turn and park along the fence. The best part of this was I was unwittingly now inside the grounds for FREE....YEEEHAAA. Didn't matter though I spent it on merchandise anyway.
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looked like a bumper crowd at EC on the webcast.... !!
i think they get more then for the V8's |
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Crowd seemed better than some were expecting (going by some of the conversations i overheard in the pits)
They were handing out free weekend passes at the Martin Place A1 Team Australia exhibit a few weeks back, thats how i got mine. Still had to pay $20 for pit access though. What about the pre-race show, or lack of it. You could almost hear a pin drop when Ricki-Lee came out to sing....... |
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there were quite a lot of "boo"s when Iemma came on...
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A good crowd aswell on the Sunday, very healthy. Not out of this world but considering how Team Aus is going the would be happy. The racing was good aswell, that "crap" you mentioned was entertaining. Very sad that you missed a great day. |
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well thats very different from what i have been told. On top of the creek being a poor location for spectators I have been told by a few that the racing was infact rather boring... I know that was the opinion of another though. I sorta wish i did head out just for a stickybeak but at $104 per person i wasnt going to even try
All prices that we were looking at all detailed $104 for general admission for the Sunday |
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