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mdoan300 wrote:I would love to go to an F1 race, but not at those prices.

Until then, I'll stick w/ watching NASA and PCA/BMWCCA club races at MSR-Cresson.

Maybe the prices are so high because they have to pay people to feed, water, & brush the race fans' polo ponies? :-)

SIA

Cosmo 9 wrote:Ticket prices are only part of the problem. I tried to make Motel reservations in Feb. and the price gouging was beyond belief ($369.00 per night for super 8 type place). Now with the lack of on site parking I think the best bet would be to charter a bus down.

Cosmo9, and everyone else:

Have you tried http://www.hotels.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, or one of the similar sites? I can stay in North Austin, on I-35, near US 183,
for about $50-$60. I don't know how close that is to COTA, but you might save a lot of scratch by using
the afore-stated website.

SIA

Autoweek magazine, http://www.autoweek.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, is the mag from which I clipped the original article that
prompted me to start this thread. I tried roaming around their site to find the exact article, so I could
post the link, but got discouraged by poor searchability.

So here goes with the prices for COTA:

1 seat, main grandstand (the only permanent grandstand) - $2,500 to $6,750.

Cost for the cheapest ticket is $500 for a "season pass" + $2,000 for a PSL (Personal Seating License).

The most expensive seat in the grandstand is $5,500 for the PSL + $1,250 for the season pass.

There will be 3 additional temporary grandstands. The least expensive seat now offered is $1,875, which
is broken down as ($1,500 for the PSL + $375 for the ticket).

Other prices range from a total of $3,775 to $6,750.

COTA's ticket prices will easily be among the most expensive tracks on the F1 circuit.

Do these prices give anyone pause for cause?

SIA

http://circuitoftheamericas.com/

IMHO, up 'til now, the most professional racing in Texas was done at TMS (Texas Motor Speedway)
in North Fort Worth, next to I-35W. This is a Nascar track.

About November, 2012 the Austin COTA (Circuit of the Americas) F1 (Forumla One) track is opening.
This track will host many international racing cars using open wheel cars.

The tickets are going to be expensive, but this track has been designed from the ground up to be a
premier site.

Even if the prices weren't so high, and the location so far from me (about 220 miles), I would not be
attending these races. At times I have gone to drag races, and I watched some qualifying heats
at TMS on a $10 special, but I find that after the first hour I'm ready to hit the parking lot and go
home.

Who out there is psyched about this kind of racing coming to Austin?

SIA