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Originally posted by CIRF View Post
You have been there, I haven't. You say great track, I say more than adequate. Either or, the question is whether Gateway will do the same. All I'm saying is, because of the ticket deal and lack of 11 years of experience, are they trustworthy? I hope they do it right for the guys that go, because it will be a expensive race to see. I just don't like the ticket scam, they either did or allowed to be done. Sell out and $200 tickets does not instill confidence in anything they do. We haven't seen 50,000 fans for a dirt race since Soldier field in the 50s. It's too bad we have people in this sport like that. That would take advantage of their customers.Comment
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Fair enough.Originally posted by Bubstr View Post
I too, hope the track is sufficient to support good racing.
According to some other posters here the tickets are near sold out in the sections that are presently open to be sold. Ticket sales in additional sections could be forthcoming if that information is accurate.
We will wait until the week before the race and attempt to get tickets for Friday evening and then shoot over to Du Quoin for the Saturday night USAC show there. Really hope that all works out and the track is great.Comment
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those 200 tickets were StubHub or some group like that correct which is not part of gateway or Ticketmaster dealComment
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After reading your posts sometimes I know exactly how your head felt when it kissed the sidewalk.......Advil anyone?Originally posted by calverton View PostWhere is the move over flag when you need it?????Comment
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you must be on the bong again go lay downComment
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There are tens of thousands of tickets available (they will open up more sections, IF the ones that are opened up now ever actually sellout--doubtful).Originally posted by CIRF View PostComment
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You saying the ticket vendors will gouge you is like harbor freight makes crappy cheap stuff that works for a while.Originally posted by calverton View Post
Using that degree from obvious state university again I see.
And the bong??? Nope, not in one of those states.Where is the move over flag when you need it?????Comment
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Thanks fryefan, I knew I had read that somewhere.Comment
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Gateway Dirt Nationals
It appears that there is false information regarding tickets for the Gateway Dirt Nationals. In reading this thread, I would like to clear up some things.* The dome seats over 65,000 people. We only open up sections of seating as needed based on ticket sales. As of 11/22/2016 there are 32 sections that have available tickets and on Saturday there is 8 sections with available tickets. We will open more sections when needed, but only when they are needed...just as we have been doing since day one. To put this into perspective, for a crowd of 15,000 people, scattered all over a dome that seats 65,000 just does not make sense. How does that look? What kind of environment does that provide and think about the cost for staffing and meaningless expenses to have all the sections open (It is a lot)...thus being the reasons we open sections up the way we do to keep all the fans relatively in the same area. Right now, we have been filling the front stretch and back stretch and we will sell the rest of the UPPER 100 Level before we ever consider going up to the 300 level in the dome. * Tickets are NOT sold out (Not even close), and we have never indicated or implied that they were sold out, never. There is no marketing scheme or plan to appear as if they are either to get attention or PR (That would actually be counter productive) and it is likely that someone made this theory up because of the fact that we only sell tickets for so many sections at a time as indicated above.* Ticket prices have not been hiked. Ticket prices have never changed, with the exception of when we have run them on promotion and actually reduced the cost of the tickets from what they always have been. If you are searching for tickets on a 3rd party site other than ticketmaster and via the event's official ticketing page, than that is likely the reason you are seeing high priced tickets. I can also say we don't deal with any of these companies and I can assure you that these 3rd party sites or providers of tickets do not have large amounts of inventory on tickets. So whoever is indicating that ALL the good tickets have been picked up by ticketing sites is wrong. Good tickets have been picked up by fans that got tickets early back in March/April when we originally went on sale. However, as also indicated above, there are plenty of great seats still available and at the face value we have always been at.* If you are comparing the Gateway Dirt Nationals to the Indy Midget, I could spend hours explaining to you all the differences between this event and that one. They are simply not comparable on so many levels and in so many ways. We built a race track in 10 hours in Indy, after an NBA game the night before, didn't sleep for 3 days in doing so and they had another game 2 days later. In St Louis, we already have a semi being loaded with equipment, we will be on the ground in St Louis for 3 weeks handling all matters regarding the event. We start our process onsite December 4th (Right after Monster Jam) and have a much larger crew and a much more thought out and detailed plan. Again, I could spend hours on this. * On constantly being evaluated or compared to the Chili Bowl, I also think everyone should really take a step back and realize something. The Chili Bowl is an amazing event that has been worked on, built and perfected over a nearly 30 year time frame. Comparing 1st year events to an event in running that long is likely not the best route of comparison. Our plan is to have a smooth operating event, with exciting racing and something that dirt racing fans can enjoy in December. At the end of the day, it does not really matter how or who you are comparing us to, we are still going to be the Gateway Dirt Nationals.For our supporters out there and on here. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I can tell you I have done and been involved in many different things. It takes so much to do this (Probably why it had not been done in over 30 years). I am extremely passionate about this event. Never have I worked so hard and put so much into something. I can tell you there are others that feel the same way on our team. It is our sincere hope and expectation that in December, we have a crowd of thousands of fans standing, cheering and enjoying one of the greatest events of their lifetime...that in itself is exciting and what dreams are made of. That outcome is the ultimate reward.See you in December! Cody Sommer#DirtInDecember https://www.GatewayDirt.com314-786-2...atewayDirt.comComment
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Alright pipe then BBQ BOY and the only state you are in is the state of confusion ,harbor freight never for me ,ticket master gouges a lil with stupid fees some of these other outfits are a different story HEY cirf read the above postLast edited by calverton; 11-22-2016, 09:20 AM.Comment
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Gateway Dirt
I already have all my tickets for all 3 nights. I am a local St Lous racer. But what you need to do is offer the next sections up for $25 or less. I know many many people not coming to watch because of prices. If tickets were close to the price of a normal show I honestly believe you could come close to a sellout here! Beer and food sales alone you could make a killing! But with the prices for what you are offering now your only going to get the hardcore race fan or racer.
Please consider this, I really want this to be the biggest event ever!!!!Comment
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the promoter probly does not get the beer and food money. if they would have made all tickets 25 or 30 they probly would have doubled attendence imo.Comment
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