So what's the daily rent for QualCom? You have to have enough entries to pay
that
rent plus all the ancillary costs.
--Pat Kelly
bruce haden wrote:
> The only tough
> >part about a 125 car limit is when car #126 shows up. :-(
> >
> >-brad
> >
>
> It's not unusual for us to get near/over 200 here in SanDiego. We have a
> large lot but
> also tend to do large courses so time and daylight become factors. We have
> a 5:00pm
> mandatory stop time at the venue we use (Quallcomm Stadium). I've wondered if
> doing 2-day events, with half the classes running on Sat and half on Sun
> might be a
> possible answer. Anyone already done it (besides the Nats)? It seems a shame
>to
> start thinking of limiting entries. By nature you will probably turn away
> mostly
> first-timers and end up losing them as future members.
>
> This would change the cost/profit/entry fee equation somewhat, but a side
> benefit
> would be that spreading one event over two days, with fewer people per day,
> would
> make it less hectic at any given moment for the organizers, and, at least
> for a while,
> may permit something like 6 runs per car. I see some negatives to the idea,
> but I
> think they would be fairly minor compared to turning away eager new
> participants.
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