Large stadium parking lots can be very expensive. Here in the San Francisco Bay
Area, we rent two, Candlestick (now known as 3Com Park), and the Oakland
Coliseum (now known as Network Associates Coliseum).
Each runs about $1700 per day (generally speaking, maybe that's a little
high).
How do we pay for it?
With entry fees only. What makes these sites work is the central location,
lots of pre-event publicity, usually over the local autocross net, and entry
fees of $25.00 for members; $35.00 for non members.
Round 1 drew 281 entries; Round 2 drew 239 (it was raining all day). At
Candlestick, which has a much bumpier surface, the entry levels are somewhat
down from that.
One of the problems with Oakland is they will not guarantee a date more
than 30 days prior, so we cannot schedule Tours, Divisionals, or Pros, tho it
would be a great site for any/all of those.
Sounds like the Chiefs/Royals stadium parking lot price is in line with
what we're paying. I think you might be amazed at how many more folks turn out
when an event is really convenient.
What is your normal turnout? When we go out of the Bay Area, our entry
levels drop significantly, like cut in half. Fortunately those more distant
sites cost a quarter of the high dollars, so we still make out.
There is usually someone in the management end of a stadium who controls
the parking lots' usage; that's the person you need to find. No one special,
usually, just who ever controls the parking.
--Pat Kelly
Jan Schmidt wrote:
> To all concerned:
> Last I knew of the Chiefs/Royals stadium parking was available for
>autocrossing, but it is about $2500-$3000 for a 2 day (sat-sun) type of
>divisional event. The entry fees for such an event would have to be about $100
>per driver! Which in itself would knock out about a third of the usual
>entries. Nevertheless it is feasible.
> Bill Schmidt cs Rx7 KC region
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> >>> Mark J Bradakis <mjb@autox.team.net> 02/25 3:28 PM >>>
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> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 22:26:43 PST
> From: "Robert Seamon" <seamorob@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Back to the weather and California sites thread for a moment
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> I read some posts in the digest a few days ago about how great the SoCal
> AutoX sites are.
> I have one question in multiple parts:
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> Is Qualcomm stadium(or any other pro stadium) one of these sites or not?
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> If a stadium(football/baseball) is involved does the owner of the
> team/stadium like autocross racing?
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> If there is a high level contact person involved could someone out there
> please talk them into pulling some strings so that the Kansas City
> Region can use the Chiefs and Royals stadium lots for autocrossing!
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> I'm just dreaming here, but something has got to be done to talk some
> sense into the Jackson County Sports Authority. These d**n politicians
> just don't seem to want to let us use there lots!
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> Thanks
> Rob Seamon
> #3 ES ZX2
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> Weekend racing! What a country!
> Rob, Kathy, and Carter.
> http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Track/2848/
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