[Fot] Update on Austin Tx F1

[Jason Ostrowski]

Yes well said about Bernie and money and perfect is the proverb of the
Snake! With even the best business model it is nearly impossible to recover
from 25 million off the top.
Lets say you sell 100,000 tickets at $100 each, that's 10 mil. As Terry
said without Major corporate involvement forget about it as a money maker.
Look at Indy, a wealth of experience in putting on successful events going
back 100 years. That place was packed with fans and support... especially
the early ones. But Bernie didn't seem to notice, and didn't care. Measured
on a reasonable scale that event was good for Indy, F1, manufactures, fans,
the USA etc. I'm afraid a Net gain of 25 million, in world where most
sanctioning bodies struggle to make any money, is out of reach.
The sad thing is all the energy and money that was wasted on caring for the
Snake. So much for "If you build it they will come"
Jason Ostrowski
Friendly Ghost Racing
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 12:06 PM, <spitlist at cox.net> wrote:

> Sounds like a case of:  If you don't play by my rules, I'm gonna take my
> ball and go home."  With Bernie, it's all about the money.  He could care
> less about the US fans as long as he can extract maximum bucks from them.
>
> ---- Tony Drews <tony at tonydrews.com> wrote:
> > Looks like the Austin Tx Grand Prix is in trouble:
> >
> http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/f1-ecclestone-gives-austin-until-next-week-to-save-us-gp
> >
> > Tony
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