van wolfswinkel Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 Just back from my Australian jaunt. The SGP was brilliant and I have have converted my daughter and son-in-law into speedway fans. They attended as total novices but enjoyed it so much that they were delighted when they heard about the 5 year deal and they intend to go every year. Gr8... 'er indoors and myself are going over for next year's GP, meeting my bruv there who lives in Adelaide, he really enjoyed this year's event, but has only ever seen Greg Hancock win an Aussie GP, as he won in Sydney as well in 2002. What was the attendance in Melbourne? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 Gr8... 'er indoors and myself are going over for next year's GP, meeting my bruv there who lives in Adelaide, he really enjoyed this year's event, but has only ever seen Greg Hancock win an Aussie GP, as he won in Sydney as well in 2002. What was the attendance in Melbourne?Motorcycling Australia said 25,000 http://www.ma.org.au/index.php?id=12&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=15458&tx_ttnews[backPid]=6&cHash=6c22fa9584 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchGrasstrack Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 Official attendance: 26.685 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 Capacity was 40k for the speedway layout so that is pretty decent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 Capacity was 40k for the speedway layout so that is pretty decent. Find it hard to believe that the speedway loses 13,000 seats given that it's already a big oval. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 Find it hard to believe that the speedway loses 13,000 seats given that it's already a big oval. Especially when comparing to Horsens, where it seemed the crowd was able to do high-fives with the riders during racing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 The entire top tier over the finish line was empty, which must have meant that hadn't been available for sale. Strange, as that is prime viewing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 The entire top tier over the finish line was empty, which must have meant that hadn't been available for sale. Strange, as that is prime viewing. It would have to be opened and staffed. Presumably the stadium weren't expecting to need to use the capacity, so why bother? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 It would have to be opened and staffed. Presumably the stadium weren't expecting to need to use the capacity, so why bother? Why. If it wasn't being used for fans, all they need was security at the exits to keep the space safe. Happens at all big stadium in football when big stadia/teams are hosting smaller clubs in the cup comps. It's called being professional and running a business sensibly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 Why. If it wasn't being used for fans, all they need was security at the exits to keep the space safe. Que? Opening a section means stewarding it, and also cleaning it up afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 Que? Opening a section means stewarding it, and also cleaning it up afterwards. Exactly the point I was making. If you are being realistic with the crowd numbers you don't open all the stadium, but it still has to be blocked off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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