(07-13-2023, 08:34 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(07-11-2023, 12:49 PM)HolsterHusto Wrote: Daytona said they are meeting with architects, which I assume would be to add things like locker rooms and addition seating. I wonder if Daytona would pay for that to make themselves look more attractive.

To me Daytona still makes the most sense logistically so I’m pulling for that to be the place that gets picked. I really can’t stomach going to Gainesville/Orlando for two years.

I wonder if that direction is putting stands in the infield, much like Indynoplace Motor Speedway did.

I know the track is so big that visibility of the entire venue is not an option, but it would cheese me royal if I bought front stretch seats and spent the day looking at a wall of seats across the asphalt.

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(07-11-2023, 10:01 PM)p_rushing Wrote: It's actually not dormant most of the time and that is another issue. Things happen there throughout the year, not always on the oval track or racing but there are things going on every month.

They will have to decide what does or doesn't happen if the playoffs are happening and the Jags are hosting because that interferes with the racing in late Jan.

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....chicane that goes around the football field?

I seriously doubt that. 

Sections of modular and removable bleachers are more likely IMO. 

They can probably get 25-30K fans into the existing grandstand over a 110 yard stretch facing one sideline - and then ad another 12-16K seats in modular bleacher systems in the end zones and far sideline. 

Big process to set up and tear down the additional seating, but the various infield areas convert to all sorts of different dirt track and motocross setups throughout the year - major facelifts are a regular part of the landscape at this facility.

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