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Originally Posted by NaBUru38
The New Orleans metro area has over a million people. It's not Chicago, but it's hardly nowhere.
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The folks down in New Orleans are about as lackadaisical as you will ever meet, so getting them motivated to go to a racetrack in a swamp, good luck.
This is no different than any of the other situations the irl finds itself in. The PR folks will declare the usual pap about expanding markets and new races. The track will declare their excitement and sky high projections of attendance numbers and corporate sponsors. The local and state governments will get shaken down for millions of dollars to fund "track improvements" and the race itself. Joe Bobs construction company and Jimmy Bob's contracting company will get the contract for track improvements. The first year the race will attract a modicum of interest yet lose millions of dollars. More government shakedown will occur but by the 3rd year the race will be canceled.
The indy racing league gets their meager sanctioning fee and gets to present the illusion it is moving forward into the future. The track gets a bunch of infrastructure improvements for free. All the right people get their pockets lined. The racing league is then onto the next big thing and the process repeats.