One things you guys are missing about Eugene x Birmingham x Munich comparison

There was a total of two events. Something like 14 countries participated. All the competitors were women. You and Richard Rider should follow each other on Grindr.

Wow. That Munich Olympic stadium sure looked pretty empty for the 400m, 100m finals, men 110HH sf etc. Guess the fans know when they arent going to see anything special even with all the free passes for athletes into the semis. Maybe 40% capacity at best. How many seats are blocked out for ads and making the stadium look fuller? They might want to move them down about 50 rows.

Pretty slow times for a "championship" meet.

You guys are hurting without Russia for sure.

Dude from Turkey in the 100 got a pass on his .031 false start then false started again at .032. First time they yellow carded for "delaying the start". SOFT!

Track and Field just isn't "sold" to the American public.

Tennis is individual with non-Americans winning and people love it (granted the stadiums are smaller, they don't get 50K in attendance). But TV is popular and people know the players.

Golf- what can you say? watching grass grow is more exciting and you can probably do that for free in your own backyard. But it's sold to the public.

I think, first, we have to go back to promoting and showing and talking about road races.

They used to be a big deal and the average American runner can identify with the elite running a 5k, 10k, etc.

Then, bring them into the track stadium.

Football and soccer players/fans should identify with the sprints, jumps and throws.

Bring in more NFL guys to compete (if they're not afraid to get their clocks cleaned like that guy last year).

And for now- ALWAYS have the World Championships in Europe.

To be honest Asia is also good at hosting. Beijing had good attendance and Tokyo likely would have been the same if not for COVID. Keep major champs in Europe / East Asia and keep growing the sport everywhere else. I guess Australia is okay as well, Sydney 2000 was a success right?

If the WC was in Houston it would be a packed house.

I went to Hayward for all 10 days of competition... it was electric and when the meet was “high octane” the crowd was cranked up... people were up and moving around during breaks and certain events... the crowd was incredible... athletes, coaches and fans had a wonderful time. I know this because I had countless conversations with dozens and dozens of them... because I WAS THERE.

WC Eug was a total disaster. The w mara had less than two dozen. Many no shows. Only 1/3 of the media showed up. very low attendance. the town is an empty suburb. no places to drink and eat. no night clubs. the Americans didn't open Starbucks, McDonalds, etc. it closed early.

The WC in Eugene should have looked no different than the Super Bowl. A full stadium, hundreds of thousands more people coming to town for the side stuff, most watched television show for every session.

In fact because it only happens every 4 years while the Super Bowl happens every year it should have been a much bigger deal. Maybe a million people in Eugene to take in the atmosphere, do all the side stuff like the Super Bowl has during the week, meet the stars, and so on. It should have been as many specials around the event as there is around the super bowl.

There should be an even larger asterisk next to East Germany's medal count for PED use!

I was there for 4 days of competition. It was fantastic. Crowds were into it. The right amount of time between events. Each day ended with enough time to still go out to bars and get enough rest for the next day. No crazy bathroom lines or beer lines. Star athletes everywhere and all of them more than willing to take a picture or sign an autograph. I’m glad it wasn’t completely packed for every session because I can’t imagine how frustrating the crowds or traffic would be. I had no problems with any of that. And I could easily find free parking less than a half mile from the stadium. I’m sure there’s more, but I certainly wouldn’t want to deal with a “Super Bowl” type atmosphere.

Uh, how often for the WC? DQ

simple question -

what was the average ticket price for an evening session at WC vs CW vs EC?

even the most die hard fans in the US were staying away because of the crazy ticket prices of a single seat for a single session.

Given that in the last decade the IAAF/WA has been happy to have the worlds hosted in Beijing,China; Moscow, Russia; and Doha, Qatar it seems a stretch that they'd pay much heed to less than optimal human rights issues in host cities that happened a century and more ago.

The popularity of T&F at the olys is 1,000 times the largest WCs we've had at London, Belin, Moscow, or Beijing. Also no one wanted 2019 nor 2021 so the IAAF had to pick Doha and Eugene. That's how terrible WA/IAAF is as a meeting promoter.

I might be living under a rock, but I just saw on YouTube that Birmingham got Black Sabbath to close out the Commonwealth Games?!?!?!?

What did you Eugene do? Have the stadium announcer thank everyone for coming, see ya at the Pre Classic?

We're not allowed to refer to it as a Black Sabbath performance. It was officially 'Iommi Osbourne Clufetos Wakeman'.

I dont know about Black Sabbath but I was seriously dissapointed in the lack of after session entertainment. The thing in the park about 3 miles down the bike trail from the stadium was a truly sad affair. I tried it a couple times and it seemed more directed toward the community than the track meet ticket holders. Good Lord, they had a bunch of cross dressers performing on stage one day. Horrible.

In 2016, Oly Trials, they had a fan zone outside the stadium with a stage etc..music, performers, plenty of drinks. The late events of the day had their awards ceremonies on that stage in front of a closer, aplreciative crowd. They definitely failed in that area at the WC. They are just too cheap to put on a concert.

The Eugene WC wasn't a drinking event, presumably because it was held on a college campus. You could get a couple of kinds of beers, at a couple of places, with those sales being shut down at 7 PM, but that was it. Few people were drinking.

Reflect on Eugene after Budapest, a beguiling trap chock full of fascists, thieves, traffickers

and fascists.