Doha only had 2,000 fans per session.
Eugene venue only had 13,000 permanent seats.
The venue at Budapest only has 14,000 permanent seats.
Ballarat Stadium only has 11,000 permanent seats.
High School football stadiums in Texas are bigger than that!
Doha only had 2,000 fans per session.
Eugene venue only had 13,000 permanent seats.
The venue at Budapest only has 14,000 permanent seats.
Ballarat Stadium only has 11,000 permanent seats.
High School football stadiums in Texas are bigger than that!
This is a statement on the health of our sport. Like it or not, this is reality. If the sport could fill a 50K+ seat venue for 10 days in a row, then big cities with such facilities would bid for championships. Only the Olympics can draw those numbers for T&F competition.
Follow the money.
Eugene is the worst on your list.
* Eugene is a historic sundown town and town of Eugene has taken no steps to correct their historic errors.
* Eugene didn't have enough hotel rooms and restaurants.
* Eugene is over 110 miles to nearest international airport.
* There is no rail service from Eugene to PDX.
* It's too hot in Eugene in summer time. There are cities and towns in U.S. further north which could have been better choices than Eugene.
Rust Never Sleeps wrote:
This is a statement on the health of our sport. Like it or not, this is reality. If the sport could fill a 50K+ seat venue for 10 days in a row, then big cities with such facilities would bid for championships. Only the Olympics can draw those numbers for T&F competition.
London is a very big stadium and it was packed every day for the 2017 world championships.
Doha and Eugene were just corruption/money
Budapest is fine
Doha was held during a pandemic. Yes, it was a bad choice and not sure what the crowds would have been were it not for the pandemic.
It is the summer. It should be hot!
samcallan wrote:
Doha was held during a pandemic. Yes, it was a bad choice and not sure what the crowds would have been were it not for the pandemic.
It is the summer. It should be hot!
Doha was 2019.
They never have toilet paper in Mongol-White Mix places such as Budapest. Camping rules.