"I don't know if that had an impact," Lananna says
He also says that maybe it's not sold out because fans don't understand indoor track.
"I don't think there is enough understanding of what indoor track actually is," Lananna says. "It seems to be a little bit of a foreign concept."
Wouldn't anyone who was enough of a running fan to go to Worlds know what indoor track is?
That or maybe its just the fact that there aren't that many track fans in the US, and those few that there are aren't willing to pay to travel out there and spend however many days.
It's too far for foreign fans....USA fans might find it too far to travel to as well
not david epstein wrote:
"I don't think there is enough understanding of what indoor track actually is," Lananna says. "It seems to be a little bit of a foreign concept."
I was pretty sure that indoor track and outdoor track were very similar. Maybe I don't actually understand indoor track.
They are in trouble....I think Nike's strategy kind of blew up in their faces, in many ways. They tried to buy USA Track and Field, Oregon Track and Field...and leverage that into a succesful world championship(s) bid....You can buy athletes for pennies on the dollar, and treat them as a commodity...but don't be surprised when that strategy fails...
Nike's current athletes are under drug suspicions.
Their former ahtlete (NS) is trying to call them out...right or wrong, it's not good for them,
The national governing body, which they bought, is still inept...and have done little to help track flourish in the US...
And, here we are....
They should have this in Boston or NYC. I dont know the seating capacity of those venues, but they would be sold out and the atmosphere would be electric.
Lots of time left until the event.
Thanks, Magness. Thanks, Kara. Thanks, Epstein. At least you three heroes got more Twitter followers for all the BS drama, lies and witchunt you created last summer. Shameful. Surprised anyone would want to show up to a meet now.
It's just world indoors which is not a major. The Olympics bid in LA 2024 is what people are waiting for.
It might help if they sold tickets for individual days instead of whole meet packages. I am thinking of going but can only fly up on Friday and return Sunday night or Monday. Cheapest seats are $225 plus the "$35 special mailing fee" which adds over 10% to the cost. Throw in plane ticket ($200+) from SoCal and roughly $400-$600 for a hotel for 2-3 nights, I am out at least $800-$1000 for a three day meet and that doesn't cover food, local transportation, etc. It is a bit pricey for out of towners. If they sell tickets for each day say for $60 for the cheap seats, I could go for a bit cheaper as I hate to pay for a day I can't attend. Still mulling it over. I can afford it, but may use the money for something with a greater return. World Indoors is a good meet, but a lot of the "A" level athletes skip it as well.
I eat Cats and Dogs wrote:
It's just world indoors which is not a major. The Olympics bid in LA 2024 is what people are waiting for.
Worlds anything is a major. All of the big names are there. The prize money is there. The medals are there.
not david epstein wrote:
"I don't know if that had an impact," Lananna says
http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2015/09/vin_lananna_tried_to_elevate_t.html#incart_most_shared-trackandfieldHe also says that maybe it's not sold out because fans don't understand indoor track.
"I don't think there is enough understanding of what indoor track actually is," Lananna says. "It seems to be a little bit of a foreign concept."
Wouldn't anyone who was enough of a running fan to go to Worlds know what indoor track is?
World Indoors for any of you that have attended know thats its never sold out.
It just doesn't get the respect or attention of outdoors.
Maybe Ive missed the marketing around it nationally,but its absent ,zero.Maybe they are waiting to be closer to the actual event dates but for now out of site out of mind. Local's chime in, is there lots of local marketing about the event to encourage ticket sales?
How stupid of a statement to think the NOP bobble has anything to do with anything that impacting ticket sales. A little bit like saying football viewing is down because of the concussion issues or Giants baseball is down in attendance because of Barry Bonds past drug issues.
Tickets are expensive, that's why! We live in Portland and have bought our tickets already but it was not cheap. If the event were out of town we would not have been able to afford to add hotel, travel, etc. The only reason we bought the 3 day 'whole enchilada' is because we don't have the added expenses of hotel and travel.
Portland has essentially no recent history of indoor track. Boston or NY would be great, and I say this as a NWer.
No one is going to fly to Portland for World Indoors. It's hard to reach from Europe. Australia and NZ won't send anyone--so no one from there. If you live in the midwest you won't come. As you mentioned, there's so many other things most people can do with a $1k...than go an indoor track meet in an Olympic year.They'll be giving tickets away if it doesn't pick up.
Barrister III wrote:
It might help if they sold tickets for individual days instead of whole meet packages. I am thinking of going but can only fly up on Friday and return Sunday night or Monday. Cheapest seats are $225 plus the "$35 special mailing fee" which adds over 10% to the cost. Throw in plane ticket ($200+) from SoCal and roughly $400-$600 for a hotel for 2-3 nights, I am out at least $800-$1000 for a three day meet and that doesn't cover food, local transportation, etc. It is a bit pricey for out of towners. If they sell tickets for each day say for $60 for the cheap seats, I could go for a bit cheaper as I hate to pay for a day I can't attend. Still mulling it over. I can afford it, but may use the money for something with a greater return. World Indoors is a good meet, but a lot of the "A" level athletes skip it as well.
Wow I can't believe it is not sold out. I figured it would sell out the first week.
We're only talking about 7000 seats for 4 days. In Portland. There are probably that many Nike employees in Portland.
Forget about the NOP investigation or USATF's ineptness, this shows how unpopular track and field is in the USA and maybe some track fatigue in Oregon. Portland Timbers get 21,144 a game in Portland for MLS soccer.
It's time our sport stopped putting on boring track meets. You have to entertain people with not just the competition and most track meets don't do that so casual sport fans are reluctant to go.
I just looked at the tickets. They are only selling all-session packages:
Super casual fans likely won't pay $225 to get in the door. They'll sell out eventually. They probably do the all-session way to make sure tickets are sold for the day 1 sessions with prelims.
Lower Bowl — chair backs — $385
Straightaway — bleachers — $295
Turn — bleachers — $225
Looks like the good seats are gone. For $385 for the best seat, $225 for a poor seat doesn't seem as good a deal so people are waiting.
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The stock show and rodeo in Ft. Worth where I live gets a million people over 26 days. They have a 5800 seat rodeo arena and I'd love to know how many people they get per day. Weekends they have 2 rodeos a day.
How can you think that $225+ is not a lot of money? Especially if you have to buy a full session pass?
Given that half of it is during the week, who would take vacation time to watch prelims?
I could walk to the facility, and as it stands, I will be streaming it from some sport stream website. Unless it gets cheaper, and the option for single session emerges, it is not worth it.
Nike is in trouble?
Beat on earnings and sales....
9% increase in growth rate including fx....
Record quarterly profits, up 8% to 123 in after hours trading ...
Yes, they are really in trouble....
id go if I could purchase 1 day not an entire package
The truth whisperer wrote:
Thanks, Magness. Thanks, Kara. Thanks, Epstein. At least you three heroes got more Twitter followers for all the BS drama, lies and witchunt you created last summer. Shameful. Surprised anyone would want to show up to a meet now.
Agreed! Witch hunt!