[hurryinhoosier62]

NASCAR has LARGE seating capacity, eh, Champ? If the had SMALL venues they would sell out? OK..............

Neyland Stadium (Univ. of TN)-102,455
Knute Rockne Stadium (Notre Dame)- 80,795
Michigan Stadium (Univ. of MI)- 109,901 (average since 1975: 100,000 per game)
Bryant-Denny Stadium (Univ. of AL)-101,821
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Univ. of FL)-88,548
L.A. Memorial Coliseum (Univ. of SoCal)-93,607
Lambeau Field (Green Bay Packers)-80,750
Camp Randall Stadium Stadium (Univ. of WI)-80,321

Now, let's look at NASCAR, shall we? These are all 2012 stats.

Atlanta-99,000 DOWN from 124,000 in 2011
Auto Club-84,000 DOWN from 95,000 in 2011
Bristol-158,000 1st race attendance:102,000 2nd race: 145,000
Charlotte-146,000 DOWN from 156,000 in 2011
Chicagoland-69,000 DOWN from 73,000 in 2011
Darlington-60,000 DOWN from 61,000 in 2011 (smallest decline)
Daytona-147,000 DOWN from 159,000 in 2011. To be REDUCED to 101,000 by 2016
Dover-133,000 1st race: 85,000 2nd race: 85,000 DOWN from 133,000 in 2008
Kansas-72,000 DOWN from 80,000 in 2011
Las Vegas-131,000 actual attendance in 2012:150,000
Michigan-84,000 DOWN from 108,000 in 2011 (24,000 FEWER seats than Michigan Stadium)
Richmond-91,000 DOWN from 110,000 in 2011
Talladega-109,000 DOWN from 143,000 in 2011. Attendance in 2008: 160,000
Texas-138,122 1st race:168,400 2nd race:151,100 2008 attendance: 191,000 and 183,500 respectively
Pocono-70,000 1st race:105,000 2nd race:85,000 2008 attendance: 105,000 and 130,000 respectively

Now, for the LARGEST track NASCAR sees: Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2012 seating: 230,000 DOWN from 257,000 in 2011
NASCAR attendance: 125,000 2007 NASCAR attendance: 270,000. A 54% DECLINE in attendance in 5yrs
2012 IndyCar attendance: 300,000+
From 2011 to 2012, total NASCAR seating (minus the 27,000 reduction in seating @ IMS) DECLINED 148,000 seats. That's 1,000 MORE seats than Daytona currently HAS. Your response?