What attendance would be good for this USA Champs 2023?

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    Stanhope

    Member since 01/08/2009.

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    1 year ago 07/05/2023 3:53am EDT

    Last years World Champs and other meets suffered rather poor attendence figures.

    50,000 over 4 days would mean a close to sell-out (regular capacity is about 12,500), but I don't think that those figures will be met after this weekend reading all the complaints about air-fares, hotel and rental car costs in Eugene.

    Also, the regular (old) Hayward field crowd is getting older, so Tracktown USA and USATF in my opinion need to figure out how to attract sufficient people to the stadium to make it look rather full (also to make it look better on TV).

    So what numbers of attendance would be considered good and where will it be regarded as a failure?

  • Dragging thick TV cables means they rented the cheapest TV Big R

    Anonymous Poster

    1 year ago 07/05/2023 5:34am EDT
    re: Stanhope

    It's already a 3rd rate Hollywood Indie production on ESPN+ and 4th Rate community broadcast RunnerSpaces.

  • NMT

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    1 year ago 07/05/2023 5:43am EDT
    re: Dragging thick TV cables means they rented the cheapest TV Big R

    When you see the gruesome ex-con unshaven volunteers dragging around thick TV camera cables all over the track and infield that means the Indie producers rented the lowest cost, bargain, cheapest Video 55 foot Trailer from NMT National Mobile Television with 30 year old cameras and massive antique lenses and video switching gear.

  • aboss

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    1 year ago 07/05/2023 6:25am EDT
    re: Stanhope

    think its already failed.....not much TV time, I mean AGT reruns....

  • bruh moment

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    1 year ago 07/05/2023 7:32am EDT
    re: aboss

    aboss wrote:

    think its already failed.....not much TV time, I mean AGT reruns....

    YIKES. American T&F is DEAD.

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    distancerunningwizard

    Member since 07/24/2020.

    172 posts. Last post 10 months ago.
    1 year ago 07/05/2023 6:54pm EDT
    re: Stanhope

    Something better than the Cornhole championship.I mean maybe USATAF needs to hire someone outside of track and field to promote the sport. Pickleball has taken off, LaCrosse has a pro league now. Track and field needs to come out of the 80s . It's 2023! Promote the sport!!!!

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    Chris lewis

    Member since 07/16/2022.

    1,438 posts. Last post 2 days ago.
    1 year ago 07/05/2023 10:08pm EDT
    re: Stanhope

    looking forward to the comp, especially all events up to 1500m.

    This post was edited 46 seconds after it was posted.

  • Ndd

    Anonymous Poster

    1 year ago 07/05/2023 10:10pm EDT
    re: Stanhope

    I don’t care about attendance. I care about performances. Hope it’s a competitive meet.

  • Larry the Cable Guy

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    1 year ago 07/06/2023 1:25pm EDT
    re: Stanhope

    Stanhope wrote:

    Also, the regular (old) Hayward field crowd is getting older, so Tracktown USA and USATF in my opinion need to figure out how to attract sufficient people to the stadium to make it look rather full (also to make it look better on TV).

    Look better on TV? Who is going to carry it other than streaming services and basically a pay-per-view service. When it went off basic cable or even premium cable you lose a whole lot of people. Not the best way to promote the sport to the masses.

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