CART T. Katz
09-07-04, 09:02 PM
as many of you who frequent tf know defender has his "sources" that are at champcar races and has meticulously provided attendance numbers at such events. one of such events was denver.
although i don't go to either site, at tf and cw i believe he had posted that according to some of the higher ups (in this case stan kronke owner of the colorado avalanche and the pepsi center) said that denver wanted to flush this event like a bad turd or words to that effect.
reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeealy...?
Thank you for your message. While your friend is correct that the number of reserved seats is limited over the weekend, he is not taking into account the number of General Admission attendees. We worked very hard this year to ensure that there would be significantly improved GA viewing and the increase in GA attendees we saw was a direct result of that.
For the full three days we recorded 120,000 visitors this year, a significant improvement over 2003 and a number that easily eclipsed the 2002 mark of 101,000. Your friend’s estimates for Friday and Saturday are very wrong, and while we do not release day-by-day totals, I can assure you that both those numbers are six to seven times lower than what we actually saw.
We would greatly appreciate any additional information you can provide us on to whom your friend is sending these letters. We obviously want to build off the success we saw this year and produce and even greater event in 2005. For that to happen we need the support of our sponsors, and would like the opportunity to address the misinformation that is being spread sooner rather than later. Another point for your friend to understand – these numbers were not released by Champ Car, they were released by the Denver-based company (CENTRIX Financial and CENTRIX Financial Grand Prix of Denver, LLC) that produced and marketed this event.
Again, thank you for bringing this to our attention. Every part of the Denver community – business, City Hall, City Council, charities and the public – has come forward to call this event a success. We welcome the opportunity to correct misconceptions.
Best regards,
Brandon Borrman
Brandon H. Borrman
Corporate Communications
CENTRIX Financial, LLC
P: 303-225-3585
M: 720-308-6312
F: 303-225-3674
bborrman@centrixfinancial.com
swiped from a friend at cw (http://www.champcarfanatics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=347385&postcount=82)
although i don't go to either site, at tf and cw i believe he had posted that according to some of the higher ups (in this case stan kronke owner of the colorado avalanche and the pepsi center) said that denver wanted to flush this event like a bad turd or words to that effect.
reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeealy...?
Thank you for your message. While your friend is correct that the number of reserved seats is limited over the weekend, he is not taking into account the number of General Admission attendees. We worked very hard this year to ensure that there would be significantly improved GA viewing and the increase in GA attendees we saw was a direct result of that.
For the full three days we recorded 120,000 visitors this year, a significant improvement over 2003 and a number that easily eclipsed the 2002 mark of 101,000. Your friend’s estimates for Friday and Saturday are very wrong, and while we do not release day-by-day totals, I can assure you that both those numbers are six to seven times lower than what we actually saw.
We would greatly appreciate any additional information you can provide us on to whom your friend is sending these letters. We obviously want to build off the success we saw this year and produce and even greater event in 2005. For that to happen we need the support of our sponsors, and would like the opportunity to address the misinformation that is being spread sooner rather than later. Another point for your friend to understand – these numbers were not released by Champ Car, they were released by the Denver-based company (CENTRIX Financial and CENTRIX Financial Grand Prix of Denver, LLC) that produced and marketed this event.
Again, thank you for bringing this to our attention. Every part of the Denver community – business, City Hall, City Council, charities and the public – has come forward to call this event a success. We welcome the opportunity to correct misconceptions.
Best regards,
Brandon Borrman
Brandon H. Borrman
Corporate Communications
CENTRIX Financial, LLC
P: 303-225-3585
M: 720-308-6312
F: 303-225-3674
bborrman@centrixfinancial.com
swiped from a friend at cw (http://www.champcarfanatics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=347385&postcount=82)