Battle at Bristol Attendence

#76
#76
Well I think it is very cool and if you are a Negavol we hope you stay home and gripe to yourself or on here. Because I plan to be watching and enjoying the game.
 
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eastnvol said:
I live in Bristol and own a campground right across the street from the Speedway. They are able to sit 165000 in the stands but are also looking at the possability of adding temporary seating on the front and back straitaways and will be putting temporary seating in the endzones. They are calling these seats the battlefield and they are $400 a pop. The addition of those will take it to around 190,000. Should know in a couple of weeks if they have enough interest to do this so as of now they have sold around 150,000.
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Can I park at your house and use your bathroom?
 
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eastnvol said:
I live in Bristol and own a campground right across the street from the Speedway. They are able to sit 165000 in the stands but are also looking at the possability of adding temporary seating on the front and back straitaways and will be putting temporary seating in the endzones. They are calling these seats the battlefield and they are $400 a pop. The addition of those will take it to around 190,000. Should know in a couple of weeks if they have enough interest to do this so as of now they have sold around 150,000.
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Sitting on the track would be the worst seat in the house. $400 for them?
 
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Think of it like this. Normal high school football field sits inside a 400 meter or 440yard Track. This field will be sitting in a 800 meter track or 880 yard. So there will be 50 yards extra end zone on each end or I think they are shifting the field to one end. In the big scheme of things this is not a gigantic leap from viewing at Neyland and also they will have the largest big screen in the world for watching and replays. It is going to be an epic event' I.ll DVR it and watch again later if warranted. Do this for Neyland games anyway because nothing like being there but sometime you can see more on TV.
 
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BigOrange15 said:
Anyone who thinks this is going to be a flop clearly doesn't understand how this works or is just FOS. Tennessee brought 60,000 people 10 hours away to Tampa to watch a random game against Northwestern...not exactly a must see event...and yet you think that we won't bring AT LEAST 100,000 an hour and a half to Bristol? That's not even counting the VT fans who are fairly rabid fans themselves. Im sorry, but that's just ****ing dumb.
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and the VOL walk extended ever further..
very impressive!!
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I have flown over the track in a helicopter, you can see the field painted on to the ground. It is pretty cool to see, I took pictures but unfortunately I don't have that phone anymore.
 
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madbamahater said:
So you are suggesting they have already sold upwards of 170 thousand tickets?

If so, that's just an irresponsible claim.

They may, eventually, call it as sell out. But, the majority of those tickets are or will be purchased by 3rd party sources and moving closer to the game ticket prices will be outrageous. I'm sticking to my prediction of between 80-100k actually attending. Maybe 100k similar to Neyland. If it gets upwards of 120k or more then it will be from the Viginia Tech side and that will SHOCK me......
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I highly doubt the prices for this game will be "outrageous". If your prediction is correct, the scalpers that have tickets at gametime will be throwing them at you for next to nothing. I have been attending UT games since 1978, and there has only been one game that I was unable to get scalped tickets for and that was the FU game in 1997. There were no scalpers at all to be seen, and if you COULD find tickets they were ridiculously high. I watched the game on the Strip.
 
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volspeach said:
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and the VOL walk extended ever further..
very impressive!!
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Do you have a picture that looks a little farther in the distance? I was standing on the footbridge that goes across the road. I was dressed in orange as well.
 
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Just think of this but in all orange!This is just the front part of the track.

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golfballs said:
I don't buy tickets unless I know where they are. Not interested in sitting a mile from the field
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There won't be any seats within a mile of the field, and when people begin to realize this attendance will suffer.

I know quiet a few people who reserved tickets from UT who have decided not to purchase them.
 
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slickstirs said:
Obviously, you've never been to Bristol to watch a race. There is not a bad seat in the house. Picture a fish bowl...
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Maybe for a race, but there is not a good seat in the house for a football game. The closest permanent seats will be like being at the top of the upper deck in Neyland. You're not watching cars, you're watching people.
 
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zqvol said:
Maybe for a race, but there is not a good seat in teh house for a football game. The closest permanent seats will be like being at the top of the upper deck in Neyland. You're not watching cars, you're watching people.
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You have fell and bumped your head.
 
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madbamahater said:
So you are suggesting they have already sold upwards of 170 thousand tickets?

If so, that's just an irresponsible claim.

They may, eventually, call it as sell out. But, the majority of those tickets are or will be purchased by 3rd party sources and moving closer to the game ticket prices will be outrageous. I'm sticking to my prediction of between 80-100k actually attending. Maybe 100k similar to Neyland. If it gets upwards of 120k or more then it will be from the Viginia Tech side and that will SHOCK me......
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No, sir, I'm telling you that they have literally already sold 150,000 tickets for that game. That has been done. It's not speculation or a prediction, that's the number.

They are currently exploring ways to add capacity because demand has been so high.
 
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BigOrange15 said:
Anyone who thinks this is going to be a flop clearly doesn't understand how this works or is just FOS. Tennessee brought 60,000 people 10 hours away to Tampa to watch a random game against Northwestern...not exactly a must see event...and yet you think that we won't bring AT LEAST 100,000 an hour and a half to Bristol? That's not even counting the VT fans who are fairly rabid fans themselves. Im sorry, but that's just ****ing dumb.
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Well using your math of course it will sell out. Since the game in Tampa had announced ticket sells of 53,000, and 5,000 of those were NW and 30,000 were local sales and corporate sponsors, Tennessee only took about 20,000 to Tampa.

BTW, the drive to Bristol on game day from Knoxville, will approach 4 hours just like it does for every race.

I like your enthusiasm, but you are FOS.
 
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zqvol said:
30,000 were local sales and corporate sponsors, Tennessee only took about 20,000 to Tampa.

BTW, the drive to Bristol on game day from Knoxville, will approach 4 hours just like it does for every race.

I like your enthusiasm, but you are FOS.
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An oddly high percentage of the 30,000 you claim as local sales were wearing orange.

I have been to every Bristol race for the last five years and it's never taken me more than 2.5 hours to get from Knoxville to the parking lot at Bristol, so I see your 4 hours figure as pretty high.
 
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zqvol said:
Well using your math of course it will sell out. Since the game in Tampa had announced ticket sells of 53,000, and 5,000 of those were NW and 30,000 were local sales and corporate sponsors, Tennessee only took about 20,000 to Tampa.

BTW, the drive to Bristol on game day from Knoxville, will approach 4 hours just like it does for every race.

I like your enthusiasm, but you are FOS.
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You are telling me that you only saw 20,000 Tennessee fans in that crowd? I may be FOS but you are ****ing blind.
 
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DeerPark12 said:
An oddly high percentage of the 30,000 you claim as local sales were wearing orange.

I have been to every Bristol race for the last five years and it's never taken me more than 2.5 hours to get from Knoxville to the parking lot at Bristol, so I see your 4 hours figure as pretty high.
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Lol. Weird, right? But nah, I'm FOS.
 
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smashmouth98 said:
the field will be no where close to that size. The end zone seats will be terrible.


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Here They have the footprint of the field sprayed on infield.
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This picture is misleading. It makes the track look flat when in reality it is VERY steep. You can stand on the apron and reach straight out and almost touch the track in the turns. The place is far larger than pictures show.
 
#100
#100
Geesh, why all the moaning & groaning about this particular game? If you're going fine, if not watch us on tv enjoying ourselves... This is history and lots of us will be there to support our VOLS!!!

We won't know anything until we're there and see the seating in person & how it's all set up. Gosh we're looking forward to going.. same as looking forward to every home game in Neyland and being with our dear friends!!

I say come out of the oval and enjoy this game!!!! :rock::rock::rock:
 
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