[simple simon]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

I would be most curious about the cost VS profit to all involved to actually do something like that. It seems that the city involved must have some major expenses and inconveniencies that the general public may not be interested in enduring. Anyone have any numbers ??

ok, i think the best thing to compare it to is the Super Bowl

they are both practices, street partying and game/race for a week

here are some interesting #'s i found

The two NASCAR Winston Cup Series races at New Hampshire International Speedway are largest spectator sporting events in New England with 101,000 guests in attendance at each race. NHIS is located one hour from Boston, two hours from Portland, Maine, and Providence, R.I., and is easily accessible from Vermont and Canada.

Complete List of NASCAR Race Tracks

keep in mind, this is probably one of the smallest most out of the way tracks NASCAR goes to

here are attendance #'s for recent Super Bowls

XXX - Tempe - 76,347
XXXI - New Orleans - 72,301
XXXII - San Diego - 68,912
XXXIII - Miami - 74,803
XXXIV - Atlanta - 72,625
XXXV - Tampa - 71,921
XXXVI - New Orleans - 72,922
XXXVII - San Diego - 67,603
XXXVIII - Houston, 71,525
XXXIX - Jacksonville - 78,125
XL - Detroit - 68,206

i think this shows NASCAR races draw enough fans to have a very significant benifit for a community

as for inconvienience ? well i bet business owners would laugh at that question due to the influx of $

id also say the locals could easily be compensated to overlook most any inconvienience, in the way of money for other things like street improvement, or money for schools or something

im not sure how much the roads would be closed for the week for practices and qualifying, but id say on raceday....with preperation and racing and cleanup i bet it could all be done in 10 hours or less with no rain delay

also please keep in mind not all of the circut needs to be downtown......pretty much only the finish line needs to be