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COTA cancels all 2013 track events
Austin's Circuit Of The Americas Cancels Track Days, Screws Over Racing Fans Everywhere
Their facebook page is blowing up with irate people. They removed some negative posts from last night, but damn people are mad. |
Merry Christmas to all! NO SOUP FOR YOU!
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Cancelling events for no apparent reason less than 20 days beforehand? Hotel reservations, taking time off work, and more is all out the window. I'd be pissed, too.
I sincerely hope they go bankrupt. Dickhead business deserve to fail. |
Apparently SCCA's event is still on:
ApexSpeed - View Single Post - SCCA at Circuit of the Americas! Mar 7-9, 2013 |
Ah, it says "professional organization". That makes all the difference. NOT.
You take someone's money and hold it for months only to cancel for no apparent reason less than 3 weeks out? Dickhead move, especially in light of the fact that some events are still on. |
There are other tracks and groups that want out money who don't play this game, appreciate them.
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COTA is refunding money, right? Everyone keeps talking about attorneys but I'm certain one look at the contract permits cancellation by COTA.
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got an email from the dfw bmw group saying ignore the rumors and don't change plans for the June event they are doing at COTA.
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With the way they talk - my guess is they won't do rentals next year?
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Originally Posted by GeneSplicer
(Post 961970)
With the way they talk - my guess is they won't do rentals next year?
Circuit of the Americas to seek up to $5 million from state... | www.statesman.com |
Here is the email I sent to my state Senators and Representatives. I'll be god damned if I'm going to let state tax money bankroll a track that doesn't value club racing.
Senator ??????, Thanks for taking time to read this email. I'm an avid racecar fan and participate in racing at the club level. I appreciate the State's desire to welcome the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) and appreciate the state's willingness to utilize the special event fund. However COTA recently chose to not entertain club-racing on their schedule while. considering the nature of COTA's recent request to utilize $5M in tax funds to subsidize operating costs in 2013. It is inappropriate for COTA to turn away business and revenue from racers like myself, while relying on tax funds to cover operating costs. I strongly urge you to consider COTA's willingness to utilize all possible revenue streams, like club racing, when COTA requests another multi-million dollar stipend from the tax payer. As a proud Texan tax payer and a club racer, I 'd like to utilize the track I continue to subsidize Thank you for your time, Sir Hustler Esq. |
why does the state need to give them $5mm?
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Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 961979)
why does the state need to give them $5mm?
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so maybe they should rethink their business plan?
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Why? These days, that's a perfectly valid business plan. It's not about providing a track, it's about milking the gov't for millions and then declaring chapter 11.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 961982)
so maybe they should rethink their business plan?
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why dont they just hit up bernie for some loot, hes a generous chap
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