NASCAR’s shrinking seating capacity
Want to know about the state of affairs in NASCAR? Look at this list of NASCAR tracks and their seating capacity! Look how the capacities have SHRUNK and they're still not coming close to selling out!
Race Track, | Permanent Seating (reported by track) |
Atlanta Motor Speedway | 99,000 was 124,000 |
Auto Club Speedway Fontana, CA | 84,000 (was 95,000) |
Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, TN | 158,000 |
Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, NC | 146,000 (was 156,000) |
Chicagoland Speedway Joliet, IL | 69,000 (was 73,000) |
Darlington Raceway Darlington, SC | 60,000 (was 61,000) |
Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, FL | 159,000 |
Dover International Speedway Dover, DE | 133,000 |
Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, FL | 57,000 (was 63,000) |
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis, IN | 257,325 |
Infineon Raceway* Sonoma, CA | 47,000 |
Kansas Speedway Kansas City, KS | 74,000 (was 80,000) |
Kentucky Speedway Sparta, KY | 117,000 |
Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, NV | 131,000 |
Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, VA | 55,000 (was 63,000) |
Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, MI | 84,000 (was 129,000 thru 2010) |
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, NH | 96,000 |
Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, AZ | 55,000 (was 76,812) |
Pocono Raceway Long Pond, PA | 70,000 |
Richmond International Raceway Richmond, VA | 91,000 was 110,000 |
Talladega Superspeedway Talladega, AL | 109,000 was 143,000 |
Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, TX | 138,122 |
Watkins Glen International* Watkins Glen, NY | 33,000 (was 35,000) |