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Comment on Why IndyCar and IMS continue Indy 500 blackout by James Mann
James Mann
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The math is just dumb. I get it that you want people to attend but there’s probably 6 times as many people in the area as could possibly fit in the place. So you’re guaranteed to make over a million people miss a race in real time, who actually wants to watch it on replay come on, to fill 350,000 seats? Mind you those million local people are some of the most likely to attend upcoming events if they like what they, should, see on tv. By the time you consider the amount of people driving in from outside the blackout zone how many seats are really left? Less than could fill Lucas Oil Stadium probably.
Just get with the times already. Making the locals mad isn’t going to convince them to come next year so stop the stupid blackout already. All sports should stop blackouts at this point. Not everybody has the free time, money or desire to be crammed in with over a quarter million people so stop forcing it.