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Originally Posted by 321Go

That the official attendance figures for the 2014 Australian F1 GP released by the Australian Grand Prix Corporation.

For 2013 the total attendance figures for the weekend was over 323,000. So in fact the figures were down from last year.

100,50016/03/14Motor Sport2014 F1 Australian Grand Prix (d4) 79,60015/03/14Motor Sport2014 F1 Australian Grand Prix (d3) 71,00014/03/14Motor Sport2014 F1 Australian Grand Prix (d2) 63,80013/03/14Motor Sport2014 F1 Australian Grand Prix (d1)



http://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/s...wds.php?id=176

Okay, I am still doubtful though.

From this:

The GP corporation’s attendance and underlying patronage figures grossly exceed the audited income in their accounts. The evidence is the plummeting ticket sales revenue and sponsorship dollars. The AGPC’s 2011 audited accounts had a sales figure that, when divided by the number of grandstand and corporate seats and prices and the remainder general admission, reveals fewer than 60,000 ticket buying patrons, yet the AGPC claimed 111,000 (of those 60,000!) attended on race day and 298,000 over the four days – totally impossible, given the evidence. The event telecast also supports this. It was a similar story in 2012 and 2013. SAP estimates the AGPC adds more than 100,000 phantom attendees annually.

From this which is worth a read:

http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rc...8RGjeRx9fenMAg