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Originally Posted by socram
Without proper turnstiles, it is all guesswork, much of it uneducated too. We also know that 1,000s of people at these events haven't paid a cent either, be they guests of drivers, sponsors, teams, corporates, councils etc.
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forgetting that many of the 1000s 'unaccounted for' would be motel guests and restaurant diners, and this was the leveage that ATEED used to justify the expnse to ratepayers.
i would be more concerned with how many of the crowd were from the host city, as it is well known they don't like travelling, and they are the ratepayers footing the bill.
apart from drainage issues and the concrete wall being too close for some , i reckon the costs are close to being justified. and if they didn't fund and upgrade, then Auckland ratepaying motorsport enthusiats would end up having to
travel to Hampton downs as Pukekohe's facilities would deem it inadequate.