[D.R.T.]

Interesting report in the Newcastle Herald this morning regarding questions being raised in regards to the announced crowds and EIA following the 2017 Newcastle Street race.

The figures show the attendance figure included 23,988 tickets issued to residents and 6377 to business owners and employees. It also included an allowance of 25,299 “internal tickets” and 14,837 passes for race team members, Supercars staff, media workers, race officials, contractors, merchandise sellers and food vendors.

The Supercars figures contained in the GIPA release show Ticketek sales, excluding 8597 corporate tickets, totalled 100,066 across three days.

The GIPA figures show Supercars multiplied by three many categories of tickets, including 7996 issued to residents and 7633 for sponsors, without knowing whether these people attended the event on all three days, if at all.

The Herald has been told of one single, elderly resident who received eight tickets for each day but left Newcastle over the race weekend. It appears, by Supercars’ reckoning, she would have been counted as attending 24 times.

https://www.theherald.com.au/story/5...-on-the-money/