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Originally Posted by chillibowl

just my opinion and dont really want to get political, but the state run races (Sochi, Abu Dhabi, Baku, Bahrain for example) dont enjoy large attendance nor do they bus people in. these are events for the 'elites' and no doubt they prefer the exclusive nature of a lower attendance.

its my hope that the profit model of private funding means a greater chance that they price the event accordingly and promote the event to the locals because they need to turn a profit and cant just turn around and collect more taxes to subsidize any shortfalls.

Of course Australia is another example of a state run race that does is differently to those mentioned above.