[LM24] Le Mans 2023 - 10/11 June - Who Is Going? (Closed)

[AstonGeoff]

Oh I soooo can't wait for the post event survey request to arrive in my inbox next year

[vincegail]

Originally Posted by RL17

There's a Clos Fleuri campsite up now

[Dominion]

Is Clos Fleuri not the football pitches near Beausejour?

What’s next, Camping Leroy Merlin Roof?

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by vincegail

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Not yet it hasn't.... But it's bizarre that it just appears now, with no advance information to members.....

Hippodrome 30m2 is back available too....

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by Dominion

Is Clos Fleuri not the football pitches near Beausejour?

What’s next, Camping Leroy Merlin Roof?

Camping on the kitty-litter at Indianapolis perhaps?

[vincegail]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

Not yet it hasn't.... But it's bizarre that it just appears now, with no advance information to members.....

Hippodrome 30m2 is back available too....

Not gone, but sold out on my screen.

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by vincegail

Not gone, but sold out on my screen.

Still showing as available to me - I can put it in my cart.

You couldn't write this stuff, could you? For Brits of a certain age, this needs to be made into a stage comedy starring Brian Rix......

[Mal]

Our group has discussed it - and it is all or nothing for us - we will wait for the allocation, if anything, from the agency, and if we don't get what we need we will be doing a group tour of the Scottish Highlands or something similar

I have been booking 20 - 40 camping spaces with the same agency for more than 27 years so I would hope we are fairly high on their priority list!

This is a terrible situation from the ACO and if after such loyalty since my first visit in 1983, we don't get the space, then I will be writing directly to Pierre Fillon to express my opinion.

[AstonGeoff]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

Still showing as available to me - I can put it in my cart.

You couldn't write this stuff, could you? For Brits of a certain age, this needs to be made into a stage comedy starring Brian Rix......

I was more thinking Sid James and crew in Carry On Le Mans....

[vincegail]

Carry on (not) camping

[RL17]

Ticket site is a true Whack a mole! experience

[Simmi]

Dear Member,

As you are aware, the 24 Hours of Le Mans Centenary will be held in 2023. Early ticket sales have reached unprecedented levels, to the extent that all grandstands and certain other products have already sold out. We therefore thought it important to let Club Members know exactly what is still available.

Tickets for the 24 Hours of Le Mans went on sale on 21 October (three days earlier for Club Members). The ACO subsequently began taking bookings for the camping and parking areas exclusively from Members on 29 November.
Non-members will be able to book their pitches and parking spaces from 10:00 CET on Monday 5 December.

We have had to make several changes for this unique event. It is our firm intention to improve the spectator experience next year by welcoming more of you to the circuit, offering more food and refreshment outlets, encouraging you to share the fan zone experience and reducing vehicle traffic within the confines of the circuit.
As we understand that the enforced changes have disrupted your habits, we would like to offer you some explanations:

1/ What changes will affect the parking areas?

Parking areas located within the confines of the circuit, usually allocated to the organisation, teams and media, will be moved off-site. For this reason, the White, Blue and Green parking areas have been reassigned to these users. These three external parking areas will free up a considerable amount of space within the Circuit des 24 Heures which will be used to extend the race village and host new activities and entertainment.

Secondly, the Expo parking area and Expo campsite from 2022 have been joined together for safety reasons. This will now be the Expo parking area only and will consequently increase capacity and help traffic to flow more smoothly during the event. This parking area is now sold out.

We are continuing our policy of offering as many free parking spaces as possible. These will be made available in the following parking areas: Raineries, Rotonde, ActiSud, Etamat, Aérogare and Fresne.

The ACO is also pushing on with its “carbon” commitments undertaken in 2022 by developing the “Green Ticket”. This low-carbon ticket gives a 10% discount on Admission tickets to spectators who use virtuous forms of transportation (train or hybrid, rechargeable hybrid or electric vehicles – proof required before or during the event).
The ACO welcomes persons with reduced mobility and is working to improve its PMR facilities, including parking. A dedicated parking area will be available within the circuit and another nearby for blue badge holders.

2/ What changes will affect the camping areas?

We have had to revise our camping areas to offset the closure of the Blue Zone.

We are still taking bookings for the Beauséjour campsite which has been redesigned for 2023 to offer you an experience befitting of the Centenary. Free shuttles will be provided to take you to and from the circuit. A fan zone with a big screen and eateries will be created at the heart of Beauséjour.

New camping areas have been opened for booking this year. They are Clos Fleuri, located near to the Mulsanne Straight, and L'Hippodrome. They too have met with tremendous success and have already sold out.

We are working on opening further new camping areas in liaison with the local authorities and hope to start taking bookings for them very soon.

We thank you for the many questions that you have raised and hope we have addressed your concerns.

Rest assured that we are doing our utmost to welcome you in the best possible conditions. We all know that the 2023 race will be like no other.

We should like to take this opportunity to thank you for your loyal support. We look forward to seeing you all next June and to celebrating what promises to be a wonderful 24 Hours of Le Mans Centenary.

Your Club ACO

Via email

[Peter Mallett]

Yup, got that too. It seems BSJ has been re moddled to include a "fan Zone", with bars etc.

Don't you just love a fan zone?

[Aysedasi]

So why couldn't they tell us this before any ticketing opened......? (I've had the email too).

Interesting they refer to non-members camping and parking going on sale on Monday, but later they say that most of the camping and parking areas are already sold out. So does this mean that they have held back availability for non-members?

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

Don't you just love a fan zone?

No.

[Simmi]

Reactive comms vs proactive comms. As with so many orgs.

At least this is essentially recognition they realise people are p1ssed.


At least it sounds like they're redoubling efforts to make BSJ more connected let's say.

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by Simmi

Reactive comms vs proactive comms. As with so many orgs.

At least this is essentially recognition they realise people are p1ssed.


At least it sounds like they're redoubling efforts to make BSJ more connected let's say.

With the sudden unexpected arrival of a new campsite today and the promise of more to come, you get the clear impression that they're making this up as they go along..... I'll lay odds-on that that campsite doesn't even exist yet.

[vincegail]

Of course it doesn't exist yet. Otherwise it would have been communicated earlier, and on sale the 29th from the start.

[Hedley Verity]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

Yup, got that too. It seems BSJ has been re moddled to include a "fan Zone", with bars etc.

Don't you just love a fan zone?

Certainly don't want to be camped near one

[Aysedasi]

So a knee-jerk reaction to realising that they've massively goofed.....

[GT6]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

Still showing as available to me - I can put it in my cart.

You couldn't write this stuff, could you? For Brits of a certain age, this needs to be made into a stage comedy starring Brian Rix......

caught with his trousers around his ankles

[GT6]

As Vince said what a carry on, wonder what the news will be tomorrow more green inititives or perhaps free tickets for anyone who commits to being vegan

[Peter Mallett]

Originally Posted by Hedley Verity

Certainly don't want to be camped near one

Hopefully, there'll be plenty of space on the Wednesday. TD Porsche Curves didn't get busy until Friday this year.

[whitemr2]

They never say this comming, they have no idea what fans want. I'm so ****ed, i don't want a fan zone I want to hang out with enthusiast race fans and not, sorry if you like fan zones, idiots that are not there for the race.
ACO go shame yourself and publice a apology instead of this bullshit letter.

[GT6]

The fan zone is usually close to the village, so if you want to go you can and most people can ignore it. Why put it in a far flung campsite that to be honest only people who could not get a better campsite will visit.

[Peter Mallett]

It's dedicated for the camp site. The other fanzones remain AFAIK.