Seats at Talladega
Talladega Superspeedway – A strange sight at the Talladega Superspeedway on Wednesday…. every seat in the lower grandstand is gone. But not for long as a work crew fast-tracks a renovation by installing thousands of new seats one by one.
They about four inches wider with armrests and drink holders, but to get the bigger seat the Speedway must sell fewer seats.
Superspeedway Presiden Rick Humphrey explains, “We’re going to reduce capacity by about 13,000 seats for the this project.” It won’t affect ticket prices – that stays the same. Tt’s a thirteen million dollar upgrade using a one-hundred member work crew to install row by row along a one mile stretch of sideline. There’s enough concrete being poured on this project that would serve for the foundations of 300 single family homes. It’s a massive project giving the forty-year old facility a fresh feel to, as Humphrey says, “provide for a better experience for the fans.”
You may need a hard hat now but not in April. That’s when phase one of this project is complete and race fans can try out the new grandstand seats from themselves.
Humphrey adds, “The second half will be done in time for the fall event in late October 2010″
The original seats – installed in 1969 – won’t be lost. They’re for sale in sets of four. They’re available at the Speedway, waiting for fans.
According to Humphrey fans can “… take it home with them, put it in their recreation room and some people have even said hey I’m going to sit on this to watch the upcoming races.”
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Posted: February 9th, 2010 under Bed and Breakfast News.
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