| HonestTea | 05-25-2012 01:14 AM |
Just looked for tickets for Austin GP and prices have been "speculated" and somewhat "leaked" and they aren't pretty.. Austin F1 group is marching to a different drummer - Autoweek Quote:
Which, listening to Circuit of the Americas management, won’t be a problem, since the inaugural F1 race scheduled for Nov. 18 is shaping up to be a blockbuster. Such a blockbuster, in fact, that until June, the track is only selling tickets that are attached to a Personal Seating License, or PSL. This means that you pay for your ticket, which is a “season pass,” getting you the F1 race and, when it is eventually scheduled, the Australian supercars. If Circuit of the Americas cuts deals for other races—and sources say a date for the American Le Mans Series is close to completion—you will pay extra for them. And on-site parking is extra, too, from $150 to $200, according to one Austin source, available only to PSL holders.
To say Circuit of the Americas is ambitious in pricing its tickets and PSLs is an understatement. The most expensive seat at the Monaco Grand Prix (not including the Paddock Club for serious high-rollers) is in the premium “gold” section—and costs $657. The top seat in the only permanent grandstand at Circuit of the Americas, on the front straight, is $1,250, and that does not include the $5,500 PSL or parking. The least expensive seat at Monaco, in the “bronze” section, is $303. At Circuit of the Americas, it’s $375 in the turn 15 grandstand, and that does not include the $1,500 PSL.
The PSL gets you essentially the right of first refusal for that seat for the next 15 years; it does not include a ticket, nor any guarantee that F1 will be there for 15 years. Selling a personal seat license for a spot on an aluminum bench on a temporary grandstand is unprecedented in motorsports, but if it works, the Circuit of the Americas staff will look like a bunch of geniuses.
| http://www.f1technical.net/forum/vie...563&start=2205 Quote:
All tickets for the 2012 FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX are for three-day entry to the track on November 16-17-18, 2012. No tickets will be sold for individual days. The three-day ticket price also includes complimentary shuttle service between downtown Austin and the track.
Turn 2 Grandstand – $400 to $600
Turns 3, 4, and 5 Grandstands – $200 to $600
Turn 11 Grandstand – $150 to $600
Turn 12 Grandstand – $150 to $600
General Admission – $150 to $600
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