What's the Problem? - Low Attendance

Yesterday in Thunder Valley the grandstands looked rather empty and many people began to question on why. For 15 straight races Bristol sold out but it seems the days of those are long gone. To think of it the last full stadium we have had in 2016 was California. There is a common denominator between all of those tracks and that's the fact that they are in the South. Texas, Martinsville, Atlanta, and now Bristol weren't full and looked empty on TV. Now when it came to tracks like Phoenix, Las Vegas, California in most cases they were packed. It makes you wonder if NASCAR still appeals to the Southern people like it did at one time.You look at all of the rules that NASCAR has changed over and over again and some fans just don't like that which is understandable. Brian France has also brought in some new rules to appeal to the new fan and makes the old fan just not want to watch anymore. It's just change and it was bound to happen sometime. Below are some reasons why I personally think attendance is down at NASCAR tracks. We'd love to hear your opinion so comment below!
Is NASCAR appealing to the South anymore? That question could be asked now a days as tracks in Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, and many of the other southern states have some low attendance numbers and in some cases fans don't see the NASCAR they grew up with and that could draw fans away. Another thing that hurts some tracks are the greed for tickets. They would sell more seats and probably have more sellouts if they adopted a new plan either with General Admission at an affordable price or do like Talladega Superspeedway does and
add an affordable 2 day ticket plan and add a kicker like free camping. With the general admission Idea fans would save money that they could purchase beer, non-alcoholic drinks, merchandise and other items like that. Adding a kicker like free camping helps give that hard working fan a little extra help in staying near the track without blowing out cash that the hotels want during race weekend.
Scalpers, Scalpers, Scalpers. Another big situation that is facing NASCAR today. Nowadays more people go online and buy tickets which is something you couldn't do in the age of sell out races. When fans go online and find a cheap ticket and find it to be fake the fan will think the track is to blame but it lands into the hands of the consumer. More and more tickets land in the hands of scalpers and then they land in the garbage because they can't sell them. This is something that can't really be dealt with but can be monitored more.
We want to hear your opinion on why attendance is down in the coments and we may use yours in the next article about attendance! (Koelle,2016)