Is TV coverage too good ?
Current NASCAR
The owners of ballparks and football stadiums have made the same argument, but they seem to do OK. I think the new baseball stadiums have fewer seats and the football ones are becoming larger. Racing on TV is at a disadvantage because you can't cover everything happening on the track. Stick & ball sports usually have concentrated pockets that the cameras can follow. So the argument that TV is detrimental to attendance is weaker for racing.What I find odd about seating at modern sports events is that more effort is being devoted to suites that are isolated from the noise and smells and farther from the action than the cheap seats. I don't know what these suites are an indicator of, but I think they're their to lubricate business. Much like the golf course, people don't care as less for the game than the opportunity to wheel and deal.My theory is this. Racing used to be concentrated in the South. Several tracks were within an hour's drive. People were more connected to the sport because they could attend more events, and because there was competition between tracks, you didn't have the levels of extortion that exist today by local businesses. As time went on, the races spread out across the country. People in more areas could see big NASCAR races, but only once or twice a year.