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Discussion in 'F1' started by Simon^2, Jul 5, 2010.

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Now that Austin is on the official FIA calendar, will the race really happen?

  1. Yes, it will happen.

  2. No, no way for construction to finish.

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  1. iamthesimpleone

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    #1126 iamthesimpleone, Apr 30, 2011
    Just hope all the itoldyousoing is done in a bar, in austin, next summer, rather than over the internet........

    your new verb, is now a noun too :D


    which is why the stopped hosting the GP, $25 million goes a long way to making a race profitable......
     
  2. tifosi12

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    #1127 tifosi12, Apr 30, 2011
    We need a lot of beer to wash down all that crow
     
  3. Simon^2

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    #1128 Simon^2, May 1, 2011
    The question remains whether the menu will be:

    A: Chicken Fried Crow with Miller-Lite
    B: Crow Cordon Bleu with an English Ale
     
  4. tifosi12

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    #1129 tifosi12, May 1, 2011
    LOL
    Clever. Hoping for B.

    I am still chewing on a plate of Crow Alfredo with a Pironi
     
  5. nsxrebel

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    #1130 nsxrebel, May 1, 2011
    What about crow fajitas and a Dos Equis?
     
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    #1131 tifosi12, May 1, 2011
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    Cancun, caramba!


    Crow au vin with a flute of Champagne for all the never hatched Paris projects
     
  7. WCH

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    #1132 WCH, May 1, 2011
    "When a prospective businessman is standing in front of you looking for investment in their idea, one of the most rookie mistakes they can make is to start going off on tangents about all the various revenue streams they will enjoy that require tasks and investment corollary to the core business. BIG reg flag."


    Well, that's better than the old "X is a Y billion dollar market, so if we only get Z%...."

    I'm not worried about financing, Tavo has said from the beginning that it's not an issue, and anyway BJ McCombs is involved. BJ can just stroke a check and make it all happy.

    ;)
     
  8. Simon^2

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    #1133 Simon^2, May 1, 2011
    This project (folly) was formally announced last May. Yes folks,... it has been a year.

    Have any hard building materials been delivered to the site?

    The COTA sign does not count,... which in hind sight should have been present within a week of announcing the track site. Makes one wonder if they were shopping around naming rights with no luck.

    Tavo et al might as well be claiming this is a UFO Rest Stop at this point.
     
  9. SRT Mike

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    #1134 SRT Mike, May 1, 2011
    None of us on here knows enough about the specific market in Austin to make any valid comment on whether the facilities are "needed" or not.

    I also don't know what "needed" means. Does it mean it will get used? Sure it will. Does it mean it will turn a profit from those things? If so, it's a long shot that all of these things would be profitable - and combined with putting them on the back of a $400mm money-losing F1 facility, it sounds like a real stretch of a business argument.

    The proof will be in the pudding. If the facility gets built, and makes money and is successful, then I am proven wrong. I don't see that happening. I think enough investors are suspicious of the whole project that they aren't putting money in, which is why it's floundering - it's not fully financed yet, and there's a reason for that - and it's not any of the reasons being stated on this thread that are in favor of the track :)
     
  10. SRT Mike

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    #1135 SRT Mike, May 1, 2011
    :) :)
     
  11. iamthesimpleone

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    #1136 iamthesimpleone, May 1, 2011
    You have first hand knowledge of the lack of finance, or are you just going off of conjecture because they don't have any buildings put up at the moment??

    Which, they don't seem to even have the permits approved yet for putting up permanent structures because they are wanting to resolve the payment of road improvements before the city will approve the permits fully.....
     
  12. brian.s

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    #1137 brian.s, May 1, 2011
    Will there be a landing strip for "Flying Pigs"?
     
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    #1138 iamthesimpleone, May 1, 2011
    Are you familiar with the area at all? There is already existing a few miles away capable of handling all pig traffic
     
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    #1139 brian.s, May 2, 2011
    Sorry, a little too subtle maybe......?
     
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    #1140 Fast_ian, May 2, 2011
    :D

    It would appear so...... [FWIW, I got your point ;)]

    Cheers,
    Ian
     
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    #1141 VIZSLA, May 2, 2011
    "When za pigs go up I don't care where they come down"

    Attributed to Werner Von Braun by Tom Leher. ;)
     
  17. iamthesimpleone

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    #1142 iamthesimpleone, May 2, 2011
    don't let my username fool ya, the joke wasn't lost on me...........
     
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    #1143 texasmr2, May 2, 2011
    Thanks Mike and I know you are more knowledgable than I am on most if not aspects I was just curious.

    Gregg
     
  19. BigTex

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    #1144 BigTex, May 2, 2011
    I sleep in a tent ( so way less $$$$ there) but the last time I was in Indy (for F1) the rental car was like $700 for the weekend, as I recall it....and I did have to pay that lady for a tent site, but I helped her park cars so she made me a sweet deal.
     
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    #1145 iamthesimpleone, May 2, 2011
    bigtex - JMEG got the bid for the electrical. you heard of em?
     
  21. BigTex

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    #1146 BigTex, May 2, 2011
    It'll be ALVIN Crow and the Pleasant Valley boys.....and Shiner Blonde.

    At the Broken Spoke......
     
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    #1147 BigTex, May 2, 2011
    No, I was expecting Walker.....some one Bondable around the Performance Penalties.
    We have in house 'risk assesment' too.....

    The Big Guys won't let me off my leash from here...I'm even back on Probation....LOL!
     
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    #1148 iamthesimpleone, May 2, 2011
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    #1149 VIZSLA, May 2, 2011
    Can't keep a good man down for long ;)
     
  25. BigTex

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    #1150 BigTex, May 2, 2011
    Thanks for that link.....looks like they are primarily in the Dallas Market....we have made a few inroads into that area, but no presence there now. I used to live in this quaint B&B in Arlington.

    We had an Austin storefront too for some time.

    I was the Purchasing Agent and ran the warehouse operations, my and my giant Mercedes panel truck.
     
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