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Posted on 2/2/14 at 3:19 pm to tigerpimpbot
guarantee they live in minden or Mansfield or plain dealing and not actually Shreveport.
Posted on 2/2/14 at 3:19 pm to Pilot Tiger
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when we drove down to Shreveport from DC for Christmas, we stopped in Bristol, TN/VA and that place is 100x more "southern" than any place I've been to in Louisiana
Have you been to Bogalusa?
Posted on 2/2/14 at 3:21 pm to Draconian Sanctions
There is a track in Monroe already...
It is a semi pro track I think though
It is a semi pro track I think though
This post was edited on 2/2/14 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 2/2/14 at 3:21 pm to onelochevy
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Would be awesome to have a facility with a nascar track and a nice drag strip to get an NHRA national event here
Even the wine country of Sonoma, California has NASCAR and NHRA drag racing.
Posted on 2/2/14 at 3:25 pm to TH03
quote:Nope. They moved the team to New Orleans and it's now the New Orleans Voodoo.
is that a2 team still there?
Shreveport does, however, have a new pro basketball team that plays in the Hirsch Coliseum (what a piece of shite that place is). From watching the local sports news, I have seen only about 20 people in the crowd at home games, so I doubt they last another season.
Posted on 2/2/14 at 3:25 pm to TH03
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guarantee they live in minden or Mansfield or plain dealing and not actually Shreveport.
Ok, I'll give you that.
Posted on 2/2/14 at 3:28 pm to Draconian Sanctions
NASCAR took a look at NO East several years ago where jazz land/6 flags is. Rumor has it that the local politicians explained how things were going to work to the Nascar group taking a look at the site. They immidately headed back to their plane and never looked back.
Posted on 2/2/14 at 3:31 pm to Paul Allen
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Not a true southern state. I worked in north Georgia for a while and had clients in Tennessee. Most of them classified Louisiana as it's own little state, almost like an island. The Carolina's, Georgia and Tennessee are simply more southern than Louisiana.
Why would this preclude Louisiana from having a NASCAR track? As usual, this board is terrible with causation vs. correlation.
The following places also have NASCAR tracks:
Sonoma, CA (wine country)
Southern Cali
Ontario, Canada
New Hampshire
Chicago suburbs
South Florida
Delaware
Vegas
Michigan
Wisconsin
Surely some of these places are less redneck and less Southern than Louisiana? Just maybe there are other factors at play.
Posted on 2/2/14 at 3:36 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Why not here? Mostly due to our low ranking in national TV/media market size. LA politics -- whether perceived or real -- doesn't help, either.
On the other hand it's not really due to a lack of a fan base. The Dallas and Talladega tracks both spend good money to advertise their events on LA TV and radio. When I worked in NOLA radio, 'Dega reps directly told us that Louisiana was their second-highest state (behind AL, duh) in terms of attendance and interest.
On the other hand it's not really due to a lack of a fan base. The Dallas and Talladega tracks both spend good money to advertise their events on LA TV and radio. When I worked in NOLA radio, 'Dega reps directly told us that Louisiana was their second-highest state (behind AL, duh) in terms of attendance and interest.
Posted on 2/2/14 at 3:36 pm to TH03
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and neither one is overly redneck, outside of the smaller towns around each city
for one its not just a redneck sport, there are nascar tracks in Kansas , California , Delaware ,new Hampshire , Nevada and plenty other places other than the south....
to answer the op question its because people in Louisiana are miserable and never satisfied....(just read tigerdroppings for proof)
not to mention stupid , I mean what other state would elect a thief as a governor for four terms..
this state has shite the bed on so many opportunities to bring in big business...
for some reason our politicians and citizens don't understand the concept that you may have to spend money to make money , so shite just stays the same around here while other parts of the country continue to grow and leave us behind to our backwards thinking....
This post was edited on 2/2/14 at 3:40 pm
Posted on 2/2/14 at 3:38 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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because that's redneck as shite
okay so put it in Monroe
Yeah, that'll class it up.
Posted on 2/2/14 at 3:39 pm to Asgard Device
New York and Pennsylvania have NASCAR tracks as well.
The answer, however, is because NASCAR sees no point in expanding to a region that is within reasonable driving range from Talladega and Dallas. NASCAR wants to expand into the northwest.
The answer, however, is because NASCAR sees no point in expanding to a region that is within reasonable driving range from Talladega and Dallas. NASCAR wants to expand into the northwest.
This post was edited on 2/2/14 at 3:42 pm
Posted on 2/2/14 at 3:40 pm to Yellerhammer5
Haven't you all heard of no problem raceway?
Posted on 2/2/14 at 3:44 pm to TH03
Shreveport blows and is redneck as frick
Posted on 2/2/14 at 3:44 pm to CarterWilson717
pat swilling wanted to build a nascar track in the east years ago , but like everything else it got shot down...
Posted on 2/2/14 at 3:54 pm to tigerswin03
There is a first class private track North of Baton Rouge owned by the government but you can't use it. It's for government people only.
Posted on 2/2/14 at 3:54 pm to HeadyBrosevelt
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Shreveport blows and is redneck as frick
Posted on 2/2/14 at 3:56 pm to northLAgoomba
Shreveport/bossier mavericks. it's the new ABA
Posted on 2/2/14 at 3:56 pm to HeadyBrosevelt
it blows but it's not redneck
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