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Jackson MS Can’t Maintain Their Streets, But Want to Build a NASCAR Track
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:29 pm
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:29 pm
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JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) - Six figure crowds. Speeds of 200 miles per hour. And Jackson city leaders see it right off I-55. “We have gotten farther along than what I thought,” says Ward 6 City Councilman Aaron Banks. “Something that looked like it was a far-fetched dream, is closer and closer to a reality.” Banks is steering the project for the city of Jackson. They envision a wooded area off I-55 south near the Elton Road Exit backing up to the Pearl River as the future home of a NASCAR track. Banks tells MSNewsNow the area is designated as a flood zone.
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Attracting a base to come here with an anchor sport like NASCAR, then now we get an opportunity to showcase what Jackson is,” says Banks. “We’ve had festivals, but we haven’t had that anchor thing that would just bring people into Jackson.”
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Project leaders have found an ally in Max Siegel. The former president of Dale Earnhardt Incorporated, Siegel now owns “Rev Racing”, the driving force behind NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity program. Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba believes Jackson has what NASCAR is looking for. “We understand that our interests converge.” says Mayor Lumumba. “NASCAR having the interest of trying to broaden their demographics, and Jackson having the interest in economic development. If the effort of NASCAR is truly to create new exposure, then we see no better place than Jackson, Mississippi.”
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But Jackson’s dream of NASCAR remains in neutral, pending the results of a feasibility study later this year. “We’re sure, we’re quite sure, just based off of research and looking at other cities that it would work well here,” says Banks. “But again, doing this feasibility study is a big part for getting other stakeholders that want to sign on to help make this happen.”
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:31 pm to DingLeeBerry
Monroe had this
Not NASCAR though
Not NASCAR though
This post was edited on 5/23/18 at 7:32 pm
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:31 pm to DingLeeBerry
If you build it, they will come.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:32 pm to DingLeeBerry
Not saying I give a shite about Jackson, but you do realize that things like spectator event spaces generate revenue to pay for streets, right?
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:32 pm to DingLeeBerry
That’s a lot of info about Mississippi & NASCAR. Didn’t read. Did downvote.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:32 pm to DingLeeBerry
nvm
This post was edited on 5/23/18 at 7:33 pm
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:35 pm to DingLeeBerry
Black people like Nascar?
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:38 pm to DingLeeBerry
A foole and his money be soone at debate/which after with sorow repents him too late
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:44 pm to DingLeeBerry
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we get an opportunity to showcase what Jackson is
I would think that's the last thing they want to do.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:46 pm to DingLeeBerry
I wouldn't think the demographics of Jackson bode well for a NASCAR venue.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:46 pm to DingLeeBerry
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then now we get an opportunity to showcase what Jackson is
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:49 pm to DingLeeBerry
Let's attract a sport in decline and entice them to an area with nothing to offer. Byram.
But the best part:
But the best part:
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now we get an opportunity to showcase what Jackson is,
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:49 pm to DingLeeBerry
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Siegel now owns “Rev Racing”, the driving force behind NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity program. Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba believes Jackson has what NASCAR is looking for.
Good Lord this shite has even infiltrated Nascar. Isn't Chokwe a black separatist? I thought he wanted to build a New Afrika out of LA, MS, GA, & AL
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:55 pm to DingLeeBerry
It will never happen, but that is the perfect place for a major speedway. It’s not the dumbest plan ever floated by Jackson leaders.
I still contend that the only chance to fix Jackson is a forced metropolitan Government and every major entity like airports be governed by regional authorities.
Continental is opening in Hinds County in 2020. The olive branch needs to be extended before then.
I still contend that the only chance to fix Jackson is a forced metropolitan Government and every major entity like airports be governed by regional authorities.
Continental is opening in Hinds County in 2020. The olive branch needs to be extended before then.
This post was edited on 5/23/18 at 8:00 pm
Posted on 5/23/18 at 8:15 pm to DingLeeBerry
I would definitely drive to Jackson for a NASCAR race.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 9:29 pm to DingLeeBerry
NASCAR doesn’t build tracks. Most of them are owned by a couple of other companies, one with similar ownership to NASCAR. NASCAR then contracts with the track owners to hold races at the tracks.
The top tier schedules are pretty full as is, attendance is dropping like crazy, and many drivers and owners are calling for fewer races. Existing tracks are removing whole sections of seats so they don’t look so empty on TV. Bristol, sold out for many years, has thousands of empty seats at every race in recent years.
That is not a good situation for building a new track and hoping to make money.
It may, however, be a good way for a slick talking developer and a construction company to make some $$$ off of idiots in Jackson, MS.
The top tier schedules are pretty full as is, attendance is dropping like crazy, and many drivers and owners are calling for fewer races. Existing tracks are removing whole sections of seats so they don’t look so empty on TV. Bristol, sold out for many years, has thousands of empty seats at every race in recent years.
That is not a good situation for building a new track and hoping to make money.
It may, however, be a good way for a slick talking developer and a construction company to make some $$$ off of idiots in Jackson, MS.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 9:31 pm to DingLeeBerry
I grew up in Jackson and have seen it all. This will never work. Elton Road, east of I-55 is a pearl river swamp, not to mention the crime in south Jackson. Jackson screwed the pooch when they tried to hold the Atlanta Braves hostage on bringing a AAA team to Jackson...they set up shop in Pearl, (Bass Pro Shop, outlet mall ect...). This would be a haven for robberies and muggings, but hey what do I know. Meanwhile potholes, (really big potholes) abound.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 9:41 pm to DingLeeBerry
It'd be the only black venue on the NASCAR circuit. Is this gonna be done before, or after the 200 million dollar football arena for Jackson St?
Posted on 5/23/18 at 10:02 pm to DingLeeBerry
Which s worse, Jacksons plan or Shreveports plan? Whitey leaves and things go to shite.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 10:46 pm to DingLeeBerry
Another Southern shite hole of a city destroyed by the idiot leadership; those the current resident idiots keep electing.
Can't help but stay the frick away from Jackson, MS.
Can't help but stay the frick away from Jackson, MS.
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