The world’s greatest Web site — Fark.com — has gotten wind of Charlotte’s NASCAR Hall mishap with predictably hilarious results. After noting that attendance is running at half the expected 800,000 at the $200m. attraction we get:
The other 400,000 were just confused because they had to turn right to get to it.
TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS? Does the NASCAR Hall of Fame orbit Mars, or something?
Hopefully it’ll be easier for people to get to the HoF once the trolley gets put in. Then we can start making back the money we invested!
Or, to put it a different way, HOLY shiat IS CHARLOTTE RETARDED.Who knew a quonset hut was so expensive.
Haven’t you guys ever watched Springer? Those folks multiply like jackrabbits. They’ll have 800,000 in no time.
I’m so glad NASCAR was a passing fad.
These sorts of investments almost never pay off except when politicians use magic math, e.g., ignoring the impact of using the money for something else or, egads Batman!, the impact of lowering taxes. But, hey, if Charlot..tins..tites..type-people want to provide a public good, more power to them. I’ll drop in someday when I have to (gack! gack!) be in Charlotte anyway.
Well, why would anyone want to go to a Hall of Fame with only five inductees, two of whom were the guys who founded and ran the sport and never raced in a single race? I mean, really, is there anyone who wants to go to the NASCAR Hall of Fame to learn more about Bill France Sr. or Jr.? Do they have the desk that he signed the Winston deal on? Boy, I bet that would be a huge attraction!
This this a million times THIS It’s their hall of fame! There are no rules about who gets inducted and who doesn’t! It was stupid to limit the inductions to 5, stupider to have 40% be the Bill France’s.
But, with the way NASCAR is, I expect to see Brian France in the HoF within five years.
Why of course. We are talking about the France Family annex after all.
