Q: Admission charges for cycling events: Worlds 2003

[angel_stain]

Q: Admission charges for cycling events: Worlds 2003

For this year's upcoming world Championships in Hamilton, Ontario, the organizers are charging a fee
for prime viewing areas.

Is this a common practice at previous championships or say world cup events?

Granted the Hamilton organization is only charging for "bleaker seating" and standing areas near
start/ finish area that also have closed circuit television screens, however I found this quite odd.
I've seen other cycling events with bleaker type seating such as some Giro stages or TdF's famous
Champs Elysées lined with them, however I'm never heard of charging admission to spectators.

Any care to provide their experience?

Just wondering,

Angelo Macchia

 

[Bikerecker]

>Is this a common practice at previous championships or say world cup events?

What are they charging in Hamilton? Is there a micro-filtration mask included in the fee?

My understanding is that it is common to charge an entry fee, esp. in the established cycling
countries. Greg Miller

 

[Stewart Fleming]

Bikerecker wrote:

> My understanding is that it is common to charge an entry fee, esp. in the established cycling
> countries.

Usually the charge is quite hefty for grandstands near the finish etc and some areas are often
reserved VIP, organized tour groups, UCI hangers-on etc. Most of the main course is usually free
entry since the circuits tend to be large and generally have uncontrollable entry. Although it's
possible that you might end up having charges to enter areas that have big-screen TVs etc.

At Euro races the traditon is to allow fans to get close to the pros prior to the start and to
generally control the finish area. STF

 

[Kyle Legate]

angel_stain wrote:
>
> Granted the Hamilton organization is only charging for "bleaker seating" and standing areas
> near start/ finish area that also have closed circuit television screens, however I found this
> quite odd.
>
I think they will also be charging for a good vantage point to watch the riders climb the Clairmont
Access, and maybe on one of the other climbs (?) as well, but I don't know exactly where and how
much they will charge.

There couldn't be any more "bleaker seating" than along Main St.

 

[Cucycln]

That's for health insurance and masks that the public will wear... like in Chinese airports...
<angel_stain> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Q: Admission charges for cycling events: Worlds 2003
>
> For this year's upcoming world Championships in Hamilton, Ontario, the organizers are charging a
> fee for prime viewing areas.
>
> Is this a common practice at previous championships or say world cup events?
>
> Granted the Hamilton organization is only charging for "bleaker seating" and standing areas near
> start/ finish area that also have closed circuit television screens, however I found this quite
> odd. I've seen other cycling events with bleaker type seating such as some Giro stages or TdF's
> famous Champs Elysées lined with them, however I'm never heard of charging admission to
> spectators.
>
> Any care to provide their experience?
>
> Just wondering,
>
> Angelo Macchia

 

[Benjamin Weiner]

Kyle Legate <[email protected]> wrote:
> angel_stain wrote:
> > Granted the Hamilton organization is only charging for "bleaker seating" and standing areas
> > near start/ finish area that also have closed circuit television screens, however I found this
> > quite odd.

> I think they will also be charging for a good vantage point to watch the riders climb the
> Clairmont Access, and maybe on one of the other climbs (?) as well, but I don't know exactly where
> and how much they will charge.

> There couldn't be any more "bleaker seating" than along Main St.

IIRC, Threshold has some VIP bleachers near the finish of Corestates/ First Union/Wachovia (Philly)
but outside that area anyone can stand around and watch. All the party people go to Manayunk and all
the cyclists go to Lemon Hill, anyway.