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NASCAR moves year end award ceremonies

Series announce new awards ceremonies locations:

GRANDAM NASCAR-TRUCK NASCAR-NS NASCAR-CUP NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards Ceremony To Be Held In Las Vegas

NASCAR Nationwide Series And NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Events To Be Held in Miami

Grand-Am Banquet Moved To Hollywood, Fla.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 23, 2009) -- The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) announced today that Las Vegas formally becomes the "Official Host City of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion's Week." NASCAR's annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards Ceremony will be held at the Wynn Las Vegas on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. The move to Las Vegas provides for greater flexibility for driver and fan events.

The NASCAR Nationwide Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events will be combined and held at the Loews Miami Beach on Monday, Nov. 23. The Grand-Am Rolex Series banquet will be held at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Fla. on Monday, Oct. 12.

http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=325064

Don,

I saw some time ago they were planning to move to Las Vegas but no reason was given. Do you know what brought this about? It has been in New York so long I was surprised to see them move to Las Vegas.

Ron

Ron, specifically I do not know, but some reasons may be:

* Lower overall cost for the Teams, sponsors etc., than NYC
* Actively seeking out NASCAR by LV, especially with the downturn in Corporate events. Do not know whether NYC paid NASCAR any upfront money as LV will/might do.
* Provisions for fan participation, at the ceremony and during the week, along with the publicity. Look for Jay Leno with his 10:00 PM show to participate.
* NASCAR and the race tracks, to retain the fan base, are scheduling events to make a race a destination event for families etc rather than just a race. Look for more concerts etc The upcoming All Star event is an example.
* Offset the mind set that NASCAR is only an East Coast , Southern series
* In LV, possibility of setting up the souvenir trailers either on the strip or on a side street. Forgot the name, but the side street in the older downtown section that has the overhead light show could also be a location.
* LV can relate more to the fan base than downtown NYC
* NASCAR realizes more so now than in the past they have to support their Team/Race sponsors to be a viable race series
* etc., etc.,