elburno454 Review of Circuit of the Americas
I've had good times here in the past, but my past ...
I've had good times here in the past, but my past trip left alot to be desired. We just went to the Advance Auto Parts Sports Car Showdown (IMSA races). The only food available for ALL the spectators was ONE concession at turn 16 selling $12 burgers on Friday, and that same concession plus a guy in a pop-up tent selling BBQ on Saturday! The lines were so long Saturday, we just went without lunch. All the concessions under the main grandstands were closed, and all the extra concessions along the amphitheater were closed. That seemed really ridiculous to me; they should have had a couple extra concessions open at turn 16 AND have at least one of the concessions open under the main grandstand!
The main spectator parking this trip was Lot T out past turn 1, rather than Lot H like all the other events I've attended there. This was because they scheduled a music fest across the road at their lakeside stage on that Saturday as well. This would not have even been a problem had they had more parking shuttles running, but all they had was two of the truck/trailer shuttles and two or three of the 20 passenger buses running! There were at least two more truck/trailer shuttles just sitting parked all weekend out at the side of the main grandstand parking lot. That was just ridiculous to me!
I enjoy seeing the races, but the lack of interest shown in attending to the basic needs of your customers who spent good money to come to your venue has me questioning if I want to attend more races there in the future. You can do so much better COTA......
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