[Alan Roehrich]

You do not need a circus to draw a crowd. You need proper promotion, decent prices, and a well run race.

You cannot draw a crowd with no promotion, and certainly not if you're going to charge $20 a head to get in, $3 for a cup full of ice with 6 oz. of Coke, and $5 for a dried out hockey puck on a stale bun.

Fans will not sit in the stands and look at an empty track with a floor scrubbing machine, either, especially not at $20 a head.

You can't buy in a circus act or a dog and pony show and get $20 a head, either. You can't draw enough of a crowd to pay for it, so it just costs you more profit.