Baltimore vying for IRL event - Democratic Underground

Stinky The Clown

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Mon Aug-17-09 10:21 PM
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Baltimore vying for IRL event

Indy(car) Racing League ..... a street race in downtown Baltimore .... near the Convention Center.

I hope it happens.

http://wjz.com/sports/indy.racing.baltimore.2.1132326.html

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madinmaryland

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Tue Aug-18-09 01:49 PM
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1. I suppose it could be done. Where exactly, is another question.

:shrug:

What a nightmare, trafficwise for Baltimore. I remember being in Miama a few years back a week before an IRL or one of those racing groups was having the race, and they were already blocking off roads that would be used for the track.

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Stinky The Clown

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Tue Aug-18-09 08:20 PM
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2. It brings a hundred a fifty million dollars to its venues

That's real money

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Wed Aug-19-09 08:21 AM
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3. Hmmm. DC tried something like this a few years ago.

Didn't go over well at all. People nearby got real annoyed with the sounds and the smells. I don't think it will work.

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charlie and algernon

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Thu Aug-20-09 01:58 PM
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4. the surrounding roads would be a nightmare

the beltway, 95 and the JFX would be parking lots for a week. I'd love to see the IRL come to baltimore too, but the traffic... :scared:

Not to mention of course all the road repairs that would have to be done in the months prior that would also tie up traffic.

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