L.A. Supercross is Out; Moving to Anaheim
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PrintMonster Energy Supercross Moving from Dodger Stadium
January 19 Race Moved to Angel Stadium in Anaheim
AURORA, Ill. – Feld Motor Sports® announced today that due to the improvements that the Los Angeles Dodgers intend to make to Dodger Stadium during the offseason, the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, race that was originally scheduled to be held at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on January 19, 2013 has been moved to Angel Stadium of Anaheim, in Anaheim, California. In addition, the Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam® event, which was scheduled for February 16,, 2013 at Dodger Stadium, has been cancelled.
“Our expectation is to be underway with enhancements to Dodger Stadium in preparation for the 2013 baseball season during the time these events are scheduled,” said Bob Wolfe, Executive Vice President of the Dodgers. “In order to avoid any possible impact on the January 19 Monster Energy Supercross race and the February 16 Monster Jam event, we, along with Feld Motor Sports, came to the decision that it would be best to have the event moved to another location on January 19.”
“We are working diligently to make the change from Dodger Stadium to Angel Stadium for the Jan 19 Monster Energy Supercross race seamless for the teams, sponsors, and most importantly the fans,” said Ken Hudgens, Chief Operating Office, Feld Motor Sports. “The collective effort between the Monster Energy Supercross staff, Dodger Stadium staff, and Angel Stadium staff to make this venue change has been very positive.”
Refunds to the two Dodger Stadium motorsports events can be obtained at the point of purchase. Tickets for the January 19 Monster Energy Supercross race at Angel Stadium of Anaheim will go on-sale Friday, December 7 at 10am PST.
For more information on the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, please log on to www.SupercrossOnline.com, the official website of Monster Energy Supercross. For all media requests, please contact Denny Hartwig [email protected] or 630-566-6305. To follow Monster Energy Supercross on Facebook and Twitter, log on to http://www.facebook.com/supercrosslive and http://twitter.com/supercrosslive.
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Doyers stadium looked good on paper but it definitely kicks the broham Angels crowd up a notch in perspective.
whats up with all the Monster Jam notes? (Damon Bradshaw is the only reason ill stop clicking the remote. The same goes for NASCAR,(Boyer is all i personally care to hear about cause of his brother. no honestly. I understand us motorsports groups have to stick together. I just wish MonsterJam and NASCAR would show supercross and mainly the Outdoor Nationals alittle attention and love, I personally dont keep up with much other than supercross/motocross because of my schedual. I do support their effort because their effort supports our effort.
Good, that stadium is crap anyway. Saw more fights there than on the last UFC card. No security.
So how many rounds is that for Cali ? i call BS. We have a nice stadium here in OKC now that would be perfect for a SX round. Look up Red Hawks stadium.
Went to this year's LA SX and attendance was very very low (
Went to this year's LA SX and attendance was very very low (less than 50% of capacity for sure). Not the type of atmosphere that you'd expect from a SoCal SX either. I hope SX doesn't go back there.
Are we going to have to read and hear this again all season: "The Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship". How can the AMA Supercross Championship be an FIM World championship too? I would rather hear someone rake their fingernails down a chalkboard that have to hear Ralph Sheheen say that over and over. How about the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM sponsored event?
Don't worry it can be the same track in a different stadium, matter of fact the tracks are all the same, just the venue is different.Should start a winter Nats in the warm weather states and have the Summer Nats at there usual location, then it would'nt feel as though I was watching the same episode for 16 straight weeks while waiting for the real show to begin.
Been to LA SX. Sucks balls. Absolutely no tail-gaiting whatsoever...BS. The parking there is a logistical nightmare. They have concrete pylons scattered all over the place about a foot and half high. If you drive anything larger than a Prius expect to scrape the sh!t out of your truck on one of those getting out of there in the traffic jam.
Good riddence to that gangster paridise.
I was thinking how great the L.A. race was. After giving the Anaheim race so many thousands of my dollars through the years, with nothing new, that same lousy announcer and same loud advertising shoved at you 3 times in two months, I was happy to see something different. Besides "the Canard triple" that pissed me off during the first heat race, I loved the racing and tracks there. My son and I discussed how someone would get landed on at that jump. During first heat race there was a close call that scared the breath out of me, but we had no power to change anything. How awesome if the person that mattered sat in the stands at an Anaheim race instead of his private box and was forced to see how shitty the show is. 5 hours of crap announcer talking and a total of 65 minutes of actual track racing. What do I know, except if i was in charge the Canard triple would of become a double after first heat race and no one would of been harpooned there.
Funny how Anaheim will sell out 3 events but nobody will dare travel to gang and crimes vile Los Angeles. The field upgrade isote than
Likely bs and they just wanted out of that hole
I have been to both. La collasium is definitely not a family place. It's a bad area and would never take kids there. But Anaheim on the other hand is wonderfull.
Live from Anaheim 5 -- slightly different from the last 4 --- try to enjoy it again !!!
Just move them all to Anaheim ---- and call it the Anaheim SuperCross Series ---- WTF--
What-- Is no where else in the US interested in Supercross??
Your gangster/safety comments are all BS.Never saw a fight both years. You telling me there were never any fights with drunk rednecks and inland empire bros at Anaheim??!!I Cholos aren't going to pay $50+ for a motorcycle race either. I don't understand how people blame the stadium for the horrible dirt that was brought in. I also don't understand why more people didn't take advantage of this race. Tickets were cheaper compared to the over priced Anaheim round and gave riding communities north of L.A. county a closer race. I just loved that it brought out a lot of first time race spectators that might have made a kid begin to ride. The dodger staff that decided to change this can eat a D***.
Never had a problem with the LA crowd even though my sensitivity was up a notch.
Racing has been very good there. Prices are always too high everywhere. Was logistically quite convenient for part of my crew. Parking and exiting are often an issue at any stadium. Except at San Diego, you can park remotely and arrive on the light rail. Good ingress and egress at SD. This refund and re-purchase sure complicates things though.
cheers
@ kram
You got that right!
@Vallycycles.. I dont think Anaheim sold out all the events the last time they held 3... I think the 2nd and 3rd ones wer NOT sold out when they announced the attendence numbers.. But its BS to have 3 freaking races in one town anyway.. It totally sucks.....
Hummmmmmmmm, wonder why the sport doesnt go. And how the hell all them chicanos afford the race anywhoo ! You and me and a free pass from good out Uncle sam.............................Thats right . knowone wants to tell the truth !
Just what we need another Anaheim race.Can we get a supercross race for the northeast PLEASE!
@Graz11. Exactly!!! Bring a race to the steel city area. Pittsburgh in April would be really nice for sx or even more North. Indy is the only thing we "kinda" get but that's Midwest.
How about Ford field Detroit downtown they went there after the Pontiac Silverdome was killed. It also cripled the area along with the auto industry. Talk to some old black joker there one ime after all the dust settled he took the out in the auto industry and his town is a ghost town, talked to him in the summer of 2009 it was desalet out there I said why dont you move he said he couldnt take the hit money wise . This guy was making about 70 grand a year. booz drugs chicks it a rough life...........He said he was to old to leave. WOW looked scary around that area
If they had to stay in the LA area due to sponsorship and other commitments on short notice, I would have preferred they went back to Coliseum. Turn it into a nostalgia event, host a Legends race, and put the track up and down through the pillars. Dang why don't I work for Feld?
It's all economics. LA didn't fill up like Anaheim. Habits are hard to break. I live closer to LA but prefer Anaheim, better seats, restaurants, parking and memories. LA didn't make enough money to justify it for the powers that be. Is anyone else having a hard time getting their tickets refunded? Ticketmaster (who I loathe) isn't acknowledging that the event is cancelled.
It's all economics. LA didn't fill up like Anaheim. Habits are hard to break. I live closer to LA but prefer Anaheim, better seats, restaurants, parking and memories. LA didn't make enough money to justify it for the powers that be. Is anyone else having a hard time getting their tickets refunded? Ticketmaster (who I loathe) isn't acknowledging that the event is cancelled.
I liked the LASX for 2 reasons.1) It was a much shorter drive for me. 2) I could buy a $20 ticket at the track on race day and go sit in a $70 dollar seat because it was not crowded. The down side was that the vibe was not as good as Anahiem and you dont run into as many friends as some people skiped this round. It also sucked that many of the seats have the foulball net messing with the view. I'll be at A2.
LA what a joke ...The area is a shit hole,gang members love their doyers lo lol lol lol.Even if i got in free i would not enter dodger stadium...Pedro city..
Im about 1.5 hours from Detroit which would easily be the closest Supercross for me, and I dont even want to go there. When the police tell you to Enter at Your Own Risk that has to tell you something. I went to a sno-cross at the Pontiac Silverdome last winter and that place is a complete dive, not even worthy of holding a Supercross anymore.
Being from Michigan, I'd love to see a SX here, but once the Silverdome lost it, Ford Field couldn't pull the attendance. It sucks not to have one, but I'd rather drive the 5 hours to a full stadium at Indy than to sit with half a crowd somewhere. I do agree they need to try to put something together North of Texas/Florida and East of Minnesota. Give the east coasters a couple options. If it doesn't work, they nobody can complain. Remember when that guy wrote that story about how SX ruined the floor in LA? Lots of yahoos like that wanted it gone from LA. Good riddance.
Good!! Dodgers Stadium SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I went the first year and swore to never go back again.
I wouldn't mind if they took all but 1 of the Anaheim races and moved them to other venues so the complainers could have a race closer to them (but they never will because this is the mecca of motocross... and it also makes it much easier for teams and privateers to commute)