Ron Wanttaja wrote:


For those outside the Puget Sound area, the deal was killed when the developers
offered to put up $50M of the estimated $300M cost...and expected the state and
local governments to pony up the rest, plus another $70M in road improvements.
The county also wanted a guarantee that the track would actually host one of the
top races (Nextel Cup), and the developers wouldn't agree.

Well, since International Speedway Corporation and NASCAR are essentially
the same corporation (yes believe me, there is a HUGE conflict of interest
there), chances are that they wouldn't build a track they didn't intend
to give a date (most likely stealing it from a non-ISC track).

Of course, the goal of any sports franchise is to bilk as much benefits
out of the local taxpayers as possible. Goes without saying...