Re: SBXL < > TdF
- From: "Mike Jacoubowsky" <mikej1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 04:42:36 GMT
> as a resident of Michigan the bombardment of SBXL stuff is, well,
> excessive, and some of the hype brags on how this is the biggest,
> greatest, most spectators, sporting event of all time in the world,
> yadda yadda.
>
> But I think the TdF has more dollars behind it, more people watching
> it, and definitely more hype. And it goes for three weeks as opposed to
> five hours. And it's easier to get tickets. ;)
>
> Stats? Help me out here! How many folks are on those cols, on the
> Champs, etc.? 90 participants, right? (We won't count wrenches and
> masseuses and rock star girlfriends.) Times more than 100 years...
Took me a bit to figure out what SBXL was... I'm so out of it, I only know
that the Seahawks are playing, and have no idea who the other team is.
OK, if you're just comparing "live" crowds, many (perhaps most, maybe even
all?) stages of the Tour de France will have a greater number of people
watching the event in-person, and most of them within a couple of feet of
their heroes. Or, to put it in perspective, you know all those stupid
flashes you see in the stadium shots, from people taking pictures of the
field from 50, 100, 150 yards away? Pictures that are going to come out
black, aside from the glare of the bald spot on the guy's head in front of
them? Well, at the Tour de France, the camera's flash will actually work!
The crowd numbers I've seen for the Champ Elysees run around 500,000, and
for as crazy-crowded as it is, my guess is that it may be an honest number
vs very highly inflated numbers for events 'round these parts. On the famous
cols, aside from Alpe D'Huez, I've heard estimates of about 100k each. My
guess, having been there in person the past six years, is that that might be
correct on some, a bit high on others, but it's a heck of a lot of people
anyway, and that's on each of several in a given stage. Alpe D'Huez is
another matter; that mountain has sunk a fair amount from the weight of all
of the people on it. Way, way, WAY more than you'd find in a Superbowl
stadium.
Number of riders starts just under 200 and finishes a bit over 100. And then
there's the Caravan, and the various support cars for each team, and the
press... it's a HUGE undertaking. And moving and setting up the start and
finish lines each day. It's like a moving Superbowl in terms of logistics.
Amazing how it all works out.
--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
"Veloise" <krdunnam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Help me out here...
>
> as a resident of Michigan the bombardment of SBXL stuff is, well,
> excessive, and some of the hype brags on how this is the biggest,
> greatest, most spectators, sporting event of all time in the world,
> yadda yadda.
>
> But I think the TdF has more dollars behind it, more people watching
> it, and definitely more hype. And it goes for three weeks as opposed to
> five hours. And it's easier to get tickets. ;)
>
> Stats? Help me out here! How many folks are on those cols, on the
> Champs, etc.? 90 participants, right? (We won't count wrenches and
> masseuses and rock star girlfriends.) Times more than 100 years...
>
> Thanks!
>
> --Karen D.
> really enjoyed the Detroit News piece about them sprucing up buildings
> by attaching styrofoam painted to look like marble
>
.
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