On April 5th, 2016 the 2016 Tire Rack Washington, D.C.
Championship Tour date has been changed. The event is scheduled to take place
at FedExField. It just so happens that Guns N' Roses, the rock band, are
touring this summer and have scheduled to play at the same venue on the same
date. The SCCA Senior Director of Solor and Rally, Howard Duncan, explained
that many of the event sites are used for major concerts as well, and sometimes
these event date changes are just necessary.
As the dates have been changed, the Tire Rack Tour will be moved
from June 24-26 to now the 17-19 of June. The change was made to affect as few
people as possible and only makes sense to be done this way. Although
unfortunate for those who were already planning and scheduled for the tour, I
believe the right decision was made for the given situation. If the concert would
be changed that would affect far more people, vendors and other situations
compared to the Tire Rack Tour.
In the situation I would say that I would 100% make the same
decision based on the information given. The instance where there are two
events and one is going to bring in a lot more revenue than the other, it is
unrealistic to move the more valuable event in this situation because of the
number of people affected. The quotes for a bigger and more expensive event
could change dramatically, vendors could cancel, and tickets would have to be
resold. With the Tire Rack Tour being a much smaller event, ticket changes,
vendor changes and talent would all be a much simpler change.
http://www.scca.com/articles/2000242-date-change-for-dc-champ-tour-solo-event
