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John Moffat of Denver writes:

Congratulations, Commerce City! You have successfully turned down a potential $200-300 million dollar windfall each year to your city because of your citizens and newly elected officials complete unwillingness to learn about NASCAR and the great number of positives it could bring to your city, and only focused on the negatives (which there are a few, but many are greatly exaggerated or just completely untrue).You have made it absolutely clear that your city is so much better than cities such as Atlanta, GA, Charlotte, NC, Ft Worth, TX, Daytona Beach, FL, Las Vegas, NV, and the list goes on, that a premier sporting event such as NASCAR, prestigious car shows, worldwide auto testing, (as this is a very unique area because of elevation), concerts, festivals, and countless other events absolutely do not belong in your city. Well, not even in your city. On a vacant piece of land 3 miles from anyone, next to an international airport and a waste dump, that happens to be within your city’s boundaries. I guess this land is much better suited for thousands more homes all jam packed into little cookie cutter neighborhoods (much like Reunion!), with year around traffic and water impact instead of being impacted just a few weeks a year. I think you have it wrong in Commerce City by saying NASCAR does not deserve to be in your city; you clearly do not deserve the world-class facility NASCAR would bring to you! So, Congratulations! And to Aurora, I hope you don’t make the same mistake twice. Please, citizens and officials of Aurora, research NASCAR, maybe go to an event, see the unbelievable amount of money NASCAR gives to charities, take it all in, and weigh positives to negatives, and then make your decision. At least, then, unlike citizens and officials in Commerce City, you will have made an educated one! This could very well turn out to be a blessing in disguise; could you imagine Commerce City being showcased on national TV to the millions of people as to what it’s like in Colorado?

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READER COMMENTS

I believe that the City Council and Mayor did great with the new stadium. Commerce City has really come along way in the 40+ years that I have been driving up there. When was the last time you were in CC? The Mayor and City Council have really worked hard at changing the vision of CC and I feel that they have done a great job. if you haven't been there, you have no right to judge it . Commerce City is more than refineries...it is a thriving community.

I live in Reunion. It`s hardly a "cookie cutter" housing project. There are some homes that cost in the $3,000,000 range as wittnessed by the recent Parade of homes. Hardly Cookie Cutter Indeed.
The comunity is beautiful with large parks and sidewalks and streets lined with thousands of trees.
There are real concerns with sound polution, traffic and over developement.
If you want a nascar track, put it in your neaborhood, not mine.

Reunion is located very close to one of the busiest airports in the world! Noise? Traffic? Pollution? People knew damn well they were moving in near a massive airport when they signed their mortgage papers. Screw them!

As far as a NASCAR track is concerned, you're all up in arms over a few days a year? For what reason?

Not happy about nascar track not going in but happy it's not going to CC. It's a joke for a city and don't deserve it. It's always been the the arm pit of colorado and now always will. They had their chance to change. Come on Aurora or somebody and take the millions CC turned down.

I'd like to apologize to Commerce City for thinking all these years that they were a bunch of crackers, motorheads, or worse. Now I'd like to praise them for asserting the undeniable fact that fuel is getting much too precious to be used for driving around in circles as fast as possible.

NASCAR is just too high class for Commerece City and they realize it. Come to think of it tractor pulling is to high class for them too. About all they are good for is a foreigners sport played by European and South American socialists, that are attended by the same.

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