Does and Ironman race have to be Sold Out to be successful or profitable???
It seems that the sport of triathlon is not immune to the global economic crisis after all. Here is a news posting from the Ironman Switzerland website:
"Finally the credit crunch has also made its way into triathlon sports. Although the IRONMAN SWITZERLAND, powered by ewz, was sold out in August 2008, we currently witness an over proportional amount of deregistrations of athletes from abroad, especially England and oversea, due to the economic situation as well as job losses etc..
Also affected by the financial crisis are the travel agencies which have returned us their unsold slots.
All athletes, who did not get their starting slot last August, will now receive a new chance for registering. Are you interested? Please send an email to: office@sportpromotion.ch . We will have a waiting list."
Registration open for another 50 slots [via Ironman Switzerland website]
It makes us wonder if same day Ironman sell outs will happen this year when races open up for registration. Last year we saw some unique instances were races didn't sell out right away and made it online for the registration process.
- MORE Slots Available for 2009 Ironman Canada, Tomorrow! posted 9/11/2008
- Entry Slots Available for 2009 Ironman Canada posted 8/29/2008
