Milan Dragway Has Been Sold?

If he can afford to buy the track but not have the means to get it in shape to be a working track then it is doomed for failure.
A business would need capital to make it work (Grounds Maintenance, taxes, payroll, etc..).

How can you buy a track with no means to make it work? I call BS

dline said:
Yep sure his pocket book is pretty empty after sale
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Maybe he just wants some quick help…or lots of help, and again no one knows whats the benefit of volunteering, I guess maybe just doing a good deed works for some, but others have to be paid lol
 
onondaga got the track fixed up, with volunteer help, and now it seems to be running smoothly, and making income
 
Cool nothing wrong with volunteering, but to make it work long term a business cannot rely on volunteering.
If that is what people want to do then sweet!
Maybe if I lived close to the track I would feel differently and want to help the rich guy out that I don't even know.
 
Krazybones said:
If he can afford to buy the track but not have the means to get it in shape to be a working track then it is doomed for failure.
A business would need capital to make it work (Grounds Maintenance, taxes, payroll, etc..).

How can you buy a track with no means to make it work? I call BS
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That was my thoughts as well.
 
I don't know, if the guy just bought the track I'm pretty sure a full time crew hasn't been put together yet. If this is true, and there was a chance of having a few weekends of track time, let the volunteers do whatever they can do. I myself would sign up but my wife is having full replacement knee surgery on the 24th and I will be with her to help with her recovery.
 
I believe in volunteering, I have volunteered at several organizations over
the years. The only thing I find odd is volunteering for a for-profit company.

Every organization I volunteered for was a non-profit. I could see volunteering
for a for-profit company if there was some kind of disaster. I guess helping to
preserve a company (Milan Dragway) could also be worthwhile, by proof of
folks already lining up to volunteer.
 
4Gas$ said:
I believe in volunteering, I have volunteered at several organizations over
the years. The only thing I find odd is volunteering for a for-profit company.

Every organization I volunteered for was a non-profit. I could see volunteering
for a for-profit company if there was some kind of disaster. I guess helping to
preserve a company (Milan Dragway) could also be worthwhile, by proof of
folks already lining up to volunteer.
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I agree. I like to think that he is just trying to build a sense of community. Also, being as the place was in bankruptcy, there may not be a lot of profit in the business, it may be more of an expensive hobby. That guy in Lapeer has literally spent millions - doubt he will break even for years, if ever.

-Geoff
 
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Hiring employees will take time/ money/ energy. Its probably easier and cheaper initially by using volunteers to get things going then work on hiring employees as time/ money/ energy allows. Use the off season to handle those issues. You have to interview people/ background checks/ drug screens/ etc. Milan will not go back to normal operations overnight. Gotta give it some time. PLUS its already gonna be late in the season before you know it. Might not be the best idea right now to hire a full staff for a short season. Maybe hire a few key people now to keep an eye on things then hire everyone else when the 2022 season gets closer.
 
I see the volunteering working as more of a Grand re-Opening. It will remind the community that Milan is getting ready for business and I'm sure the volunteers will spread the word that the place is getting cleaned up which will drive some excitement into racers and fans. I would hope the volunteers get something for their time, free season passes or some concessions, track time for 2021/2022, something of that nature would be a good gesture.
 
Saw it, but it is behind the paywall. Sometimes their articles show up on the yahoo newsfeed after a few days and you can read them. I'll keep an eye out.

-Geoff
 
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