Ok what you have to understand before you totally blast me about this is, I actually work @ a hotel so my opinion may seem a bit bias but i'm just trying to get you to understand the hotels side of the story. OK.. if any of you have ever been to an actual NASCAR race and had to stay overnight then you know the hotel room prices can be a bit extreme. But when I hear people say this is price gouging I cant help but to think you are missed informed on what price gouging actually is. Price gouging in most places is illegal but its restricted to essentials such as food,clothing,shelter,medicine and equipment needed to preserve life,limb & property. Say your town has a massive tornado come through and destroys half the town...on the other side of town remains your one hotel untouched... and the hotel raises their rates to extraordinarily high level because they know there is no where else for people to stay...that is price gouging after a natural disaster and that is illegal.... And my point is... YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO A NASCAR RACE. Hotels base their prices for race weekends based on supply and demand. Usually at the minimum these race tracks hold 100,000 people and you might have 3,000 hotel rooms in the area surrounding the track.... So of course the price is going to be higher because of the limited number of available rooms compared to the people in the area. I'm saying a NASCAR race is not a natural disaster (except when Kyle Busch wins) hehe ;) But people are not forced to be in a hotel because of it.They stay in a hotel because it beats an 8 hour drive home and they will pay what the hotel asks to keep from doing that. Is it right? I don't know you be the judge..but don't imply the hotel is doing something illegal because the rate seems to outrageous for you to foot the bill.
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