Sahara looking to evict NASCAR Cafe

No this coaster can't go anywhere, how many shuttles are we gonna loose this year?

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It isn't so bad. . .
Once you're used to it

I dont really get this. Do they want the whole Nascar Cafe gone and Speed: The Ride to be gone?
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Clear for launch............. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

From what I understand, they just want the group who is managng the Cafe and the ride gone, so THEY can manage the attraction and make all the money instead of splitting profits 50/50...

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Read the article folks. Reading is your friend. The hotel owns the coaster, the cafe operates it.

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Jeff - Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com - Sillynonsense.com
"Pray that your country undergoes recovery!" - KMFDM

Yikes...sound's like someone has an old score to settle or something. I wonder what the nature of the NASCAR branding agreement is. Can Sahara use it without NASCAR cafe?

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"It's not a Too-mah!" - Arnold after riding Batman the Ride

Good question. Was it the hotel or the management company that has the license agreement?

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Jeff - Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com - Sillynonsense.com
"Pray that your country undergoes recovery!" - KMFDM

That's just stupid to get rid of a coaster that hasn't been around that long.

Read again... :)

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"It's not a Too-mah!" - Arnold after riding Batman the Ride

Stupid is as stupid does...

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Jeff - Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com - Sillynonsense.com
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I would think that the management company owns the NASCAR rights. If it were one restaurant I can see, but there are other NASCAR Cafe's in other places, including Universal Studios.

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UnfrigginbelievablyIncredible

That's not a reason for the management company over the Sahara to have the license. If it's a franchise arrangement, I can have a license.

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Jeff - Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com - Sillynonsense.com
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Does the coaste rhave anything to do with NASCAR? I thought it was just "Speed." If so, I would imagine the hotel it probably in the clear to continue operation as usual. I mean if worst came to worst, they'd have to change the name.

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Hmmmm....anyone?

How about Scirocco or Magic Carpet Blast?

Thing is, the cars have that racecar theming.

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"It's not a Too-mah!" - Arnold after riding Batman the Ride

Jeff, I can see if they were only looking to evict the management. But from the story they are evicting "NASCAR Cafe" which leads me to believe that the Sahara does not have the naming rights.

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UnfrigginbelievablyIncredible

How about the "NASCAR Cafe" leased the psace from the hotel. They weren't paying the bills, so the Saraha is kicking them out and hoping to find another tenant. Sounds like what's going on.

To remove racecar themeing, just redo the car shells. I don't understan what all the hullabaloo is about.

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Information on the ownership of the NASCAR Cafe Chain which appeared in the Johnson City (Tenn.) Press last year when the restaurant opened in town:

The 7,600-square-foot restaurant is the second “small box” NASCAR Cafe for the Knoxville-based chain operated by H&C Racing Inc. With larger versions in Sevierville, Las Vegas, Orlando, Fla., and the original location in Myrtle Beach, S.C., the company opened a small box in Greensboro, N.C., another area with NASCAR bonds, in April.

H&C Racing uses the name “NASCAR Cafe” under exclusive license from the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. The Johnson City location employs about 120 people.

From http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/default.asp?SectionID=DETAIL&ID=13302 but you may need to register to read the story online.

GP: Read the article... they were paying their bills, this is not an issue of money. There are some kind of other conditions in the lease (non-monetary) that they're allegedly not meeting.

There is no mystery here... I would think it's as simple as the hotel wanting all of the operating profit from the cafe, store and ride instead of a portion of it.

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Jeff - Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com - Sillynonsense.com
"Pray that your country undergoes recovery!" - KMFDM

Sounds to me that they just weren't pulling in enough people of the street.

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