Dover Motorsports Subsidiary Assigns Rights to Grand Prix of St. Petersburg to CART
December 01 2003 - 6:19PM
PR Newswire (US)
Dover Motorsports Subsidiary Assigns Rights to Grand Prix of St.
Petersburg to CART February 2004 Event to be Rescheduled DOVER,
Del., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dover Motorsports, Inc.
today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Grand Prix
Association of Long Beach, Inc. ("Grand Prix"), has reached an
agreement with CART, Inc. to transfer to CART certain assets and
rights that Grand Prix has relative to the organization and
promotion of the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Grand Prix has a
multi-year agreement with the City of St. Petersburg pursuant to
which it is entitled to stage an annual auto racing event in and
around the St. Petersburg waterfront. Grand Prix has assigned to
CART its rights in its agreement with the City, subject to certain
approvals. Economic terms were not disclosed. Neither Dover
Motorsports nor Grand Prix will remain associated with the event.
The next St. Petersburg race was scheduled to be held February 22,
2004, but has been postponed due to scheduling concerns. CART
intends to reschedule the event for later in the year, subject to
reaching agreement with the City of St. Petersburg. Grand Prix will
provide refunds to patrons who purchased tickets in advance for the
February event. Dover Motorsports, Inc. is a leading promoter of
motorsports events in the United States. Its motorsports
subsidiaries operate six motorsports tracks (four permanent
facilities and two temporary circuits) in five states and promote
motorsports events under the auspices of four of the premier
sanctioning bodies in motorsports - NASCAR, CART, IRL and NHRA. The
Company owns and operates Dover International Speedway in Dover,
Delaware; Nashville Superspeedway near Nashville, Tennessee;
Gateway International Raceway near St. Louis, Missouri; and Memphis
Motorsports Park near Memphis, Tennessee. It also organizes and
promotes the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach in California and the
Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver in Colorado. DATASOURCE:
Dover Motorsports, Inc. CONTACT: Patrick J. Bagley, Sr. Vice
President-Finance, Dover Motorsports, +1-302-857-3745. /First Call
Analyst: Web site: http://www.dovermotorsportsinc.com/
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