From Track Release
March 2, 2006
11:48 AM EST (16:48 GMT)

HAMPTON, Ga. -- Atlanta Motor Speedway announced today three major facility additions that will be in place for the Oct. 27-29 Bass Pro Shops 500 race weekend.

More than 13,000 new grandstand seats will be added in the newly created Winners Grandstand, located at the Turn 1-end of the front straightaway. The new grandstand will feature more than 7,700 comfortable, individual-style chair seats with drink holders and an additional 5,300 bench-style seats. The chairback seats will be available for purchase annually for $495, including all six days both Nextel Cup race weekends and the bench seats will be available on an event-by-event basis.

Also being added is a new luxury seating opportunity called Club One. Members of Club One will enjoy an extraordinary, climate-controlled view of the state-of-the-art facility and heart-pounding on-track action from comfortable theater-style seating. The premium Chef's Choice menu and bar will added to the unique experience. Club One will offer a rooftop Sight and Sound observation deck for members to bask in the sun while being enveloped in the raceday spectacle.

Approximately 1,000 Club One seats will be sold as an annual package for $1,595 each. Fans will receive a parking pass in a designated Club One parking lot with four Club One tickets. Club One purchasers will also have the first option to purchase one of 30 new reserved motorcoach parking spaces below Club One.

In a continued effort to meet the increased demands for trackside camping, track officials are adding a new upscale Trackside Terrace Camping section along the backstretch featuring more than 90 motorcoach parking spaces. All spaces in the Trackside Terrace Camping section will have full water, electricity and sewer hookups.

"We are always listening to ideas presented by our customers and in an effort to keep up with their demands, we are adding those quality improvements to Atlanta Motor Speedway," said Ed Clark, president and general manager. "The changes we have planned are a direct result of fan input and are aimed at giving our fans options they currently don't have."