INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The Indianapolis 500 is expected to be sold out and the local blackout will be lifted so fans in the area unable to attend can watch it live.
It will be the first grandstand sell-out since 2016, the 100th running of the Indy 500. If the grandstands dont reach capacity, Indianapolis Motor Speedway implements a local television blackout in which the race can only be watched inside the city later that day on replay.
The expected sell-out was announced Friday by IndyCar and IMS president Doug Boles, who said we are within four digits in terms of tickets remaining and we wanted to get that out now so those fans that were thinking about coming, theyve got a few hours to get that done.
Boles said the grandstands will be completely sold out by Monday for the May 25 event and The Greatest Spectacle in Racing is expected to draw 350,000 on race day. The Indiana Pacers will also host an NBA playoff game that evening.
We will lift the local delay in the Indianapolis market so those folks here in Indianapolis can watch the Indianapolis 500 live when its run, Boles said. We also know that the Pacers are playing in town that evening. But for a lot of our fans who are here for the race, their tradition when they get home is to watch the Indianapolis 500. Im sure people will be trying to figure out how bounce between a Pacers game, which we hope is a win for Indianapolis and the Indianapolis 500.
General admission tickets are still available and the speedway directed any questions as to the possible attendance of President Donald Trump to the White House.
This really is about the fans, this event has the 109th running coming up because of the way fans have embraced it, Boles said. It is a race, but it so much more than that. Its an event and I love hearing stories from our fans about what this race means to them, to their families, the generations of their families.
The race will be shown on Fox Sports, which is in its first year as IndyCar broadcast partner.
Fox Sports is all in on IndyCar, and this is an incredible accomplishment to celebrate with our first Indy 500 broadcast, Fox Sports CEO Eric Shanks said. As a lifelong fan, I am also personally thrilled to see the grandstands filled on race day and look forward to broadcasting the race live in Central Indiana.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway has 232,000 grandstand seats. The speedway has another 20,000 suite tickets, 12,000 employees on race day, and an untold number of those who watch from the infield.
You can see how quickly we get to that 350,000 number, Boles said.
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印第安纳波利斯（美联社）――据预测，印第安纳波利斯500大赛将座无虚席，当地将解除比赛的收视黑禁令，使得该地区无法到场的观众也能实时观看比赛。
这将是自2016年以来，印第安纳波利斯500赛车赛（Indy 500）举办第100届赛事以来，看台首次售罄。如果看台未达到满座，印第安纳波利斯赛车场将实施当地电视转播黑名单，当天晚些时候，观众只能在城市内通过重播观看比赛。
IndyCar和IMS总裁Doug Boles于周五宣布了预计门票售罄的消息，他表示“我们目前剩余的门票数量是四位数，我们希望现在公布这个消息，以便那些还在考虑是否前来的粉丝们还有几个小时的时间去购买。”
博尔斯表示，到5月25日赛事当天，看台将全部售罄，而“赛场上的最伟大盛事”预计将吸引35万名观众。同日晚上，印第安纳步行者队还将举办一场NBA季后赛。
波尔斯表示，我们将在印第安纳波利斯市场取消当地延时播放，这样印第安纳波利斯的人们就可以在比赛进行时现场观看印第安纳波利斯500大赛了。同时，我们也知道，当晚步行者队将在当地进行比赛。但对于许多来此观看比赛的粉丝而言，他们回家后的传统就是观看印第安纳波利斯500大赛。我相信人们会想办法在步行者队的比赛和印第安纳波利斯500大赛之间进行切换，我们希望步行者队能为印第安纳波利斯赢得胜利。
普通入场券仍然可用，速度赛场就唐纳德·特朗普总统可能出席白宫的疑问给出了答复。
博尔斯说，这确实与粉丝们有关，由于粉丝们的热情参与，这个赛事即将迎来第109届。它不仅仅是一场赛事，它更是一个事件，我热爱听我们的粉丝们讲述这场赛事对他们、对他们的家庭、对他们的家族世代的含义。
该比赛将在福克斯体育频道（Fox Sports）播出，这是它作为印地赛车（IndyCar）广播合作伙伴的第一个年头。
福克斯体育（Fox Sports）全力支持印地赛车（IndyCar），我们首次直播印地500大赛（Indy 500）是一次令人难以置信的成就，福克斯体育首席执行官埃里克·尚克斯（Eric Shanks）表示。作为一名终身粉丝，我也很激动地看到比赛日看台座无虚席，并期待在中西部印第安纳州现场直播这场比赛。
印第安纳波利斯赛车场有232,000个看台座位。赛车场还有20,000个套间票，比赛日有12,000名员工，以及众多在赛道内场观看比赛的观众。
你可以看到我们如何迅速达到35万这个数字。
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