Superloop Adelaide 500

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:44): Supplementary: given, by the minister's own admission, he has just said that the Adelaide Superloop 500 has been buffered by the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert, how does the department analyse the success in tickets sales of the music events as opposed to the motorsports?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (14:44): Again, I thank the member for her ongoing interest in motorsport. As the member would know, the general admission tickets are, I think, $99 for Sunday and for the other days it is a similar price. We don't sell a ticket just to the concert or just to the motorsport festival. It is a festival of entertainment, a festival of speed, a festival of thrills, and you can access it all if you buy a ticket. If you choose not to go to the Red Hot Chili Peppers you can just go to the race for the day or vice versa; you can choose to go to the concert at the end of the evening and not participate in the motorsport.

Last year, Robbie Williams was the final night's entertainment and, again, I think people made those decisions—it was a record number. I think they shut the gates at about 3 o'clock because the venue had reached capacity. We don't divide the ticket sales up into music or motorsport; it is a festival of entertainment over four days. There is some of the most exciting motorsport that we ever see in this state and, as always, there is a concert at the end of each day. Again, I think we will see this year's event approaching record numbers because the South Australian public and interstate and international visitors will flock to Adelaide to enjoy the event.

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Hunter, a supplementary.