The volume of work required to the world famous strip to accommodate the race has caused disruption for and discord among the city’s residents and workers, but a multi-year agreement to host the race shows how much the sport’s owners are betting on this event becoming the biggest grand prix on the calendar each year. The millions of dollars’ worth of investment that both Formula 1 and the city of Las Vegas have ploughed into this event is unprecedented. If the Miami Grand Prix at the Miami Dolphins stadium was the blueprint, Vegas takes that model to a whole new level with neon lights, casinos, high-end hotels and other eye-catching architecture. The first grand prix promoted by Formula One Management itself, the Las Vegas Grand Prix has been pushed as being the ultimate vision of what the sport’s owners, Liberty Media, see that grands prix could and should be – major events in major destination cities with a Super Bowl atmosphere. After poaching the Raiders NFL team from Oakland, Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium will host the upcoming Super Bowl LVIII in February.Īnd yet, despite its international reputation as the ultimate party city and playground of the rich, famous and those who aspire to be both, this weekend’s grand prix could be one of the biggest events Sin City has ever seen. Las Vegas is synonymous with the biggest headline names in American entertainment: Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Liberace – Carrot Top.
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