Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login It’s the new normal. I called about the seats available to FCA in West Harmon and Sphere zone yesterday…. i can’t afford Koval— i wonder if motorhome parking is available? I just finished building my transport vehicle
Paneling is going up and the Las Vegas Paddock Building is starting to take shape! Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Picture I took at Sands Avenue and the Strip this morning looking West. The Wynn Hotel is to my right, the Venetian to my left, MSG Sphere to my back. They started resurfacing the streets for the circuit with week. I got caught up in the traffic yesterday. You can see they are trying to even out the two pavements. This is going to be a tough corner because the cars will want to get as much momentum as possible for the long Strip run. The cars enter here and turn left down the long Strip run. But its off camber since The Strip is crowned for water run off. And there's no run off area if you don't complete the turn. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Today they started tearing up the Strip itself. They peal off everything right down to the dirt. I would say about 8 or 9 inches of asphalt will be replaced. This is the Strip and Sands (in front of the Venetian) this morning about 7 AM. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
This makes perfect sense. Virgin is a quick walk (and the closest major resort) to the paddock / pits / start-finish line. Tweet— Twitter API (@user) date
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-19/formula-1-miami-sees-tickets-for-5-000-bottle-service-for-200-000?srnd=premium I’m looking forward to what will eventually be written about the Vegas event. I am concerned any reservation I make at Robuchon will be cancelled due to venue buyout (happened to me before).
Today I went to inspect the new road surface. Here are some photos. The surface seems very smooth as the old one had cracks in it. Not sure if any cracks will pop up this summer in the heat but I'm sure they will fix it. The road is still crowned for water run off. The height is the same so there has to be some barriers to protect the cars from the sidewalks and concrete water run off gutters. They are putting some kind of white powder on top this morning and then blowing it off. There are no raised buttons for lane changing. Replaced with white stripes. This is in front of Treasure Island across from the Venetian. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Liberty Media expects Las Vegas GP will take F1 to a new level in the USA | RACER Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei believes the new Las Vegas Grand Prix will launch “a whole new recognition for Formula 1 in the United States” given its visual appeal. Vegas will join the calendar as the penultimate round this year, with a Saturday night race planned that takes in a significant portion of South Las Vegas Boulevard as part of the track layout. Speaking to F1 investors about opportunities for Liberty’s ownership of the sport in the coming years, Maffei says commercial interest has been clear to see but that he expects F1 to reach a new level as a result of the Vegas race. “I think we nearly tripled sponsorship in the past three years, and I’m expecting Brandon (Snow, managing director of commercial) will triple it again in the next three years!” Maffei joked. “No, I think there’s a lot of opportunity and Vegas I think can actually be a great kickstart for that. “We’ve seen it both ways. We’ve seen anticipation — some new sponsors coming in because of Vegas and the work that Brandon and Renee (Wilm, Las Vegas GP CEO) have done — but also I think once we have the event in Vegas there’s going to be a whole new recognition for Formula 1 in the United States, which still is our most important sponsorship market. “A night race down the Strip that’s going to be iconic, that 10 o’clock view… I think few Americans will not have seen that view at some point — that’s going to be on every piece of television imaginable, and I think that is going to kick off a new round of sponsor interest as well, and more broad sponsor interest.” There has been pushback from some fans about the purpose of the race in Nevada, with enormous ticket prices and a focus on hospitality and entertainment suggesting a different target audience. While Maffei admits Vegas can be an extremely lucrative race for Liberty, he says the focus has to be on the event being successful for all stakeholders. “I think there will clearly be a learning curve. We came to Vegas with a whole bunch of objectives. First, to be a promoter, partly because we had ideas about what great promoters should do, and we probably thought if we were going to opine on that to some of our promoter partners we might actually want to be a promoter so we could walk the walk as well as talking the talk. We also thought that Vegas was a great opportunity for all the reasons we’ve talked about economically, but also it’s a great showcase. “Our goal here should be to be long-term greedy in the sense that we’re going to have a high revenue stream here, we’re going to have a high cost stream here, but it’s more important that we have a great experience for everyone involved rather than coin it in the first year. “I think we’ll make a lot of money in Vegas in the long term. I’m very excited — I think we’ll make good money this year. But way more important than that is we have a great experience for our drivers, for our patrons, for our fans, for our viewers, for everybody involved. So that’s the goal.” Wilm admits the big area that still needs addressing from the race’s point of view is general admission ticketing, something she says will need to be improved after the inaugural race. “I would say year one is going to be a lot of learning,” Wilm said. “We’re hoping to get a lot right — we want to create the most incredible fan experience we can and also create a great track for the drivers, we want our team principals happy… really trying to create the best event throughout the ecosystem. But I’m sure we won’t get everything right in year one and we’re going to take those learnings and we’re going to improve upon the event in years two and beyond. “We are blessed to have Clark County having already given us a 10-year approval to keep racing. When we convinced Greg to spend all the money on the land and the building, I think it was probably with the plan to race for more than just a handful of years. And we’re going to look to really re-invent ourselves; what can we do differently around talent and around customer activations? “Early feedback is we need more general admission. Our fans are not happy that we don’t have more general admission. That is something that we’re going to address in follow-on years, but I think at this point all we can do is head down, work hard and look forward to what’s to come.”
"There has been pushback from some fans about the purpose of the race in Nevada, with enormous ticket prices" Enormous! I paid it only because my wife wants to go. Personally...I'm too cheap.
My interpretation - We need to inhale as much profit as possible for the first year - so we can raise prices further for the next. Heads down to ensure the we really impress people who do not care whats left in their account after a bloated, over hyped weekend, and cannot wait to do it all again next year - and pay even more........... General admission is not hard to solve. They will not bother. Its just a show.
So I was thinking about this. I can understand why its so expensive. The construction and deconstruction of the track and facilities is enormous, along with lighting it. Then you have security, barriers, video screens, vendors, etc. Yes there are other street races but this one and its location is really difficult and expensive to produce. My biggest issue is "value for dollar". If there are no support races other than F1 its way too expensive for a 3 day event. They need to have support races to give it more value and entertainment for all the work and expense to go there.
I thought all F1 races had support races like GP2 or something? That's not happening for Vegas? We do get free food and drink. My wife things the food is supposed to be good. I think it might be as good as a Costco hotdog with long lines. I hope I'm wrong. I think I'll have a good time since I have low expectations.
They haven't announced any support races yet. IMO there are race series out there that would love to be on this track. At Singapore they had a Porsche Cup event. CRASH CITY!!! I'm telling you now... this is going to be crazy. The entire center of the Strip will be essentially closed for a week while at the same time packed with 200,000+ visitors. They have closed the Strip before but never for that long a period.
Currently (2023) when I list the Itinerary on an up-and-coming GP race in the "(Whatever name of GP) Pre-Race Thread" they list a Porsche Cup Challenge in the Itinerary.
