It wasn't ideal timing for the United States audience, but it did benefit the Europeans who had the opportunity to awaken early Sunday and consume the race the way Americans do most weeks.īut she acknowledged that tinkering with practice and qualifying times could be explored ahead of next year's race. local start for the Saturday night race fit with the Las Vegas social scene, which is used to having dinner then heading to a title fight within that same range. We want to be able to lean in more and look for ways to up the ante on the entertainment, while making sure it is a top notch sporting event.” “I think we want to add more general admission ticketing. “I think we are going to take a look at a lot of things from year one and think about what we did well and what we can improve on next year,” she said. She wouldn't commit specifically to F1 and Liberty making changes to the pricing structure. So that $250 isn't for a general admission seat - only a deposit to buy one later - and it isn't refundable either. Wilm said ticket pricing has not been set yet. The LVGP on Saturday opened up the deposit period for 2024 tickets with the lowest deposit $250 for one grandstand ticket all the way up to $5,000 for one ticket in private hospitality.

F1 eventually offered a lower-priced general admission ticket, but in the end, was not sold out Saturday nigh t and many hotels had dramatically reduced their rates. “We’re very happy to be able to use our event to help support community benefits.”Īverage Americans complained from the beginning that they were outpriced, both by the tickets for the LVGP and the highly-jacked hotel rates. Wilm said the LVGP did not ask for a waiver on the live entertainment tax, a decision that allowed Nevada to receive “hundreds of millions of dollars in the coffers to use for teachers, for public safety, for STEM schools” she said. A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the LVGP over Thursday night practice. Friday morning before the start of second practice. The LVGP worked with the casinos, and federal and union laws surrounding work hours was part of the reason fans were forced to leave at 1:30 a.m. She said more attention has to be given to transportation issues as the planning for 100,000 hotel rooms over the 3.85-mile circuit was the most daunting task of the event. Wilm said the state of Nevada is considering permanently keeping the the Flamingo pedestrian bridge because it was such a benefit to traffic planning. The upside to the community is that F1 and Liberty used part of their funds to fully repave the Strip and circuit used - better roads for everyone once F1 is gone! - and multiple temporary pedestrian bridges were built for the event. “We really were a startup with a very small team that was working in a very short amount of time.”Īside from the disruptions for locals, businesses complained their traffic was down because customers could not access the establishments, and restaurants and nightclubs complained F1 threatened to erect structures to obscure any views if they didn't pay exorbitant licensing fees.

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