Las Vegas Grand Prix Announcement Tonight (March 30, 2022)?

[bagekko]

I was just there 3 days ago, its a disaster.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by bagekko

I was just there 3 days ago, its a disaster.

Liberty is probably too busy setting up barriers to the hotels surrounding the track that don't want to pay the dollars per head of having views of the track.

[bagekko]

There's very few stands on the strip only in front of Bellagio and they haven't built them all yet, most of them are in no-mans land on Koval St. Its going to be a mess people getting to the stands and there are very few footbridges to get across the track back there. By the start finish pit complex theres a grandstand that their view directly in front is the back of another grandstand, you can't see the cars going through T3&4 and will only see the back of the cars as they go down the front stretch. Outside of the stands in the start/pit complex, the seats suck. The lux stands in front of the Bellagio are so close to the track you can barely see the road, plus at the fastest point those people are not going to see anything besides a car for a second since its at the curve of the backstretch.

What's hilarious is how they said at least roads will get new paving, but they only paved one side of the roads which is the racing circuit. All of the track is so narrow I don't see how there's going to be much passing. It's going to be a red flag wreck fest, prolly won't go the distance.

If the casinos don't see a larger profit than a normal weekend, this might be the first and last year.

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Liberty is probably too busy setting up barriers to the hotels surrounding the track that don't want to pay the dollars per head of having views of the track.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by bagekko

There's very few stands on the strip only in front of Bellagio and they haven't built them all yet, most of them are in no-mans land on Koval St. Its going to be a mess people getting to the stands and there are very few footbridges to get across the track back there. By the start finish pit complex theres a grandstand that their view directly in front is the back of another grandstand, you can't see the cars going through T3&4 and will only see the back of the cars as they go down the front stretch. Outside of the stands in the start/pit complex, the seats suck. The lux stands in front of the Bellagio are so close to the track you can barely see the road, plus at the fastest point those people are not going to see anything besides a car for a second since its at the curve of the backstretch.

What's hilarious is how they said at least roads will get new paving, but they only paved one side of the roads which is the racing circuit. All of the track is so narrow I don't see how there's going to be much passing. It's going to be a red flag wreck fest, prolly won't go the distance.

If the casinos don't see a larger profit than a normal weekend, this might be the first and last year.

I read somewhere that the 35k hospitality workers are striking for longer work contracts.

[bagekko]

I think a few of them sabotaged the plumbing & electrical at Caesars cause Bacchanal buffet was shut down closed all Friday for issues, they cancelled our & all reservations and we were pissed.

Originally Posted by M5Rick

I read somewhere that the 35k hospitality workers are striking for longer work contracts.

[dfox]

I saw that Atlantic city approved building a 2.4 mile F1 spec circuit, trying to bring F1 there instead of Vegas. It would be a dedicated circuit, not a retrofitted mess. My family has a house in a nearby town that I visit every year, would love to get to pair that trip with an F1 race!

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by dfox

I saw that Atlantic city approved building a 2.4 mile F1 spec circuit, trying to bring F1 there instead of Vegas. It would be a dedicated circuit, not a retrofitted mess. My family has a house in a nearby town that I visit every year, would love to get to pair that trip with an F1 race!

Should be fully built in around 8 years time with hundreds of condos and commercial space on the old Bader Field, a $2.7 billion plan.