Las Vegas GP all-clear to stay on F1 calendar until 2032
The Las Vegas GP, currently on a three-year contract, has been recognized as an annual event for at least 10 years - a big step in a potential contract extension.
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F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix Launch Party
Formula 1 will feature three races in the US on its calendar for 2023. There’s the ‘United States Grand Prix’ held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Last season, the Miami Grand Prix was added. For the upcoming season and likely for a long time to come, the Las Vegas Grand Prix will also be on the F1 calendar. The organizers of the Las Vegas GP have made their intentions to turn the race into the ‘home of F1’ in North America.
The Grand Prix is unique in one particular aspect: Unlike every other race on the calendar, it will be held on a Saturday. This is probably because it’s an event in the vein of Monaco and Singapore – equally (or perhaps) even more about the regalia and the atmosphere surrounding the event. Keeping the race on a Saturday also means that visitors and audiences can visit the casinos late into the night without work coming in the way.
This will be the first time since 1982 (when the season finale was in Las Vegas) that there will be three F1 races held in the USA. F1’s popularity in the USA continues to boom, and the fact that there’ll be three races held there is just a testament to just how big the sport is becoming there. Both COTA (2026) and Miami (which is on a 10-year contract) are on long-term deals, and now, they’ll be joined in this by the Las Vegas GP.
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Clark County Commissioners unanimously voted to extend Las Vegas GP contract
According to Joe Pampliano, the Las Vegas Grand Prix is set to remain on the Formula 1 calendar until at least 2032. That means its contract runs roughly for the same amount of time as that of the Miami Grand Prix. Initially, F1 had signed a three-year deal, but Clark County commissioners have unanimously voted to extend this deal further.
As per the Las Vegas Review-Journal, James Gibson, the Chairman of the commission, said: “I think it’s important to note that we have a three-year contract with Formula One, but we anticipate a lifetime in partnership,” Clark County commissioner James Gibson said. This will open the pathway to be able to do it for at least 10 years. And then beyond that, I’m sure that those who succeed us will see the value in what we’ve done and continue doing it forever.”
It is certainly set to be quite the event. Las Vegas, as a city, is known for ‘excess’ and, of course, gambling, just like Monte Carlo (Monaco). Sergio Perez, who was at the launch party (for the event) in November, stated later: “Really happy, you know. I’ve been in Vegas many times before, so it was a very enjoyable, short visit. And yeah, just looking forward, I think it’s going to be the biggest event in the world next year.”
Perez is not the only person in the paddock who holds the ‘biggest event in the world’ opinion regarding Las Vegas. Haas’ team principal, Guenther Steiner, had branded Las Vegas a ‘high-speed Monaco’ in an interview with KVUE. He further said that the Grand Prix will be the ‘biggest show on Earth ever’. If the event lives up to this hype, it can only be good for the sport.
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