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Another Las Vegas Strip show shutting down unexpectedly

With big-name residencies taking over many Strip venues, classic Las Vegas shows seem to be becoming a thing of the past.

The Street

F1 fans tore down view-blocking screens during Las Vegas GP

The race had already courted some controversy in the weeks leading up to this weekend on this element when view-blocking filters were applied to areas of pedestrian bridges running over the Strip that prevented people without tickets from seeing the track.

Motorsport

F1 fans tear down view-blocking screens during Las Vegas GP

Unlike F1’s first attempt at racing in Vegas in the early 1980s with the Caesars Palace GP, the new showpiece event for the championship promoter and its owner, Liberty Media, incorporates a 1.4-mile-stretch of the Strip on the Las Vegas Boulevard.

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Max Verstappen shrugs off collisions and penalty to win F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix

Entertaining race on the Strip ends with familiar result despite strong showing from Charles Leclerc in the Ferrari

Evening Standard

Las Vegas Strip's beautiful $1 billion loser faces another challenge

Going $1 billion over its construction budget is just the start of the problems for the Las Vegas Strip's boldest bet yet.

The Street

What we learned from Friday F1 practice at the 2023 Las Vegas GP

Formula 1's return to Las Vegas got off to a shockingly bad start with Ferrari's Carlos Sainz striking a loose water valve cover in FP1 and that session having to be abandoned after just eight minutes of running. What followed was a communications and optics horror show from both the…

Motorsport

What we learned from Friday F1 practice at the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix

Formula 1’s return to Las Vegas got off to a shockingly bad start with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz striking a loose water valve cover in FP1 and that session having to be abandoned after just eight minutes of running. What followed was a communications and optics horror show from both the…

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Sainz gets F1 Las Vegas GP grid penalty after track manhole cover incident

The first F1 race weekend on the famous Strip has been blindsided after Esteban Ocon ran over a water valve cover, with his Alpine lifting it proud of the resurfaced asphalt. His Alpine sustained damage and a yellow flag was waved but Sainz still clattered over the loose cover.

Motorsport

Sainz given grid penalty after F1 track manhole cover incident at Las Vegas GP

Autosport

Wolff: Vegas GP manhole incident "not a black eye" for F1

The first on-track session for the inaugural race weekend on the streets of Las Vegas was abandoned after just eight minutes on Thursday evening when Ferrari's Carlos Sainz ripping up the concrete frame of a water valve cover on the flat-out Strip section.

Autosport

Vasseur: F1 Vegas manhole issues that wrecked Sainz's Ferrari "unacceptable"

Eight minutes into first free practice for the inaugural race weekend on the streets of Las Vegas, Sainz suffered huge damage to the chassis, floor and power unit of his Ferrari after ripping up a concrete frame of a manhole cover on the iconic Strip.

Autosport

Vasseur: Vegas manhole issues that wrecked Sainz's Ferrari F1 car "unacceptable"

Motorsport

Glitzy F1 opening ceremony sets tone for divisive Las Vegas GP

If the groundbreaking, F1 promoted race around the Strip is earmarked as the series' very own Superbowl, then it already served up a halftime show to match a day before on-track proceedings even start.

Autosport

Las Vegas Grand Prix: Formula One taking expensive gamble that isn't guaranteed to pay off

Interest in F1 has experienced a huge surge in the United States, but there are fears that the sport is only in Sin City for the show

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Alonso: F1 Vegas GP "deserves" its special treatment

This weekend, F1 owner Liberty Media realises its long-held ambition of bringing the series to downtown Vegas, with a layout incorporating a large section of the gambling haven's iconic Strip.

Autosport

Alonso: No two laps of Vegas F1 weekend will be the same

F1’s return to Vegas will take place on an all-new course that incorporates the city’s famous Strip boulevard – with the public roads being used having been resurfaced ahead of the event.

The Street

Another Las Vegas Strip icon quietly closed for good

An iconic piece of the Las Vegas Strip has met the same fate that's coming for the Mirage Volcano and the Tropicana Resort Casino.

The Independent UK

Tourists find the Las Vegas Strip remade for its turn hosting Formula One

The Bellagio fountains on the Las Vegas Strip won't be very visible

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The Street

Formula 1 race sheds light on a huge Las Vegas Strip problem

Sin City has a dark underside that rarely gets talked about but the big race is bringing it added attention.

The Independent UK

Tourists find the Las Vegas Strip remade for its turn hosting Formula One

The Bellagio fountains on the Las Vegas Strip won't be very visible

The Guardian - AU

F1 apologises to Las Vegas for disruption caused by new night race

Greg Maffei has issued an apology for the disruption brought to the city after workers expressed disquiet over the impact on infrastructure

Motorsport

Why standing waves and tyre graining will be huge challenges in Vegas

Thanks to a mid-November calendar slot, and the decision to hold the charge along the famous Strip at night, the air temperature will most likely drop well below 10 degrees Celsius for all track sessions.

The Guardian - UK

Formula One gambles on Las Vegas spectacular to break US market

Organisers of the first grand prix in Sin City for more than 40 years vow to stage an unmissable event to rival the Super Bowl

The Street

Beloved Las Vegas, Las Vegas Strip tradition closer to the end

A new trend has taken hold in Las Vegas and its pushing out something long associated with the city.

Sports Illustrated

How Las Vegas Is Turning the Strip Into an F1 Track

Building a road course in the middle of a city is not easy—especially when it’s the glitziest city in the world.

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