MGM Will Construct a Grandstand On Bellagio Lake for System 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix

MGM Resorts Worldwide will construct a grandstand over the lake on the Bellagio resort for viewing the System 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, the corporate introduced this week.

A rendering of the grandstand to be constructed on the lake at Bellagio for F1’s Las Vegas Grand Prix. (MGM Resorts Worldwide)

MGM is asking it “one of many world’s most unique reside sports-viewing experiences” that may solely be accessible via the acquisition of considered one of its “race-and-stay” packages.

These packages embrace:

• Two, three-day race tickets for both the Bellagio Grandstands or Paddock Grandstands
• A 3-night keep at MGM’s Bellagio, ARIA, Vdara, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, Delano, Park MGM, New York-New York, Luxor or Excalibur resorts
• Meals and non-alcoholic drinks inside the grandstands

On Friday morning, On line casino.org chosen a Bellagio Grandstand System 1 room and ticket package deal, that includes a Resort King Bellagio room and two three-day Bellagio grandstand tickets. The overall got here to $9,011.63.

Not-So Grandstands?

“In simply over a 12 months, F1 followers from across the globe will see how Las Vegas throws a celebration,” mentioned Steve Zanella, MGM Resorts’ chief industrial officer, in a press release. “Along with the Bellagio Grandstands, which is able to set new requirements for occasion viewing, we’ll create a ’round the clock celebration worthy of this worldwide spectacular.”

About half of the web agreed concerning the grandstand setting new requirements – new low requirements. Many complained about how the steep stands will mar the view of the fountains for lots of of hundreds of Las Vegas guests, in addition to all visitors of the Bellagio fortunate sufficient to snag Strip-facing rooms.

Commenting on the bluntly titled Important Vegas weblog entry from On line casino.org’s personal Scott Roeben, “Bellagio Grandstand Plans for F1 Are an Abomination,” reader Michael Alexakis wrote: “Big grandstands mar the great thing about main golf match programs as properly. This can be a company world we reside in. We have now to allow them to try and soak people of their belongings so we are able to watch it on TV, and be barraged with commercials. No area that may be bought will go unsold as a result of it bothers us.”

The F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix race shall be held at 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. It is going to function 50 laps round a 3.8-mile circuit weaving all through the Strip, with a straightaway permitting drivers to push 212 miles per hour.

Tickets went on sale final week, ranging in worth from $500 for a standing-room-only three-day move, to $10K for a Skybox Hospitality seat close to the paddock. MGM Resorts reportedly scooped up $20 million to $25 million value of tickets, with an eye fixed towards cobbling collectively resort/race packages costing $100K. Nothing that costly has up to now been introduced.