![]() ![]() ![]() The race would not be held on a permanent track like Watkins Glen or even a properly built street circuit like in Long Beach. “So Caesars was fairly confident if they did something like this for an F1 race that they would be able to get all their high rollers invited to come and participate and enjoy the event.” Everybody that wanted to come and gamble on the fight came, so they would sell out in literally hours. “There weren’t a lot of seats, but the seats were very expensive, and they were packed. “Caesars (Palace) was holding these boxing matches in their pavilion behind their hotel,” said Chris Pook, the founder of the Long Beach Grand Prix, brought in by race promoters to help organize the new event. but Vegas offered something different.Īs the 1981 season finale, it was hyped as a star-studded affair that would showcase the glitz and glamor that Las Vegas offers, marketed towards a high roller demographic similar to how casinos promoted other sporting events. at New York’s Watkins Glen International and in Long Beach, Calif. Follow live F1 news ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix this weekį1 first came to the Nevada desert in 1981 with the same kind of thinking that marks today’s race.Our favorite Las Vegas GP fan events, from Valtteri Bottas haircuts to 'Shoey Bars' ![]()
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