Formula 1 will have a third race in the USA from next year after securing a deal for a Las Vegas Grand Prix.
The 3.8-mile track will include a portion of the Nevada resort city's famous Strip.
It will be a night race and will be held on a Saturday. The eight-hour time difference will mean it is broadcast early on Sunday morning in Europe.
Las Vegas joins the US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, and the new Miami event, which makes its debut in May this year.
F1 president Stefano Domenicali said: "This is an incredible moment for F1 that demonstrates the huge appeal and growth of our sport with a third race in the US."
The move is the culmination of more than three decades of F1 trying on and off to secure a race in Las Vegas that incorporates the Strip as part of the track layout.
As such, it represents a realisation of a major ambition by F1 owners Liberty Media, who have made expanding the sport's reach in America a key aim since taking over in 2017.
VegasWam said: As someone who works on the strip...fuck me when this happens. What a pain in the ass.
Fair point, I imagine there will be a load of disruption during setup and cleardown? From my POV I'll enjoy watching it on TV and recognising all the places I visited back in 2018, and will hopefully see again next year for UMD25. Hope it isn't too much of a pain for you though.
boxster2 said: Oh God That is going to be a total mess. That kind of thinking brought down a Chicago mayor.
I can imagine it will probably cause a lot of issues for locals. It was BONKERS when EDC (electric daisy carnival) moved from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. The city infrastructure was NOT ready for it.
WAMvet said: I work at a casino on fremont, this will actually be nice for me. itll pull people from freemont making work less crazy!!
Which one? Freemont St was where we all hung out for UMD20 back in 2018, most folk stayed at the Golden Nugget, Friday and I stayed at The D, and I remember a sumptious meal on the top floor restaurant above Binnions Gambling Hall.
I really need to get an album up of my general tourist photos of Vegas and the Strip, was an awesome holiday!
WAMvet said: I work at a casino on fremont, this will actually be nice for me. itll pull people from freemont making work less crazy!!
Which one? Freemont St was where we all hung out for UMD20 back in 2018, most folk stayed at the Golden Nugget, Friday and I stayed at The D, and I remember a sumptious meal on the top floor restaurant above Binnions Gambling Hall.
I really need to get an album up of my general tourist photos of Vegas and the Strip, was an awesome holiday!
That it was mate and can't wait to do it again at just about the same time next year
WAMvet said: I work at a casino on fremont, this will actually be nice for me. itll pull people from freemont making work less crazy!!
Which one? Freemont St was where we all hung out for UMD20 back in 2018, most folk stayed at the Golden Nugget, Friday and I stayed at The D, and I remember a sumptious meal on the top floor restaurant above Binnions Gambling Hall.
I really need to get an album up of my general tourist photos of Vegas and the Strip, was an awesome holiday!
That it was mate and can't wait to do it again at just about the same time next year
I am more excited than I can say to have another meet up next year
Love you, too
