As a 35 year, American fan of F1, living on the West Coast, I was so excited when this race was announced. I was so ready to get my tickets and book my travel, right up until the prices were announced and all the tickets were bought by the hotels. My excitement immediately turned to frustration and realization that the event was not financially viable. Now, it just makes me mad. I'm glad that more people are interested in the sport I love, but these types of events are just not sustainable and definitely not for people like me. I do appreciate the cameo of the DeLorean at 8:32.
Absolutely right. Who are these people that can afford to attend races? There's no incentive for them to drop prices while they're selling out every race. Sucks for us. I haven't been to a race since '98 Montréal when a ticket was $75 if I can remember correctly. Keep the faith
Agreed!! Miami and Vegas are straight money grabs, as if the sport and/or FIA need more money. Those races are for the sponsors and the wealthy and are kind of just embarrassing spectacles outside the race itself. 😩 At least we have Austin!
I can totally relate to your level of frustration. I'm a fan of F1 and have been for years also, unfortunately what we're seeing is the sport being turned into a spectacle where being there is more important that what actually happens "there". Sure, i'll watch the race on TV, and i'm sure it'll be a heck of a show, but my sincere hope is that there isn't a repeat of some of the American cringy behavior put on display like what we saw at Miami for the world to see. What's "cringy" Hip hop stars with zero motorsport credibility introducing F1 drivers complete with race/nationality emphasis.
At 8:32 there was a DeLorean which is the Time Machine from Back to The Future.. very rare and don’t see many of them around.. sooo cool to have captured that in the video 🙏👍
I was there about a month ago and yes, the construction was an absolute nightmare to deal with. It's already kind of a pain in the ass to walk the strip now it's nearly an impossibility.
Pretty much true of every race on the calendar with a very few exceptions like Hungary. For North America Montreal and Mexico City would probably be cheaper than any of the US races.
Great video on the build up to the race. I’ve read that the word “paddock “ will not be used at this race as the sniper/killer from a few years ago was named Paddock and they don’t want the association.
Maybe he meant afternoon in Australia? I was doing the math and yea, it didn’t quite match. Vegas is 9 hours behind Amsterdam, for example. It is a bad schedule for the US! Why couldn’t the race be at 8 pm? It’s dark by then in November. I guess I’ll just watch the recording or recaps the next day.
@@MichelleWalterdoesArt Well, probably because then it would be in the middle of the night in Europe then. They likely did not want that (although it is the normal time for viewers in the US for European daytime races, so why not the reverse??)
Another terrific video. You are right about the price of strip hotel rooms dropping. Caesar’s is down to the $600s per night, the Hilton Resorts World is down to the $500. The Nobu Hotel is down to the $900. Months ago these prices were several times that.
I just booked Caesars for 401 a night a few minutes ago. We originally had an Airbnb about 20 miles from the strip. After realizing it will take 40 minutes to get to the strip by Uber WITHOUT insane F1 traffic, we decided to do this instead after watching this video and hearing him talk about Paris. There are still some rooms left for that price
Kym, I live in Ohio, which is the same time zone as New York & Montreal, and the Las Vegas GP will start at 1am, the same time as the Australian GP & Japanese are at. I understand the desire of drawing in the European audience and of the lure of the Vegas strip at night, but I have my doubts of how successful the race will be here due to the very late time slot. I personally do not think I will stay up until nearly 3am to watch an entire race in my country
Qualifying and the race are at 6am in England, nowhere near afternoon in Europe 🙈 P1 & P3 are at 2.30am and P2 is also at 6am. Australia makes out like a bandit for LV GP timings.
I love watching the actual end - always a funny out-take or fumble. Hard to believe that all of the setup work will be done in time. Thanks for the track walk.
As a local and an F1 fan, the juice better be worth the squeeze. It has been absolute hell getting around the strip corridor and adjacent streets for months. If anyone can screw it up, Las Vegas will give it a shot. It will look awesome on a TV screen but in person will be hell. Pack your patience.
Well of course but they should make it back multiple times over. They already have a contract for multiple years for the track and the city will be able to pull so much in taxes from the insanely wealthy and upper middle class that will be spending money in that one weekend. And if it goes really well they could become a staple spot and even get other series to race there.
08:55 Sorry, but how is midnight in Las Vegas equivalent to the 'middle of the afternoon' in Europe? Las Vegas is 8 hours behind London. Midnight = 8am.
There's more to the timing issue than just the fact its 3am in NY. In Nov temperatures in LV are typically around the low 20s C which is great for racing in the day. But, being a desert, temps at night can be as low as 0 C, which means the drivers could be in for a pretty frosty ride by the time they get on track.
I live in Scottsdale (very similar climate) and have had the misfortune of having to go to Vegas many times in November for conferences. It’ll be in the mid to upper 50s maybe upper 40s Fahrenheit come race time. Probably warmer being that the city is a heat island with all the buildings and pavement. 0/32 is crazy talk from someone who hasn’t been to a desert city in the winter.
As an east coast F1 fan in the US, the times for everything are terrible. Qualifying at 3am. The race at 1:30am. I won't be able to stay awake that late to watch the race unfortunately. I'll be finding out the results in the morning when I wake up, and then watching the replay. It's not really great for the US fans, and that's why the Las Vegas GP was set up (to bring in more US fans). And the ridiculous pricing just to go. It's over $2000 USD for a 3-day general admission pass, plus whatever it costs just to stay in a hotel, plus airfare, plus costs for renting a car or taking an Uber, and whatever the food/drink costs are as well. I can't justify spending $5000 just to watch an F1 race live from some bleachers! That's just crazy!
I’m in Atlanta and I’ll be up and watching just like Singapore and Australia (IIRC)! I love this time for a race. Have a party, have some food, have some drinks(if you want) Then have a race! What’s not to love!! Music, F1, Vibes. ❤️🏎️💨
Dude! 00:00 @ Las Vegas is so not middle of the afternoon in Europe. It’s 07:00 in the UK and 08:00 CET. So the race especially is very early. But I am not complaining as the rest of the USA usually has those times for most races in the middle east and asia and early mornings for most of Europe.
@@marciabigg469 only is a thing if we’re out of sync in that weekend. Since Europe and US can be different by a week. Europe switches 29th of October US switches 5th of November Race is 19th of November so we’re all in sync by then. So time difference is 9h to CET and 8h GMT. I made a mistake in initial comment. Thought it was central time in US. Race is 07:00 CET so 06:00 GMT on Sunday and 22:00 on Saturday local time.
I've always been in the camp 'singapore, baku and monaco do it all the time', but now I understand why a lot of people have been complaining about the race in vegas.
I live in Vegas, i also love F1. Having said that, this has been an absolute nightmare for a lot of people here. I am looking forward to the race but i really hope they can find a way to mitigate the disruption for future races.
Try Boulder City Municipal Airport. Or just inside CA, Kingston Ranch Airport. Turning Las Vegas into a street circuit is really something. I was sleeping in the back of a motorhome at night, mostly, when I first went thru Vegas. When downtown was IT, back in the 70's.
Really great video Kym , thanks for the track tour ! I was there 8 weeks ago , made a lot of headway towards the final push to race weekend ! Can’t wait to see the cars on track ! And looking forward to you being the man on the ground for more content . Cheers mate
Thanks for the awesome amount of info about the preparation for Vegas F1. I cannot wait to see the race but I can also understand the feelings of the locals impacted by the race weekend.
We were there last month. It was a big mess, we wondered if everything will be ready on time. However, we saw literally thousands of workers finishing their shifts, hence big traffic jams to let them cross the road. I can't wait to see the finished product!
We were just there last week, and traffic was a disaster. Our Uber driver, on the way to the Sphere, said they will just randomly close streets to do work. Zero warning. Was also kind of shitty that the Volcano at Mirage was closed, and the fountains at Bellagio are completely inaccessible from the front., have to watch the show from a limited side view.
Great overview! Really looking forward to it. I really wish they had kept the exorbitant costs to the glitz and glamour stuff like paddock pass. I was super disappointed by the pricing early-on. Even if hotel and ticket prices slowly drop as they attempt to fill last minute, its just difficult to plan entire trips in that window. So ideally I hope they just learn the value of selling-out all rooms and seats is far better than the "prestige" of luxury pricing.
The Paddock club entrance looks exactly like the design in Canada, which is very new as well. The interior looks very similar as well. Super high ceilings and wide open layout. I wonder if it was the same architect. I bet it was based on the design similarities.
Thanks for the video Kym, it's fascinating to see and I'll be very curious to see what last minute tasks remaining in the week leading up to the event... on that note, I'm 41, middle to upper income earner and been an F1 fan since I was 3-4 years old. I'm flying to Las Vegas, from New Zealand, on the 11th November and will be flying out at 8am on the Thursday, the start of the event. It's going to kill me doing so, but the ticket prices for 3 days are obscene and frankly, spectating will be pretty terrible at such a flat venue with buildings everywhere. Hotel prices were completely out of control at the time I was booking my trip for work, so that was the nail in the coffin. The greed is strong in F1 for this race, for that reason, I'm sad to say, that I hope it fails. Suzuka's approach is the way it should be for the fans, reasonable and fair pricing for families, which supports the next generation of fans and F1 employees. Las Vegas will always be a more pricey option, but this has been taken way too far.
Somebody has to pay for all of that goodness. As much as we would like them to be, all the F1 races won't be affordable for many and some, like LV, are in the stratosphere, which is OK by me because we can have a single spectacle F1 event like this each year. It will boost the number of F1 fans and that can only be good.
Interesting choice to do F1 in Vegas..hotel booking and flights empty.. so they are doing deep room discounts with race package just to fill hotels..Bigger question is will Lance Stroll last until November
People say the racing won’t be very good but we have yet to see the track in action, either way, it will be a beautiful venue with all the lights I’m excited to see them race under the lights (on TV of course)
I think this race is going to be better than people think. A lot of F1 fans have a preconceived negative view about it just because it's the third race in the United States. I think the track is going to be just like Monza, long straights, high speed, a few chicanes. And honestly, I think TV is the best place to watch it. Sure it would be cool to be there live, but you're not going to get the beautiful aerial shots and panoramic shots that you would get on TV. Like any other live sporting event, you go for the experience, not for the views. At the very least it can't be as bad Monaco. That track has consistently produced the worst race of the season year after year for the past decade, and the only thing that can help it is rain.
Prices are dropping for rooms during the race but increasing for CES2024. I'm not happy about the latter. And you're spot on regarding your description of Koval Lane. May Tupaq Shakur rest in peace.
At those expensive VIP areas above the pit lane some idiot will drop something below. It could be a cup with drinks, trash or some ice from their cups. Anyway, love these videos showing areas I could never afford to sit in Vegas and back in Miami.
I’m a Las Vegas local for 20+ years, and this has been a horrible traffic nightmare. I personnaly never watched a F1 race but to block the local sidewalks with drapes so the local pedestrians cant watch, and black out the the glass is not fair for them. Lots of the locals here are on a low income budget and to take that from them is kind of a spit in the face. Don’t they want to gain fans and not lose? Every local that lives within 3-5 miles should be compinsated or given free tickets. Thoughts? (Just being honest)
While supporting locals is ideal, the truth of the matter is that the marketing behind this project is targeted to an international audience. Vegas has such a massive pull that an event like this will pay itself off in dividends from global tourism regardless of how they treat the locals. They are looking for big spenders to come in, stay in the hotels and splash out at the casinos and restaurants on the strip. Supporting the local populous is just a nice to have.
Yeah, it doesn't make sense to block views from people on the sidewalks. I'm not even a fan, but it would be cool to catch an eyeful for a few laps, and then move on with the rest of my day/evening. They're not losing anything b/c I wasn't going to buy a ticket anyway.
Funny.. I always hear "locals never go to the strip"… Now all of a sudden "locals are so annoyed by f1 on the strip, you can't go anywhere blah blah blah". Pick a struggle.
I was in Vegas last September. I have been visiting every September for years, but this was my last time going in that month. The strip wasn't what it used to be at all. There was fencing and construction everywhere, with the Bellagio Fountains and Mirage volcano both fenced off. Lighting rigging was scattered everywhere. I guess I'll have to go earlier in the year next time to avoid all of the F1 mess.
Few places know how to waste money and resources like Las Vegas, and they seem to be right on Olympic level spending. All this for a few hours of racing, not even a two week event like the Olympics, though. Las Vegas has homeless people that live in underground tunnels and a surge of immigrants lately, yet all this is being built. Thanks for the update, Kym!
I’m here now Vegas streets are a nightmare. This race is going to go down as the most expensive race in Motorsport history. Hotels on the strip are already price gouging.
@@barryomahony4983 Vegas normal prices are $10 for a beer $6 for a coffee, $20 for a cheeseburger. Thats year round, once the race weekend comes that will all go up. They are already charging $110 for a regular f1 shirt in Aria, Bellagio, and Ceasars.
I was in Vegas recently and I was thinking how cool that I'm literally walking on the strip where my favorite drivers will be zooming down in just a month. Sad I can't make the actual race though but I will definitely enjoy tuning in from the comfort of my home :) Probably more comfortable and cost-effective anyways.
Fantastic videoos you make Kym....about the track and event held, its a pity its only for the Elite...its good we have a huge TV with very fast internet and a nice source to watch for free.
I was down there this weekend, what a sh*t show the strip is. The race better be worth it for all the hassle it has been. I will say, the actual strip/track itself looks really nice
Great video. I live about a five hour drive from Vegas. I've been there three times since F1 announced the race. I always drive by and look at the construction. I'll be there this weekend, too. I stayed at the Flamingo a few months ago. If you get strip view, be a great hotel. Last time I looked, the rooms were 899 a night during the race. Normally that's 129 a night.
That track looks boring and the prices are ridiculous. This race is made for all the rich non-F1 fans to go a socialize with each other without watching a single second of the race.
Midnight in Vegas is breakfast time in the UK (8 hours difference). Only die-hard East Coast US race fans will be up that late. That's also a 1 AM start in the Mountain time zone, where I am. It's quite possible that it will be 10C or less at that time of night. I went to LV on US Thanksgiving weekend years ago, and it struggled to reach 21C mid-afternoon, even though the sunlight felt strong. Wind's also a problem, as there's nothing besides buildings to slow it down. Hoping for the best for F1, but I thought it was silly when I first heard the proposed race weekend timing. It's the exact opposite of Miami conditions.
Thanks for the preview of Vegas. The track looks amazing. It must have the largest number of on track hotels, surely? Does this mean the crowd able to watch the race in person could potentially be much larger than the 450k predicted? BTW nice Delorean in the background.
I've stayed at Paris before. Nice hotel (apart from the one barman who didn't like my NSW driver's license as a form of ID) and such a perfect spot to access everything. Enjoy your stay and enjoy the race.
Well that private jet parking might just make pass the Vegas race - hmmm.... Seems like awful lot of work still to be done before race. What is due date for everything to be complete?
Hi kym greetings from Thailand we stayed at the paris in 2010 very nice hotel loved Vegas hired some harleys also fabulous memories great video as usual 🎉🎉
I wish F1 would come to Road America in Wisconsin. Beautiful newly resurfaced track. Tons of parking and places where you can be within 20 feet of the track. At pit lane you are literally about 8 feet from the car. $70 for IMSA Sunday race
Can't wait to see the giant eye on the ball watching the cars pass.
@@upforthat won’t happen anytime soon
That hasn't happened for a while, probably because lessons were learned from the previous time...1955@@upfor
😂😂😂 👁️
That’ll be freaky if you’re driving an F1 car and see that 🤣🤣🤣
@@upfor How do you think anyone is going to walk onto the track?
As a 35 year, American fan of F1, living on the West Coast, I was so excited when this race was announced. I was so ready to get my tickets and book my travel, right up until the prices were announced and all the tickets were bought by the hotels. My excitement immediately turned to frustration and realization that the event was not financially viable. Now, it just makes me mad. I'm glad that more people are interested in the sport I love, but these types of events are just not sustainable and definitely not for people like me.
I do appreciate the cameo of the DeLorean at 8:32.
Absolutely right. Who are these people that can afford to attend races? There's no incentive for them to drop prices while they're selling out every race. Sucks for us. I haven't been to a race since '98 Montréal when a ticket was $75 if I can remember correctly. Keep the faith
Agreed!! Miami and Vegas are straight money grabs, as if the sport and/or FIA need more money. Those races are for the sponsors and the wealthy and are kind of just embarrassing spectacles outside the race itself. 😩 At least we have Austin!
Sounds like a typical Vegas thing to do. Price gouging is rampant in that city.
Prices are crazy. I’m in LA and will keep my weekend open in case I can score some cheap last minute tickets.
I can totally relate to your level of frustration. I'm a fan of F1 and have been for years also, unfortunately what we're seeing is the sport being turned into a spectacle where being there is more important that what actually happens "there". Sure, i'll watch the race on TV, and i'm sure it'll be a heck of a show, but my sincere hope is that there isn't a repeat of some of the American cringy behavior put on display like what we saw at Miami for the world to see. What's "cringy" Hip hop stars with zero motorsport credibility introducing F1 drivers complete with race/nationality emphasis.
Its always better when a fan does the "Stay Passionate!" tag
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@@KymIllmanseconded
Needed to hit up one of the construction workers.
its awesome with the fan, but it almost blew out my eardrums with the sudden volume jump
At 8:32 there was a DeLorean which is the Time Machine from Back to The Future.. very rare and don’t see many of them around.. sooo cool to have captured that in the video 🙏👍
They are not that rare. And the are dreadfull cars
@@dylanburston7453 they are here in Australia.. and not so bad when you hit 88mph.. 🤣
Ha ha yes, saw it too!!! Was about to comment and saw that you were eagle eyed too!!
@@warrenw273back to the future wast a film it was a documetary. it took them 30 years to reach 88
if you watch 'back to the future predicts 9/11' then it becomes a documentary for sure@@dylanburston7453
This is awesome Kym, thanks for the update!
My pleasure!
Kym, you're always bringing that quality content we want to know about. Keep up the good work.
I appreciate that!
Intro had me rewinding and stressing about what I just heard 😂
d*cks out for harambe ❤❤❤
What is bro doing here
Dicked down
It's very clear, he said he's getting dicked down by a pee-pee
I was there about a month ago and yes, the construction was an absolute nightmare to deal with. It's already kind of a pain in the ass to walk the strip now it's nearly an impossibility.
Wow! Talking about cutting it close. Thanks for the tour.👍🏼
Nice preview 👍🏽
Shame the race tickets are prohibitively expensive.
If the hotels don’t make enough money from the package being that expensive, you can guarantee, they’re going to decrease in costs as time goes on.
And passing by is gonna be a real pain
Only 10hrs from Colorado and being a life-long fan... I cannot afford it. Shame
Pretty much true of every race on the calendar with a very few exceptions like Hungary. For North America Montreal and Mexico City would probably be cheaper than any of the US races.
Great video on the build up to the race. I’ve read that the word “paddock “ will not be used at this race as the sniper/killer from a few years ago was named Paddock and they don’t want the association.
The Las Vegas GP will not be "in the middle of the afternoon" in Europe! It will be at 07:00 AM.
Maybe he meant afternoon in Australia? I was doing the math and yea, it didn’t quite match. Vegas is 9 hours behind Amsterdam, for example. It is a bad schedule for the US! Why couldn’t the race be at 8 pm? It’s dark by then in November. I guess I’ll just watch the recording or recaps the next day.
@@MichelleWalterdoesArt Well, probably because then it would be in the middle of the night in Europe then. They likely did not want that (although it is the normal time for viewers in the US for European daytime races, so why not the reverse??)
the amount of work and planning that goes into something like this is insane
08:31 Mans in the DMC Delorean has already seen the race and is on his way back home. 😂😂
LOL, Awesome comment 😂
Another terrific video.
You are right about the price of strip hotel rooms dropping. Caesar’s is down to the $600s per night, the Hilton Resorts World is down to the $500. The Nobu Hotel is down to the $900. Months ago these prices were several times that.
Who the fuck would pay even half a grand for a single night stay in a second world shithole like Vegas?
I just booked Caesars for 401 a night a few minutes ago. We originally had an Airbnb about 20 miles from the strip. After realizing it will take 40 minutes to get to the strip by Uber WITHOUT insane F1 traffic, we decided to do this instead after watching this video and hearing him talk about Paris. There are still some rooms left for that price
8:30 a DMC DeLorean............... Crazy how much money is being spent on that construction and a lot of it only temporary
Nicely spotted
Kym, I live in Ohio, which is the same time zone as New York & Montreal, and the Las Vegas GP will start at 1am, the same time as the Australian GP & Japanese are at. I understand the desire of drawing in the European audience and of the lure of the Vegas strip at night, but I have my doubts of how successful the race will be here due to the very late time slot. I personally do not think I will stay up until nearly 3am to watch an entire race in my country
Great update video Kym!
No one else makes videos like you do! Absolute quality!
Qualifying and the race are at 6am in England, nowhere near afternoon in Europe 🙈 P1 & P3 are at 2.30am and P2 is also at 6am.
Australia makes out like a bandit for LV GP timings.
I love watching the actual end - always a funny out-take or fumble. Hard to believe that all of the setup work will be done in time. Thanks for the track walk.
It will be
As a local and an F1 fan, the juice better be worth the squeeze. It has been absolute hell getting around the strip corridor and adjacent streets for months. If anyone can screw it up, Las Vegas will give it a shot. It will look awesome on a TV screen but in person will be hell. Pack your patience.
This is a crazy amount of infrastructure for a temporary event
Well of course but they should make it back multiple times over. They already have a contract for multiple years for the track and the city will be able to pull so much in taxes from the insanely wealthy and upper middle class that will be spending money in that one weekend. And if it goes really well they could become a staple spot and even get other series to race there.
Think of Monaco or Singapore, it's the same for them. Although Monoca is the only race which doesn't pay a hosting fee
No place does crazy better than Vegas.
gotta do something with that 5000 dollar ticket money
They signed a 10 year deal. Originally it was 4 but they committed to the stands and buildings so,they made them permanent and opted for 0 years.
So many in Vegas do not have a clue how loud an F1 car is let alone when the entire field is stacked up! Wish I could be there!
It's not nearly the audio spectacle it used to be. The V-10/V-12's were hellions on the ears! It was a beautiful sound explosion.
08:55 Sorry, but how is midnight in Las Vegas equivalent to the 'middle of the afternoon' in Europe? Las Vegas is 8 hours behind London. Midnight = 8am.
Awesome, don't know any other sport that moves so many mountains for 9hrs of broadcast over a weekend!
Very good update.
Thank you kind sir!
Any time!
There's more to the timing issue than just the fact its 3am in NY. In Nov temperatures in LV are typically around the low 20s C which is great for racing in the day. But, being a desert, temps at night can be as low as 0 C, which means the drivers could be in for a pretty frosty ride by the time they get on track.
I live in Scottsdale (very similar climate) and have had the misfortune of having to go to Vegas many times in November for conferences. It’ll be in the mid to upper 50s maybe upper 40s Fahrenheit come race time. Probably warmer being that the city is a heat island with all the buildings and pavement. 0/32 is crazy talk from someone who hasn’t been to a desert city in the winter.
it'll be cold for sure. 0 C? not a chance. take it from someone who's drunk stumbled around vegas in the middle of the night on many occasions.
as someone from vegas, i’m glad you were able to see the Nevada state flower, the illustrious traffic cone!
You might want to revisit your times for qualy in Europe!! It will be early morning not afternoon!
9am in Amsterdam where 99% of F1 fans live 🇳🇱 😁
@@axelknutt5065it won't be 9am in Holland, it'll be 7am.
@@marciabigg469 sorry, what was I thinking … I trusted Google 😁
As an east coast F1 fan in the US, the times for everything are terrible. Qualifying at 3am. The race at 1:30am. I won't be able to stay awake that late to watch the race unfortunately. I'll be finding out the results in the morning when I wake up, and then watching the replay. It's not really great for the US fans, and that's why the Las Vegas GP was set up (to bring in more US fans). And the ridiculous pricing just to go. It's over $2000 USD for a 3-day general admission pass, plus whatever it costs just to stay in a hotel, plus airfare, plus costs for renting a car or taking an Uber, and whatever the food/drink costs are as well. I can't justify spending $5000 just to watch an F1 race live from some bleachers! That's just crazy!
I’m in Atlanta and I’ll be up and watching just like Singapore and Australia (IIRC)! I love this time for a race. Have a party, have some food, have some drinks(if you want) Then have a race! What’s not to love!! Music, F1, Vibes. ❤️🏎️💨
Dude! 00:00 @ Las Vegas is so not middle of the afternoon in Europe. It’s 07:00 in the UK and 08:00 CET. So the race especially is very early. But I am not complaining as the rest of the USA usually has those times for most races in the middle east and asia and early mornings for most of Europe.
Clocks will have gone back by then too
@@marciabigg469 only is a thing if we’re out of sync in that weekend. Since Europe and US can be different by a week.
Europe switches 29th of October
US switches 5th of November
Race is 19th of November so we’re all in sync by then. So time difference is 9h to CET and 8h GMT. I made a mistake in initial comment. Thought it was central time in US.
Race is 07:00 CET so 06:00 GMT on Sunday and 22:00 on Saturday local time.
I've always been in the camp 'singapore, baku and monaco do it all the time', but now I understand why a lot of people have been complaining about the race in vegas.
I live in Vegas, i also love F1. Having said that, this has been an absolute nightmare for a lot of people here. I am looking forward to the race but i really hope they can find a way to mitigate the disruption for future races.
Back when they raced in Malaysia it was possible as an Australian to see the races in Melbourne, Singapore and Malaysia without breaking the bank.
Very nice update. It is amazing the amount of work being done for the race.
Try Boulder City Municipal Airport. Or just inside CA, Kingston Ranch Airport. Turning Las Vegas into a street circuit is really something. I was sleeping in the back of a motorhome at night, mostly, when I first went thru Vegas. When downtown was IT, back in the 70's.
Just for parking, they could also try Nellis AFB. They should have ample space.
As an American I have a little bias but, your US videos are always my favorites! Cheers and Enjoy our desert!
Really great video Kym , thanks for the track tour ! I was there 8 weeks ago , made a lot of headway towards the final push to race weekend ! Can’t wait to see the cars on track ! And looking forward to you being the man on the ground for more content . Cheers mate
As a Vegas local, I have very mixed feelings about this whole extravaganza. Thanks for the behind the scenes look, this was awesome!
As a vegas local he’s a dick for clamming F1 will clean up Las Vegas
Thanks for the awesome amount of info about the preparation for Vegas F1. I cannot wait to see the race but I can also understand the feelings of the locals impacted by the race weekend.
We were there last month. It was a big mess, we wondered if everything will be ready on time. However, we saw literally thousands of workers finishing their shifts, hence big traffic jams to let them cross the road.
I can't wait to see the finished product!
We were just there last week, and traffic was a disaster. Our Uber driver, on the way to the Sphere, said they will just randomly close streets to do work. Zero warning. Was also kind of shitty that the Volcano at Mirage was closed, and the fountains at Bellagio are completely inaccessible from the front., have to watch the show from a limited side view.
@@crispy8329the volcano didn’t close because of this, it’s been closed for a while now
@@crispy8329this is going to be one of the best F1 races of all time Crisper!
@kym illman… by far the best tour and explanation. Hope you get some spectacular pictures to share. Cheers
8:31 Kym you missed a Delorean!
I'm so proud of all the construction workers for building this.
Great overview! Really looking forward to it.
I really wish they had kept the exorbitant costs to the glitz and glamour stuff like paddock pass. I was super disappointed by the pricing early-on. Even if hotel and ticket prices slowly drop as they attempt to fill last minute, its just difficult to plan entire trips in that window.
So ideally I hope they just learn the value of selling-out all rooms and seats is far better than the "prestige" of luxury pricing.
It's just a bad track as a fan, like Miami. Better go to Spa, Zandvoort or others with better atmosphere and view. And cheaper even including flights
The Paddock club entrance looks exactly like the design in Canada, which is very new as well. The interior looks very similar as well. Super high ceilings and wide open layout. I wonder if it was the same architect. I bet it was based on the design similarities.
Thanks for the video Kym, it's fascinating to see and I'll be very curious to see what last minute tasks remaining in the week leading up to the event... on that note, I'm 41, middle to upper income earner and been an F1 fan since I was 3-4 years old. I'm flying to Las Vegas, from New Zealand, on the 11th November and will be flying out at 8am on the Thursday, the start of the event. It's going to kill me doing so, but the ticket prices for 3 days are obscene and frankly, spectating will be pretty terrible at such a flat venue with buildings everywhere. Hotel prices were completely out of control at the time I was booking my trip for work, so that was the nail in the coffin. The greed is strong in F1 for this race, for that reason, I'm sad to say, that I hope it fails. Suzuka's approach is the way it should be for the fans, reasonable and fair pricing for families, which supports the next generation of fans and F1 employees. Las Vegas will always be a more pricey option, but this has been taken way too far.
Somebody has to pay for all of that goodness. As much as we would like them to be, all the F1 races won't be affordable for many and some, like LV, are in the stratosphere, which is OK by me because we can have a single spectacle F1 event like this each year. It will boost the number of F1 fans and that can only be good.
Great video Kym! Hope you have heaps of fun. Vegas on the F1 23 game looks absolutely amazing, next level stuff, cant wait for this race
Interesting choice to do F1 in Vegas..hotel booking and flights empty.. so they are doing deep room discounts with race package just to fill hotels..Bigger question is will Lance Stroll last until November
hahaha the last bit of your comment got me
Lol what a comment
Live in Vegas the traffic from all this is absolutely insane but hey looking forward to the race thanks for the video !
The Sphere will make this race look insane on TV
i hope it wont be too distracting
Nice one Kym. Great video. Gotta say, I keep trying to spot you in the background on F1TV ! Can’t believe they haven’t interviewed you yet
People say the racing won’t be very good but we have yet to see the track in action, either way, it will be a beautiful venue with all the lights I’m excited to see them race under the lights (on TV of course)
I think this race is going to be better than people think. A lot of F1 fans have a preconceived negative view about it just because it's the third race in the United States. I think the track is going to be just like Monza, long straights, high speed, a few chicanes. And honestly, I think TV is the best place to watch it. Sure it would be cool to be there live, but you're not going to get the beautiful aerial shots and panoramic shots that you would get on TV. Like any other live sporting event, you go for the experience, not for the views.
At the very least it can't be as bad Monaco. That track has consistently produced the worst race of the season year after year for the past decade, and the only thing that can help it is rain.
I don’t think the racing will be very good. It’s a boring track and tires are going to be ice cold.
Crazy amount of work being done there! I just hope they can provide a good, clean track surface, as it looks like a bloody ice rink at the moment.
Prices are dropping for rooms during the race but increasing for CES2024. I'm not happy about the latter. And you're spot on regarding your description of Koval Lane. May Tupaq Shakur rest in peace.
Kym, you make watching/learning about F1 fun, exciting, and entertaining. I love your other reviews too, like the Japanese steak restaurant reviews.
At those expensive VIP areas above the pit lane some idiot will drop something below. It could be a cup with drinks, trash or some ice from their cups. Anyway, love these videos showing areas I could never afford to sit in Vegas and back in Miami.
@davidpike1307 I'm American. I know our rich idiots and it's Las Vegas.
Wow!! Looking great!!
Great video Kym!!
Can't wait!!!
I’m a Las Vegas local for 20+ years, and this has been a horrible traffic nightmare. I personnaly never watched a F1 race but to block the local sidewalks with drapes so the local pedestrians cant watch, and black out the the glass is not fair for them. Lots of the locals here are on a low income budget and to take that from them is kind of a spit in the face. Don’t they want to gain fans and not lose? Every local that lives within 3-5 miles should be compinsated or given free tickets. Thoughts? (Just being honest)
While supporting locals is ideal, the truth of the matter is that the marketing behind this project is targeted to an international audience. Vegas has such a massive pull that an event like this will pay itself off in dividends from global tourism regardless of how they treat the locals. They are looking for big spenders to come in, stay in the hotels and splash out at the casinos and restaurants on the strip. Supporting the local populous is just a nice to have.
This goes on in every F1 race city.
Yeah, it doesn't make sense to block views from people on the sidewalks. I'm not even a fan, but it would be cool to catch an eyeful for a few laps, and then move on with the rest of my day/evening. They're not losing anything b/c I wasn't going to buy a ticket anyway.
Funny.. I always hear "locals never go to the strip"… Now all of a sudden "locals are so annoyed by f1 on the strip, you can't go anywhere blah blah blah".
Pick a struggle.
Wow, at 8:30 there is a DeLoran. Very cool.
Kym didn’t receive the memo asking people not to use the word ‘paddock’ in relation to the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Doesn't know the details of the pew pew event from recent history in Vegas. For this GP, just call it pit plane
I was in Vegas last September. I have been visiting every September for years, but this was my last time going in that month. The strip wasn't what it used to be at all. There was fencing and construction everywhere, with the Bellagio Fountains and Mirage volcano both fenced off. Lighting rigging was scattered everywhere.
I guess I'll have to go earlier in the year next time to avoid all of the F1 mess.
DO IT!
Few places know how to waste money and resources like Las Vegas, and they seem to be right on Olympic level spending. All this for a few hours of racing, not even a two week event like the Olympics, though. Las Vegas has homeless people that live in underground tunnels and a surge of immigrants lately, yet all this is being built. Thanks for the update, Kym!
Usually putting the taxpayers on the hook for a major chunk of the cost . The raiders stadium being an example .
You do realize several street tracks undergo the same construction, then demolition each race?
But yeah I agree about Vegas
well, they might have a couple extra tunnels to live under when it's done
There are no state taxes in Las Vegas...
No state INCOME tax in Nevada but they tax or add a "fee" to everything else . @@ihvtework
Thank you for the update, keep them coming. Great work.
You bet
I’m here now Vegas streets are a nightmare. This race is going to go down as the most expensive race in Motorsport history. Hotels on the strip are already price gouging.
Right, no other circuit with hotels on the track does price gouging. 🙃 Cough, cough, Monaco, Silverstone, Cough.
@@barryomahony4983 Vegas normal prices are $10 for a beer $6 for a coffee, $20 for a cheeseburger. Thats year round, once the race weekend comes that will all go up. They are already charging $110 for a regular f1 shirt in Aria, Bellagio, and Ceasars.
Thanks for the contact. I think it’s so expensive because it’s the inaugural race. Prices will go down in future.
This looks good but the concern is will this be a good circuit as the hype built according to it we will see
ignore the hype, go in with 0 expectations and you are never disappointed
I’m going to be there!!!!! Very excited, should be an amazing event
I was in Vegas recently and I was thinking how cool that I'm literally walking on the strip where my favorite drivers will be zooming down in just a month. Sad I can't make the actual race though but I will definitely enjoy tuning in from the comfort of my home :) Probably more comfortable and cost-effective anyways.
Wow - Well done, Sir! Great behind the scenes video.
Fantastic videoos you make Kym....about the track and event held, its a pity its only for the Elite...its good we have a huge TV with very fast internet and a nice source to watch for free.
Can’t wait 👍🏼
I was down there this weekend, what a sh*t show the strip is. The race better be worth it for all the hassle it has been. I will say, the actual strip/track itself looks really nice
My dad and I live on the west coast. We priced out going to the Vegas race and put together a 12-day trip to Silverstone for a couple of grand more.
The race start is scheduled for 6am in Ireland and UK on Sunday morning so not an afternoon race for Europe
he said Qualifying
So 8am for quali.
This will be a bucket list track visit for most f1 fans.
Thanks for the great tour.
Any time!
It will not be call a paddock for the vegas gp, due to an incident a few years ago It will be called the pit building
Can't wait
If you want to peak American interest, then let Andretti racing in.
Great video. I live about a five hour drive from Vegas. I've been there three times since F1 announced the race. I always drive by and look at the construction. I'll be there this weekend, too. I stayed at the Flamingo a few months ago. If you get strip view, be a great hotel. Last time I looked, the rooms were 899 a night during the race. Normally that's 129 a night.
That track looks boring and the prices are ridiculous. This race is made for all the rich non-F1 fans to go a socialize with each other without watching a single second of the race.
9:08 - midnight las vegas time is 9am for central europe, not middle of the afternoon. Race start is at 7am CET
Always nice watching the quality on saturday
This is the best video I’ve seen on the track. Great work piecing it together, I’m sure this video was a lot of work!
Wow, thank you!
What an amazing presentation!! Big interest for an engineer. Thanks so much.
Midnight in Vegas is breakfast time in the UK (8 hours difference). Only die-hard East Coast US race fans will be up that late. That's also a 1 AM start in the Mountain time zone, where I am. It's quite possible that it will be 10C or less at that time of night. I went to LV on US Thanksgiving weekend years ago, and it struggled to reach 21C mid-afternoon, even though the sunlight felt strong. Wind's also a problem, as there's nothing besides buildings to slow it down. Hoping for the best for F1, but I thought it was silly when I first heard the proposed race weekend timing. It's the exact opposite of Miami conditions.
Thanks for the preview of Vegas. The track looks amazing. It must have the largest number of on track hotels, surely? Does this mean the crowd able to watch the race in person could potentially be much larger than the 450k predicted?
BTW nice Delorean in the background.
I got tickets right at the main grandstands near turn 1! Can't wait for F1 to come to Vegas!
First time seeing one of your videos. Very good.
Thanks and welcome
DeLorean at 8:32. great behind the scenes look. i entered a few giveaways i found. my only chance of being there ha.
.. does it look like it would be ready by mid-Nov?
Great comprehensive video Kym!!
Thank you so much for this. I’ve been wondering what it’s looking like so far❤
I've stayed at Paris before. Nice hotel (apart from the one barman who didn't like my NSW driver's license as a form of ID) and such a perfect spot to access everything. Enjoy your stay and enjoy the race.
How good is the background music.. Very Vegas, Oceans 11 vibe
Kym, superb video.
Thank you for this awesome track presentation.
glad to see there are dividers separating the urinals
Kym this video looks like it took a a lot of effort to create...great job. More thorough than any others I've seen thus far.
Wow, thank you!
What a quality video alum 👏!! Can’t wait for this race but first COTA where I’m hoping to see you in the paddock Saturday with my f1 experiences pass!
Well that private jet parking might just make pass the Vegas race - hmmm.... Seems like awful lot of work still to be done before race. What is due date for everything to be complete?
Hi kym greetings from Thailand we stayed at the paris in 2010 very nice hotel loved Vegas hired some harleys also fabulous memories great video as usual 🎉🎉
I wish F1 would come to Road America in Wisconsin. Beautiful newly resurfaced track. Tons of parking and places where you can be within 20 feet of the track. At pit lane you are literally about 8 feet from the car. $70 for IMSA Sunday race