F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, ticket sales, expenses, 2023 calendar, American racing, US motorsport, Nevada, expansion

The Las Vegas Grand Prix is the first in the modern era to be run by Formula 1. It will take place on 16-18 November. Tickets for the race sold out within minutes. The cheapest general admission ticket cost US$500. The best seats cost $3112. F1 is running the event entirely in house. Other grands prix pay for hosting the races. Las Las Vegans pay more for tickets. They are also more expensive. For example, the cheapest ticket for general public cost $778. A three-day standing-room access near the back end of the circuit cost more than $3000.

The first Miami Grand Prix was expensive. General admission tickets for Sunday sold for $777 in Florida. The cheapest bleacher seats cost $550, while tickets along the main straight start at $1126. Silverstone charges similar prices over three days. Singapore Grand prix is cheaper than Melbourne. The Australian Grand GP is generally regarded as one of the best on the calendar. It sold general admission for just $189 last year. Its most expensive grandstand seats are around $600.

Formula 1 is experiencing a boom in popularity. Most races this season were sold out. Next year's United States Grand Prix attracted a capacity 440,000 people. The Miami Grand prix sold all grandstand seats in minutes. F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali said the tickets were expensive but reasonably priced. There will be three grand prixs in the United states next year. Canada and Mexico will also have three races in North America. No two races are closer than 1700 kilometres apart. Two closest races on the North American continent are more than 1200 kilometres away. F2 has three events in Canada, Mexico and one in Mexico.