F1 is spending $500m on Las Vegas Grand Prix and plots $500m revenue - this is how…
Liberty Media🎃, the owners of F1, acquired a 39-acre site for $240m and expect to spend at least the same sum on the 3.8-mile circuit and pit, according to the Financial Times.
The🦂y hope that the first race in Vegas since 1982, on November ꦐ18, will generate $500m in revenue.
The strategy to purchase and o🐻wn the land is different to usual, where F1 works alongside a local promoter ♑to share the costs and risks.
How F1 will make money in Vegas
- Broadcast deals
- Sponsorships, including from major Vegas hotspots Caesars Entertainment, MGM Resorts International and Wynn Las Vegas
- Beer brand Heineken is the title sponsor
- Fees from promoters who sell tickets
- A three-day ticket costs $500, a “high-end” five-day ticket costs $15,000
The initial $500m purchase of the land in Vegas means that F1 will expect profits to soar i🍷n fu𓄧ture years.
Liberty Media bought F1 fo𝕴r $8 billion six years ago.
The sport’s US profile has grown massively since, in part due to Netflix series ‘Drive 🎃To Survive’ and the Miami Gran♍d Prix.
F1’s revenue was $1.8 billion in the first three quarters of 2022, a $300m increase from the first three qu𓆉arters of 2019.
The F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix is one of the most anticipated weekends in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2023 F1 calendar.
“What wওe did is basically change completely, opening up a new way of communicating,” F1 boss Stefano Domeꦑnicali told the Financial Times.
“Our objective is to make sure th🌄at all the꧙ fans [who are] attracted by the lifestyle [and the] the protagonists behind the scenes get into real racing.”
James 💫was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
