Was just looking at going to the Vegas GP, its only a 16hour drive for me.
2200$ standing tickets for Saturday wow just wow. That’s not travel, lodging, or food costs.
I checked for Sakura GP, we could fly to Tokyo, Hotel, and GP tickets. Plus stay for a week with $2k travel costs. Not including food and other fun expenses.
I’ll take my foreign vacation with a dash of F1 please. Also maybe they have a Yukon grandstand. Go Yuki!
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Gotta love that there are now races in America so us Americans can keep flying to Europe to watch races
Or Canada, which is what I’m doing lol. ~$450 for a grandstand seat at the hairpin all weekend. But I think Zandvoort might be in the cards next year, I’ve heard that’s a pretty reasonable race to attend as well.
Zandvoort looks amazing just for the scenery alone. Add in a race!!!
Right. Even Canadian GP is pretty much pricing me out.
Plus why go to Canada when you can go to Europe?
How do? Ticket prices in Canada are among the most economical: https://f1destinations.com/ranked-how-much-do-f1-tickets-cost-in-2023/.
Are you getting hit on airfare/accomodations compared to the other inexpensive international races?
Hmm always wanted to go to Japan, sounds like a extra reason to go
I’ve been in 2016 for the GP and got tickets for this year too. Our tickets are fantastic seats, just down Turn 1/2 for the same price as COTA GA this year. Can’t wait. It’s a great country to tourist in, the track is fantastic.
We got pretty annoyed by COTA in 2021, it was better pre-covid (less people, less lines, way less expensive, and the shuttles were an absolute disaster) and went to Mexico last year. Great experience, similar door-to-door cost to sit in Foro Sol (stadium) Norte as GA in COTA (flight was more, tickets were a little more, but hotel and food were way cheaper). Highly recommend.
Vegas… Same sentiments (and I have family there), you can do better for the same cost!
We have been wanting to go for the last few years. It’s in the cards but timing has been an issue. Glad to hear it was a good time. Watching the fans during the races makes it looks like Sakura would be a fun race to attend
Vegas and Miami aren’t races for us common folk, they’re for the socialites.
We have Monaco at home
I lived in Austin for 5 years. I refused to fork out $400 for a partially obscured view of the track. $2200 is just absolutely bonkers.
Yeah I was excited with the Vegas news since I’m only 4hrs away, but then when I saw the prices I couldn’t believe it. I’m close enough to drive there but not close enough for a turn around. When you factor in hotel/event costs and traffic, I could only imagine the nightmare it would be to try and make a weekend out of it.
My friends and I were talking and for the price we could also just go to Moab or St George area and go rent UTVs for the same price and actually get to drive some fun ass vehicles. Still be in the desert.
Well let’s also not forget the fact that the race is starting at 10pm Vegas time. Which makes it 1am on the east coast. So I’m pretty much watching the Australia GP but a shittier track. It boggles my mind… you try and bring F1 to the US and then make it a time that excludes a significant portion of the people in the US who would watch it.
I got into the initial pre-sale. I was thinking about paying for my parents and brother and me (they all live in Vegas). GA was $500/each. And as far as I know, there’s no roaming around. You’re like stuck in one area.
So I’m still going to fly to Vegas that week, but I’ll probably just try to catch an FP or Quali session.
