And that will get your FAA money stopped completely. The city of Dallas contemplated doing that with funds at Love Field. The lawyers told them in no uncertain terms....no
Well, there ya go…maybe this will shut down Las Vegas.
This argument (if the county tried to make it) doesn't even make sense:Las Vegas F1 construction costs raise to $400M, officials cite infrastructure needs from residents
“A lot of (the increased costs were) driven by the request, and quite honestly requirements, of the local stakeholders, as we began this process of preparing the track for actual usage,” Wilm said during the call. “This has led to additional equipment that was needed, as well as additional, actual roadwork.”Now, it’s a race to the finish line: Saturday, November 18.Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei told investors that the tight deadline potentially raised the costs as well, and prevented them from capitalizing on other fan celebrations, sporting events, and music festivals near the weekend race.“We moved with lightning speed, the F1 team, Renee’s team, to put this in place. And that’s probably led to increased costs. And it’s also meant there were opportunities we’ve had to not capitalize on,” Maffei said during the call.
Las Vegas F1 construction costs raise to $400M, officials cite infrastructure needs from residents
While Las Vegas is on track to host Formula One races for the next 10 years, officials said millions of dollars more than first projected are being used just for year one.www.8newsnow.com
Are you sure about that?
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With an estimated $400 million project estimate, Formula One President & CEO Stefano Domenicali told investors he still projects around $1.2 billion in revenue from the November race in its first year.
This makes the county’s stance weaker, not stronger. They choose to subsidize corporate ventures for profit, to make more money, and therefore GA pilots can be gouged by public institutions? Did the legislature approve these $3000 fees as may be required under the Nevada constitution? Did the elected county board of supervisors? I’m in a different state but these county/private shenanigans resulted in the state supreme court in my state eventually shutting the entire venture down given the use of public funds. However, a public interest firm (AOPA?) had to sue to get that result.Are you sure about that?
F1 seeks $40M from county for Las Vegas Grand Prix infrastructure work
"The infrastructure upgrades tied to preparing the Las Vegas Grand Prix circuit are expected to cost $80 million, with race officials asking Clark County to contribute $40 million in public money"
F1 seeks $40M from county for Las Vegas Grand Prix infrastructure work
Formula One is looking for a $40 million Clark County contribution toward the $80 million Las Vegas Grand Prix circuit infrastructure project.
From earlier in this thread:
The three airports HND, LAS and VGT are all owned and operated by Clark County, Nevada.
I know who goes to the event. I fly the planes to Miami, Monaco, Spa, Austin. I've seen it and lived it.
This is completely different. This is about the county usurping the authority of the FAA. No one has an issue with private FBOs charging more on busy weekends. This is a local government's money grab that has serious implications on GA's future access to publicly-funded airports.
Letting a friend, co-worker or family member use my empty, paid tie down or hangar without accessing FBO services automatically generates $3K for the county.
They could probably submit their non-attendance ticket stub for a refund.
I’m not concerned about people attending the F1 race, just the “inaccessibility” of the Las Vegas area for those dates for mere mortals flying something other than Gulfstreams.
If you’re not there for the F1 race, you really don’t want to be there. I was just there for NBAA. With everything torn up and blocked off, it’s a mess.
Totally agree!
What makes you think Las Vegas wants mere mortals there for those dates?
It would be nice if Formula 1 would disappear off the face of the earth. It outlived its usefulness 40 years ago and has since become a completely decadent circus in which the event is managed as a profit and retail publicity tool, with racing and competition being viewed as unfortunate necessities that should be firmly controlled.
Given a fee is owed to the airport even if a transient plane never uses FBO services, or even relocates during the event, but is parked at a private hangar during F1 lends me to believe the FBOs are collecting it for the county.Given each if the three FBOs is charging a different fee, I don’t expect Clark County is mandating it.
Las Vegas airports limit access ahead of F1 race
Think you can just up and fly to Las Vegas when the Formula 1 race takes place? Think again. Prior permission is required and probably not easy to come by.www.aopa.org
Contact them and find out. If no one tells them about it, they’re not likely to know. And then this is just a few days old. It’s not like they have an strike team of lawyers set to scramble and get emergency injunctions.
The issue isn’t the 3k for Gulfstream’s. It’s for the 3k for a 1962 C150. Ridiculous. BTW - I have a GS G280 and I can promise you it’s not going to be dropping in over F1.
Yeah - no real problem here - these are private companies. KHND‘s FBO is run for the County. No excuse for a 3k fee.AOPA’s on it. Posted a news item informing us there is a fee.
Also of note is the $3K fee is relatively cheap. $ignature is charging in the $10,000 range for some aircraft.
Las Vegas airports limit access ahead of F1 race
Think you can just up and fly to Las Vegas when the Formula 1 race takes place? Think again. Prior permission is required and probably not easy to come by.www.aopa.org
Both FBOs at Harry Reid—Atlantic and Signature—are already at capacity and are not issuing any more PPRs. According to a customer service representative at Signature, during the race, there’s a one-time fee of $7,700 plus additional charges for overnight parking and handling. Depending on type of aircraft, those can run up to $994 for overnight parking and $2,290 for handling. The fee at Atlantic is comparatively cheap at $3,500.
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Almost cheap enough I’d go for some practice runs. If it weren’t for those ridiculous airport fees….With the champion already crowned, interest appears to be dropping.
Ticket prices are plunging ahead of Formula 1’s next race set on the Las Vegas Strip
Ticket and hotel room prices are falling sharply in Las Vegas as the gambling mecca preps to host its first Formula 1 Grand Prix race in four decades next week.
