The Las Vegas Grand Prix has received another major long-term commitment after the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority approved a total of $100 million in backing for the Formula 1 event. The agreement covers ten years from 2028 to 2037, providing $10 million annually while supporting plans for permanent infrastructure designed to reduce disruption around the street circuit.
The decision further strengthens Las Vegas’ position as a global capital of sport and entertainment. Formula 1’s night race has become one of the championship’s most commercially significant events since its 2023 debut, while the new funding arrangement reinforces the Las Vegas Grand Prix’s long-term future through 2037.
Las Vegas GP receives ten years of LVCVA backing
The agreement supports a ten-year extension of the Las Vegas GP through 2037. The race will be staged each year on the weekend before Thanksgiving, using a 6.201-kilometre street circuit that incorporates sections of Las Vegas Boulevard, Koval Lane, Harmon Avenue and Sands Avenue.
The inaugural event in 2023 generated an estimated economic impact of $1.5 billion for Southern Nevada. That figure included $600 million spent by Formula 1 to prepare and adapt the circuit. According to the figures in the source, the 2024 and 2025 editions subsequently produced approximately $900 million and $800 million in economic impact respectively.
Under the new arrangement, the LVCVA will invest $100 million in total, equivalent to $10 million per year. Of that annual sum, $2.5 million will be allocated to purchasing tickets for existing or prospective clients, while the remaining $7.5 million will help cover costs connected to staging the event.
The original agreement covered the races held between 2023 and 2025 before a two-year extension secured the 2026 and 2027 editions. The new ten-year contract will take effect after next year’s race, keeping Las Vegas on Formula 1’s long-term schedule beyond the currently confirmed 2026 Formula 1 calendar.
Steve Hill explains the Las Vegas GP’s value
Steve Hill, president and CEO of the LVCVA, underlined the scale of the event’s financial and promotional value for the region.
“The Las Vegas GP produces an economic impact of $800 million and places us at the centre of global attention during the week in which it takes place. It is a huge event. We believe this is an exceptional agreement for the community,” Steve Hill said.
The LVCVA executive added that the long-term nature of the agreement would make it possible to invest in improvements to the experience of spectators and the local community, particularly during the construction and dismantling phases surrounding the race.
“Everyone is committed to spending money on permanent infrastructure that will reduce the mobilisation and demobilisation time for the Formula 1 Grand Prix, something the entire community and the businesses around the event will certainly appreciate,” Steve Hill explained.
Permanent infrastructure planned to reduce disruption
Jim Gibson, an LVCVA board member and Clark County commissioner, welcomed the infrastructure proposals while acknowledging that their complete implementation would require time.
“We are excited that the things we are discussing may take a couple of years to be fully implemented and built, but they will make an enormous difference,” Jim Gibson said.
The infrastructure work will not begin this year. However, the ten-year commitment gives Formula 1 and the local authorities the necessary timeframe to develop permanent solutions intended to shorten the preparation and dismantling periods associated with the Las Vegas street race.
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