“It’s all barricades and things blocking traffic,” said Charles Flexer, a tourist from Williamsport, Pennsylvania, who tried to decide how to cross Las Vegas Boulevard with his mother using an electric mobility scooter.
They hope Las Vegas will join Monaco on the leader board of host cities for Grand Prix events around the world. Organizers, local officials and hotel operators believe the discomfort will be forgotten after racing ends late Saturday. They’re not necessarily the usual tourist.” They’re going to bring in a ton of money. “We’re talking about billionaires from around the world.
“But this is a different kind of big event,” said Green, who remembers two Grand Prix races held 42 years ago at Caesars Palace. “What are they calling it? Stripmageddon? It is clearly causing a lot of uproar.”
“Fountains have been shut off, canals drained, streets closed or harder to navigate,” Michael Green, a University of Nevada, Las Vegas history professor, said after six months of road work and temporary grandstand construction for some of the most monied spectators in sports. LAS VEGAS - (AP) - The famous fountains at the Bellagio won't be very visible this week amid the roar of Formula One racing on the Las Vegas Strip, and gondoliers won't be serenading tourists at the Venetian resort.
