The Caesars Palace Grand Prix lacked the infrastructure, fan support and profit for F1 to return in 1983. Weinberger said organizers overestimated how much money the event would draw.

The Caesars Palace Grand Prix was initially supposed to join the calendar for the 1980 season, but was delayed a year because of difficulty to find a place to build a track.

Ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, racing legend Mario Andretti talked to FOX5 about what it was like to compete in F1's Caesars Palace Grand Prix. “The whole event was put on to get 12 new high ...

Historian Randy Cannon, left, and former Caesars Palace executive Bill Weinberger, right, discuss the 1981 and 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix during an event at the Mob Museum on Oct. 26, 2023.

The Caesars Palace Grand Prix took place in the Las Vegas hotel’s parking lot in 1981 and 1982 (Getty) Las Vegas has always been a playground for grown-ups.” John Watson recalls the stateside ...

Pook estimates that 20,000 to 25,000 people attended the inaugural Caesars Palace Grand Prix for comparison’s sake. What becomes of the Las Vegas Grand Prix will be determined with time.

This screen grab from social media shows the show car for the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix being moved onto the casino floor at Caesars Palace on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, in Las Vegas.

The 50-lap, 193-mile race is Formula 1’s first in Las Vegas since the 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix, a smaller course confined primarily to the parking lot of Caesars Palace, which has been ...

While Max Verstappen has returned to the top step after one of the longest victory droughts in his career, it’s still been a season of real competition for F1 in 2024. We’ve had seven ...

Carlos Reutemann and Alan Jones at the 1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix Photo by Bernard Cahier/Getty Images. Reutemann did go backward, as he struggled with gearbox issues starting early in the race.

Formula 1’s history in the United States is punctuated by a near endless series of failed street races: Detroit, Dallas, ...

Caesars Palace and Clark County plan to demolish a rotunda outside of the property to make way for the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix. Skip to content.