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NEWS STORY
12/03/2025

In the wake of the drop in ticket sales and hospitality for the 2024 event, organisers are seeking ways to boost sales again this time round.

While the event - according to the organisers, which is F1 itself - generated $934m (£725m) in revenue, the 2024 race missed "expectations, primarily on ticket sales", according to Liberty Media's chief accounting officer, Brian Wendling.

F1 brought in $1.16bn in the final three months of 2024 - compared to $1.23 in 2023 - and much of that drop was put down to Las Vegas.

"The economics for Vegas missed internal expectations on revenue and OIBDA," admitted Derek Chang, Liberty Media's new CEO, adding that: "The team has moved very quickly, however, to enact changes that will benefit 2025 and support a financially successful race for F1 and continued growth and positive impact for the Las Vegas community.

"We are making further revisions to the ticket product and pricing strategy, leveraging this data, and as importantly, we are actively managing our cost structure," he explained, subsequently revealing that the operation would now be run out of London, with ticketing brought in-house."

Today, some of those plans were announced.

For this year's race, single-day tickets start at $50 (£39) and three-day tickets at $400 (£309) for general admission in the Flamingo Zone by Caesars Rewards, marking the lowest ticket prices yet.

Also, card members of American Express can access an exclusive 48-hour presale for all three-day tickets starting Wednesday, April 2.

Nevada residents will receive 24-hour priority access to be the first to purchase single-day Flamingo General Admission tickets, plus three-day Flamingo General Admission tickets, beginning Tuesday, April 8, though to access, local fans must purchase tickets via Ticketmaster using a credit or debit card linked to a Nevada billing address.

Finally, flexible payment plans will be available through August, fans able to place a deposit via the Grand Prix website now through March 16.

"Our goal has always been to create a world-class event for every fan, and that commitment is stronger than ever in 2025," said Emily Prazer, President and CEO of Las Vegas Grand Prix, Inc. "With two years of feedback in hand from fans and stakeholders, we are dedicated to making the Las Vegas Grand Prix more accessible to a wider audience by expanding affordable ticket options, introducing flexible payment plans and offering the best value to early ticket purchasers - all while ensuring an unforgettable experience at every level."

For those with a bit more cash to splash, and presumably no need for flexible payments, 'high-end fans' are still catered for.

Heineken GA+, premium general admission which features unassigned bleacher-style seating on a first-come, first-served basis. is priced at $800 plus taxes and fees, T-Mobile General Admission at $725 plus taxes and fees and Flamingo General Admission at $400 plus taxes and fees for three days.

As for seats, the Heineken Silver Main Grandstand starts at $1,750 plus taxes and fees, the T-Mobile Grandstands at $1,200 plus taxes and fees and the new Turn 3 Grandstands - located in the East Harmon Zone by Virgin Hotels Las Vegas - starting at $1,150 plus taxes and fees. Then there's the Lewis Hamilton Grandstand which starts at $875 plus taxes and fees and which includes an exclusive +44 merchandise item.

For the real high rollers, there's hospitality.

Skybox with Heineken Silver Main Grandstand is $7,750 plus taxes and fees, Turn 3 Club is $4,750 plus taxes and fees, Club Paris $2,500 plus taxes and fees and HGV Clubhouse is $3,000 plus taxes and fees.

Or, if you really wish to push the boat out, there's Gordon Ramsay at F1 Garage for $25,000 plus taxes and fees, Wynn Grid Club ($20,000 plus taxes and fees), Paddock Club Private Suites for $15,000 per ticket, plus taxes and fees, Paddock Club Rooftop for $9,500 plus taxes and fees or the Bellagio Fountain Club at $7,750 plus taxes and fees.

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1. Posted by Apexing, 13/03/2025 20:51

"@FIRSTINTO 1 Wow! That's wild! And that brings us back full circle into Cadillac in F1, since Elvis was well-known for driving Cadillacs. And replacing them when they ran out of gas, although those tales may be apocryphal.

@Kenji That's pretty impressive!! Interesting connection to EMI. Could you imagine being the guy there who signed The Beatles? Sad what happened to Syd...but if I had all that money and access to the finest Owsley had to offer back then, I don't think I'd have made it out either. "

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2. Posted by kenji, 13/03/2025 1:06

"@Apexing....That Floyd concert also went under the name of 'A Momentary Lapse of Reason' and presumably had an exact same playlist. Their opening was simply the best ever with a blacked out space and a singular spot low set on Gilmour as he kicked off 'Shine on You Crazy Diamond' Totally dramatic. When it finally finished my eldest son, 16 at the time, said to me 'Cool guitar Dad' !!!! The imprimata of youth sealed the evening. That evening was special because my boss, in his previous, was the A&R exec that signed Floyd to EMI and he was personally responsible for the return of Sid Barrett, the crazy diamond. for one last blast. Floyd forever.....amongst others."

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3. Posted by FIRSTINTO 1, 12/03/2025 21:45

"My girlfriend and I saw Elvis in Las Vegas in the mid 70's when the tickets cost $18.00 each! Plus I tipped the Maitre d'hotel $20.00 to get us closer to the front and to our surprise he sat us four seats from the stage.
Needless to say, my girlfriend thanked me later. Good times."

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4. Posted by Apexing, 12/03/2025 15:46

"@Max Wow, that's a great price for back in 1986! For comparison (and yes, I still have these ticket stubs!), I saw The Firm with Paul Rodgers and Jimmy Page in May of '86 for $15 USD. Just bought the CD of that concert on Amazon, which amazes me. Deep Purple in '85 was $13. In '87, it was a whopping $15.50. If I ever invent a time machine, you know what I'm doing first...

The longest show with the most "guests" would have to be a Grateful Dead show from July of 86, with Bob Dylan and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Good times...I saw some footage on YouTube of the local news station interviewing people going into the show that day, which was fun, because my memories of that one were...enhanced?

@Kenji, I also saw that Delicate Sound of Thunder tour, with the flying pig! Great show!! That was in Cleveland, OH. We were poor college kids, but we scraped together enough cash for floor seats. "

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5. Posted by kenji, 12/03/2025 12:37

"Special concerts live long in the memory. Delicate Sound of Thunder Sydney concert in '87/'88 is as fresh as yesterday and what a concert that was...including the 'flying pig'!!! Best seats in the house for the family...all for 'diddly squat' as I was a guest of EMI. Ticket costs started at $99 and that was 37 years ago. In '77 a three hour evening with Ray Charles at the Chevron Supper Club for a select audience of no more than 50 guests cost $100 per person....and that was great value. Top times fondly remembered."

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6. Posted by Team Hack, 12/03/2025 12:34

"No mention of 'Dynamic pricing' .........yet.

It's rumoured that Saturday night's headline act is the newly formed Donnie & the Doormats."

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7. Posted by Wokingchap, 12/03/2025 10:38

"@Apexing..... i worked for The Who in that period but unfortunately/fortunately wasn't there."

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8. Posted by Max Noble, 12/03/2025 6:53

"Oh memories! During a family conversation I recently produced my ticket stub for “Queen with special guests Status Quo and guests” Friday 11th July 1986 at Wembley Stadium… for the massive general admission price of 14.50 pounds Stirling (including VAT!). The other guests turned out to be The Alarm and INXS. So all in all a jolly afternoon for what two pint costs these days!

$25,000US will buy you a very nice two or three, or four, week holiday for two with all the trimmings here in Australia. Seriously you’d need to go full “Helicopters everywhere with French champagne please” to blow $50,000 Aussie dollars on an “event”. Our Oasis tickets for later this year in Melbourne (assuming neither brother has killed the other prior…) were only around $400AUS each, being around $252 dollars US! $252 bucks for Oasis or $25,000 for a GP! I hope St. Paul is Maitre D’, Christ is Sommelier, and we all get to feast on Sphinx and Phoenix. Before being flown home by Sir Richard Branson, or a clone of Chuck Yeager (guests choice…).

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9. Posted by Apexing, 12/03/2025 1:49

"@Superbird Now you've got me wondering what I paid for my seats in Indy in 2002...$85 / each for 4 seats near Turn 1. Thank goodness I kept the ticket stubs! My memory's not what it used to be."

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10. Posted by Superbird70, 11/03/2025 22:24

"@Apexing- I paid $200/pair for seats on the grass in Montreal in 1989 so $800 is not too bad."

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11. Posted by Apexing, 11/03/2025 19:43

"$800 for a non-assigned seat? That's nuts...we used to call those "festival seats" here in the colonies, until a Who concert in '79 (IIRC) in Cincy when those festive concert-goers crushed a few of their fellow attendees on their way to their non-assigned seats. I'll pass, thanks. "

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12. Posted by Wokingchap, 11/03/2025 17:34

"No wonder they had a drop in ticket sales...... no further comment on this absurd story."

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13. Posted by Anthony, 11/03/2025 17:19

"Well there aren’t going to be many Canadians (or probably Europeans) rushing to take up these “more affordable” tickets just at the moment ……."

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