\u201cIf you build it, they will come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So whispered the voices of Shoeless Joe Jackson and the other baseball players in the baseball diamond in the sky (in Field of Dreams), and come they did. But that was the movies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is Vegas. Build it they did. And boy, did we come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And for decades, Vegas has created one more outrageous chart-topping spectacle after another: stars, tigers, stars with tigers, volcanos, pyramids, dancing fountains, the Eiffel Tower, jumping off 1,000-foot-tall buildings, shooting machine guns, men and women in all states of undress, $10,000 drinks, magicians, Allegiant, and now \u2026 Formula 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My only question is, have they gone too far this time? Did they maybe bite off more than we could chew, let alone swallow?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, they sure fouled up the traffic and for an auto-race event, that seems \u2026 kind of auspicious, just not in a good way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Okay, forget for a moment the incredible disruption to anything near the Strip for the past months and look, I was excited too! I mean, did you see the movie Grand Turismo? On IMAX? I did. Amazing. Incredible race action, the camera work is Oscar worthy. Incredible true story, too, about a young gamer, the best in the world, who becomes an F1 driver and places third at LeMans in his first year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And maybe $30 with the popcorn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But today from Vegas, I got an offer for a free room at the Mirage during F1. Wow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wait. What? I need to buy two $4,000 (plus \u201cfees\u201d) tickets to the Mirage F1 VIP experience to get my \u201cfree\u201d room? Um \u2026 I\u2019ll pass. In the slow lane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes even Vegas overestimates the disposable income of a large group of people. There is a word for this: \u201cgreed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes, I want to see F1, but you won\u2019t find me ponying up $10K for a weekend. And I don\u2019t know about you, but to me, it seems like the rush to be a part of this history isn\u2019t exactly roaring down Las Vegas Boulevard. In fact, we\u2019re stuck in traffic for an hour on the Strip while they try to construct the track and grandstands so they can drive hundreds of miles an hour. A double order of irony, anyone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Really, F1, I wish you well. I hope I\u2019m wrong and once again you\u2019ve found another spectacle to draw in the folks. Well, maybe not \u201c folks,\u201d but like the type of people for whom spending $10,000 on a weekend is no big deal. But excuse me if I add that the Sphere, the one that\u2019s not rolling or going anywhere, has got you beat. By a mile. By a mile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sphere: Five Stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F1: TBD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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