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Saturday, the first annual United States Grand Prix of Las Vegas will be run on a specially-constructed, 2.2-mile circuit that will be torn down immediately following the event. "The prize money is hard to ascertain because it is all handled through FICA," says Larry Aldenhoevel of Caeser's Palace, the Las Vegas hotel sponsoring the event. "but I do know that the man who wins is in for a lot of money...
...first thing you have to understand is that when we decided we were interested in running a Grand Prix, Watkins Glen was still in the running," says Aldenhoevel by phone from Caeser's Palace. "Our Grand Prix had nothing to do with Watkins Glen not picking it up. Conceivably, there could have been three Grand Prix in the United States this year. (A Formula One event in Long Beach, California took place in July...
...Aldenhoevel says Caeser's Palace has signed a contract with FICA to run a United States Grand Prix in Las Vegas for each of the next four years. No other racing will be done at the site; the track will be torn down and reconstructed every fall...
...course is constructed over 2.2 miles of track and it covers 75 acres of ground," Aldenhoevel explains. "Much of that ground is our parking lot and we need it back as soon as possible...
...this weekend the world's top drivers and the whole of the International Circus Show that is Formula One racing set up shop in Nevada for what is officially termed the United States Grand Prix of Las Vegas. While Aldenhoevel may stress that the event has nothing to do with the traditional U.S. Grand Prix, the comparison is inevitable. Meanwhile, 2500 miles east, Franzese is not nearly as pessimistic as Currie regarding the return of Formula One racing to Watkins Glen...
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