F1 Luxury In Las Vegas: MGM Resorts International Says Bellagio Fountain Club Experience Is Back With $13,015 Ticket To Watch Grand Prix On Strip
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By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer
Only a few days after MGM Resorts International CEO Bill Hornbuckle wrote that he liked the Las Vegas Grand Prix rolling out more affordable tickets for its F1 race in November, MGM Resorts announced its “Bellagio Fountain Club” race deal that costs $13,015 a person for three days of high-end hospitality.
That does not include a minimum two-day stay at a MGM Resorts International property, the MGM Resorts announcement said Monday.
In a letter to Clark County, which released a Formula 1 race “debriefing” report last week, Hornbuckle noted there were reports that grand prix officials planned to to have “more affordable tickets for a broader range of viewing and activation areas.” And even MGM Resorts International itself “has reevaluated its room pricing strategy for this year’s race to expand reach more deeply across our portfolio of resort hotels.”
But in today’s announcement, MGM Resorts peddled the luxury ticket of more than $13,000 and sent these photos in a press release.
The F1 presence in front of the Bellagio attracted negative PR for removing the trees in front of the hotel’s famed fountains.
As for the Las Vegas Grand Prix, the controversial race set for Nov. 21-23 has named Quint as the race’s hospitality sales partner. In January 2024, Quint was acquired by Liberty Media Corporation – the parent company of Formula 1 and Las Vegas Grand Prix.
The race has been criticized for not connecting with locals in Las Vegas. There is no community benefit plans like the deals approved as part of the Raiders and Athletics stadium projects. Clark County commissioners handed over 3.8 miles of public roads in the Strip corridor, including a healthy section of the Strip, for the race without even asking for compensation from F1 and the grand prix. F1 has two other races in the U.S. in metro Austin and Miami and both races are set outside busy areas, unlike Las Vegas where the race is staged in the busy Strip area.
Grand prix officials at last week’s county debriefing session at the Clark County government center:
The F1 race disrupted commerce, transportation and business on the Strip like no other event in Las Vegas history for nine months leading up to the race and for two months after the event.
