It’s That Special Time In Las Vegas: Weather Cools, Mount Charleston Leaves Turn Amber, F1 Closes Flamingo Rd-Koval Lane Intersection For Grand Prix Race Bridge
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Shop at Jay’s Market at 190 Flamingo Road at the Koval Lane intersection east of the Strip.
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By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Well, now that Las Vegas is a F1 race town, is that’s special time of the year when the Las Vegas Grand Prix closes the busy Flamingo Road-Koval Lane intersection to install the Flamingo Rd. car bridge that’s part of the track installment for the Nov. 20-22 car race event.
The intersection will be closed all week, meaning other Strip corridor roads have to absorb the extra traffic causing snarls while car and truck drivers who are unaware of the closed intersection make U-turns as they approach the fencing, barriers and police.
Now in its third year, the Las Vegas Grand Prix causes inconveniences to thousands of Strip workers and visitors so that the race promoter and the hotels along the 3.8-mile race circuit can make money while smaller businesses suffer revenue losses.
The Clark County commissioners are OK with this economic model. They OKed the F1 event promoter taking over the public roads.
Year 1 was a F1 mess for local businesses and workers in the Strip corridor. By the race organizers have reached out to connect with the community in Years 2 and 3 to clean up the PR disaster.
How far has F1 come in 2025?
Well, they enlisted the Girl Scouts to sell their famed cookies at the race event next month.
When you have the Girl Scouts in your side, it’s case closed.
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