Official F1 Ticket Packages Now On Sale For Las Vegas And Miami Races

The Inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix was the highest profile new sporting event in the world last year, and the biggest thing to hit Vegas since the city turned its focus to spectator sports. With 315,000 fans over 3-days (according to local news KTNV), it easily outdrew the first Sin City Superbowl, widely considered the biggest event in American sports, which garnered an official attendance of just 61,629, the lowest for any non-pandemic game (though the single day Las Vegas event record is still held by the Grateful Dead at Sam Boyd stadium in 1995 with around 125,000 fans).

Formula One’s popularity in the United States has exploded in recent years, driven in part by the hit Netflix reality show Drive to Survive. According to Sports Business Journal, fully a third of F1 fans are new to the sport in the past four years, and the 2023 season drew an average of 1.1 television viewers per race in this country, a number which has doubled since 2018. However, according to Sports Illustrated, overall U.S. viewership was down from 2022, though interest in the domestic races remains very strong. Last year’s Miami Grand Prix drew the largest live television audience for F1 in American history, with a record-breaking 2.6 million viewers.

The November Las Vegas race was so big and so glitzy it feels like just yesterday, but tickets for the 2024 edition (November 21-23, 2024) already went on sale—just this week. Yet for diehard Formula One fans in this country, the next big thing is the Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix, coming in just over a month (May 3-5, 2024).

Fortunately, attending either race is easier than ever, thanks to F1 Experiences, which was just named the official hospitality sales partner for the Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix, the longwinded official name of the race. F1 Experiences in turn is a division of Quint Events, which for many years has been the U.S. leader in providing luxury travel access to high-profile spectator sports, and has official provider contracts with the NBA, NHL and many large events.

I wrote a book called Fans on the nature and impact of sports fandom, and have extensively covered attending marquee and “Bucket List” sporting events for my journalistic outlets, including the Kentucky Derby (the 150^th edition is coming fast on April 4, 2024) and Superbowl, and I personally experienced Quint’s expertise at both of these. The company doesn’t sell just tickets like most brokers, they do complete hospitality packages that include tickets plus things like VIP lounges, private in-venue food, drink and entertainment, lodging (often hard to impossible to get on your own), private transfers to and from the events, usually with express entrances, and special access to extra curriculars. In the case of Formula One, these can be visits or tours of garages, pit row, team parties and much more.

Quint has always done an exceptional job with these marquee events, but their level of access for Vegas and Miami F1 just got unparalleled—in January, Quint was acquired by Liberty Media Corporation, the parent company of Formula 1 and the Las Vegas Grand Prix. Quint CEO Brian Ruede said, “Our relationship with the Las Vegas Grand Prix, coupled with our global partnership with Formula 1, provides the unique opportunity for a fully integrated and comprehensive customer offering. We look forward to the unprecedented access this will bring our domestic and international fans.”

For Las Vegas, the F1 Experiences packages just went on sale this week (March 25, 2024) and let race fans go behind the scenes, with extras such as exclusive pit lane walks, driver meet and greets (along with legends of the sport), Paddock access and very limited entry inside the F1 Garage, up close and personal with the cars.

Ticket package options run a very broad gamut from grandstands and general admission to private clubs and luxury hospitality. Prices are equally vast, and F1 Experiences’ Las Vegas 3-day packages go from $1,952 – $38,150 per person, all with optional add-ons possible.

The luxury hospitality category includes spots such as the Paddock Club and the ultra-exclusive Wynn Grid Club, which offers 360-degree views of the track, an outdoor terrace between turns one and two, and free flowing high-end drinks and food. At the very top of the pantheon, F1 Garage is considered the most luxurious option at the entire race.

More affordable but still luxurious Club options include Club Paris, with indoor and rooftop viewing, Club Overtake in covered outdoor terraces along the high-speed straightaway, and the Turn Three Club. The least expensive package option is the T-Mobile General Admission, an outdoor section beneath the breathtaking new Las Vegas Sphere, with live performances on the T-Mobile Stage and a festival atmosphere.

Optional extras you can add to ticket packages include a broad choice of hotel lodging, with the high end including the double Forbes 5-Star Wynn Las Vegas, the Forbes 4-Star Aria and Forbes 4-Star Venetian. You can also add access to the Heineken Silver Stage, pit lane walks, guided track tours, helicopter flights, legend and ambassador appearances, guided paddock tours, Paddock Club rooftop access and more.

No city puts on a show for visitors quite like Las Vegas, but F1 Experiences has similar packages for the Miami Grand Prix. This race debuted a year before Las Vegas, and 2024 will be the third annual edition. While Vegas is a street race held at night on public roads—including the famed Strip, Las Vegas Boulevard—the Miami version is in the bright Florida sun on a track built around Hard Rock Stadium, home to the NFL’s Miami Dolphins. Thee’s even a waterfront with yachts, evoking the feel of the world’s premier Formula One venue, Monaco.

3-day packages for the Miami Grand Prix are more affordable than Vegas and range from $1,199 – $16,999. The most notable luxury viewing options still available include the Paddock Club, the MoneyGram Haas F1 Team Suite in the Paddock Club, and the Legend F1 Experiences Suite in the Paddock Club, all of which can be combined with rooftop access. The most affordable options are Grandstand packages, offered in several tiers, some of which include food and drink hospitality.

They have the same kind of extras such as guided tours of pit lane and the paddock, meet-and-greets with F1 drivers and legends, and the opportunity to walk the track. There are a choice of premium race viewing locations, VIP hospitality, luxury accommodations and transportation.

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines!