Driving down Las Vegas Boulevard today looks a lot different than it did a few weeks ago. Obstructed are the many sights that bring 40 million-plus people to the city every year. There are no Bellagio Fountains to see, no showgirls and Elvises posing for pictures, no gondoliers in the canals of Venice and no flashing marquees advertising nightly residency shows. The iconic thoroughfare now transports its travelers into a scene out of Grand Prix the movie with fencing and race barrier walls ensconcing the multi-lane public road. All this as the Strip is in its final transformation to become the Las Vegas Strip Circuit for the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, which takes place on Saturday night, Nov. 18. Rigs with high-wattage lighting run the 3.8 mile course, which stretches from Koval Lane to Sands Avenue and down Las Vegas Boulevard to Harmon Avenue. Everywhere Las Vegas’ iconography has been replaced by...
- 11/17/2023
- by Melinda Sheckells
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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