LAS VEGAS
Las Vegas Grand Prix details
What: The Vegas Grand Prix, a three-day race festival including concerts, a celebrity poker tournament, extreme sports and races on downtown streets, such as the first race of the 2007 Champ Car World Series season. Other races include a Champ Car Atlantic event and a historic race that will feature Formula One cars from 1966 to 1983.
Where: The 2.44-mile, 12-turn temporary circuit will circumnavigate World Market Center and several downtown casinos west of the Strip.
When: Public events begin Thursday with a charity gala to benefit Keep Memory Alive, at the Bellagio featuring Jon Bon Jovi and Jay Leno (doors open at 5:30 p.m.), and continue through April 8. Scheduled starting times on April 8: Historic Grand Prix, 10:15 a.m.; Vegas Grand Prix, 1 p.m.; Champ Car Atlantic, 4 p.m.
Tickets: Tickets can be purchased online at www.vegasgrandprix.com/admission or at the gates each day. A three-day pass is $70 in advance and $78 at the gate. Daily tickets are also available.
Getting around: Interstate 15 through the downtown area will have no traffic lane restrictions. The Charleston Boulevard exit will be the primary access route into downtown and for Vegas Grand Prix events.
Interstate 515/U.S. 93/95 through downtown will have no traffic lane restrictions. The Casino Center Boulevard and Las Vegas Boulevard exits are the primary access routes into downtown and for Vegas Grand Prix events.
Las Vegas Boulevard will remain open and is suggested for north-south travel. All north-south roadways that are east of Las Vegas Boulevard will also stay open.
Charleston Boulevard will remain open and is suggested for east-west travel. Stewart Avenue will remain open for east-west travel from Main Street to Las Vegas Boulevard and to streets east of Las Vegas Boulevard.
Race information and website, (877) 795-RACE (7223) or www.vegasgrandprix.com.
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