Miami and Formula 1, a binomial of 400 million dollars

Over $ 25,000 in resale for one ticket, three-star hotels up to $ 500, and suites for $ 30,000. Nearly 250,000 people will travel to Miami this weekend to experience the Formula 1 GP up close, with an estimated benefit to the city of 400 million dollars. These are the most anticipated GP numbers ever in the United States.

After years of negotiations, Miami Gardens became the eleventh venue for a Formula 1 GP in the United States. From the tradition of Indianapolis to the speed of Texan circuits, F1 came to Florida for an event that wanted to protect the “glamor” of Monte Carlo and that would transfer a record amount of money.

The 57 lap of the 5,412-meter circuit built around Hard Rock Stadium is the center of a world event. Cryptocurrency company “Crypto.com” has been GP’s title sponsor for the next nine seasons, as well as recently signing a $ 100 million deal with F1 to promote the sprint format.

Michelin -starred restaurants and ‘DJ’s like Tiesto will continue to party on Florida car weekend.

TICKETS FOR 25,000 DOLLARS

Tickets for the Miami GP have been on sale for several weeks and their price ranges from $ 500 to over $ 1,000. The long wait in the virtual queue of the ticket sales platform offered by Formula 1 is necessary to try to get some tickets.

However, on ticketing platforms such as “Vivid Seats”, an application available in the United States, tickets sell for more than $ 25,000.

This is the price of a pass for the exclusive “Paddock Club” area, while sitting in the “Grandstand A11”, in the single-seater start and end area, costs more than 18,000 dollars.

On resale, the average tickets are over $ 2,000.

$ 30,000 FOR A SUITE, $ 300 FOR A 3-STAR

In an event that symbolizes luxury and opulence, Miami will bring together the most important personalities, entrepreneurs, actors and stars in the world of sports.

Hotels, discos and clubs, in addition to racing, have not missed the opportunity to make the most of it a weekend that is expected to be historic because of the money movement as well.

The luxury hotel chain ‘Four Seasons’ sells its suites for $ 30,000 per night. Their best room, at other times of the year, is usually around $ 20,000 per night. Another luxury chain, the ‘St. The Regis ’, part of the Marriott portfolio, sells them for $ 8,000 per night.

And it is, despite the luxurious structures, prices to sleep in Miami on GP weekends average over $ 300 a nighteven for three-star hotels.

MICHELIN STARS AND NIGHTLIFE

The Miami GP transcends the athletic career and will benefit Miami with a series of similar activities, such as night club events, with well -known DJs such as “Tiesto”, and high -level culinary restaurants that sell their food around the circuit.

Michelin -starred restaurants, such as South Korean Cote, and American “chef”, of Hispanic origin, Michelle Bernstein, will delight their clients with their elaborate gastronomic bets.

There will be almost 300 places dedicated to restaurants and bars in the GPwith international dishes that include Spanish, Mexican, South American and Asian cuisine.

Talented DJs will gather in Miami to enliven nightly parties on the circuit campus, with tickets selling for more than $ 1,000 on the official sales platform.

NEXT STOP, LAS VEGAS

The passion for Formula 1 has never been clearer in the United States. Data from the GP this weekend is another demonstration of very high interest in this sport, which has gradually attracted the attention of a nation typically focused on NASCAR.

Nearly 40 million Americans are Formula 1 fans, according to Iam Holmes estimates, director of television rights for F1, and the Saudi Arabian GP last February was the most -watched ever on US national television.

The Netflix audiovisual platform series “Drive to Survive” has played an important role in developing this trend. (Drive to survive), which narrates from within the most interesting and intense moments of each Formula 1 season.

The series has reached its fourth season and has triggered the interest of sports fans for motorsports, many of them in the United States.

Some stars of American sports like the NFL admit that they became Formula 1 fans exactly after seeing the series on “Netflix”.

Not surprisingly, next year the United States will feature up to three Formula 1 races.because Austin and Miami will add Las Vegas ’long -awaited GP, in its heyday as the nation’s sports capital.