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Originally Posted by madlex
The average F1 fan is the European version of an Indy car fan, a little less redneck than NASCAR.
At this price point, the regular fans are priced out anyway though. The vast majority of people I know who are willing to spend that kind of money on sporting events would not play high stakes poker in a public card room. But maybe we're going to see a totally different demographic?
I'm thinking most people who are going to pay to be at this venue are not going to waste their time at the poker room, let alone a public one. You might end up with a semi-private game somewhere about though.
I know someone who booked a package and was kind of surprised he did so. He's very much into F1 and racing, but no gambling to that extent. The plan is to fly in, pre-game in the suite, eat at the restaurants, watch the event, rinse/repeat until the end of the event.
Honestly, I'm a pretty big f1 fan too, though I'm not such a huge one where i think paying $1k/night for a room at paris makes much sense to me.
Do any of you local to the strip think the games are going to be remotely different? I can see maybe a slight drop off of foot traffic for those few days.