Formula 1 will light up Las Vegas, the sports and entertainment capital of the world, on 16-18 November 2023 for an unforgettable race cutting right through the neon heart of the city on the Strip.
The Las Vegas Grand Prix’s 3.8-mile track will weave past world-famous landmarks, casinos and hotels as drivers push their luck to breaking points at speeds of up to 212 mph. The stakes have never been higher.
The Las Vegas Grand Prix, the dark soul of Formula 1. Here American-style F1 finds its highest expression. But right here F1 confirms its great vitality and its incredible eclecticism. Because Las Vegas and Formula One are two very distant concepts, even diametrically opposed. In F1, the temple of efficiency and concreteness in all its forms, in a tenth of a second you go from victory to defeat and, some time ago, even from life to death.
Las Vegas is the temple of the ephemeral, of the useless, of the game where luck reigns supreme. You don't need mathematics to win at the slot machines, you don't need dedication or programming. But sometimes gambling can cost your life, then as now. And perhaps this could be the only connection between the two things that I can think of. Today F1, governed by businessmen, tends towards the useless, towards profit and not towards passion.
Vintage style pin up girl.
It approaches and embraces Las Vegas because it shares its soul. And in this context overtakings, brakings to the limit, tiring victories become just a naive frill, a faded image of another time. Seeing car races become a global spectacle, suitable for everyone and therefore for no one, immersed in a sea of lights and shows of all types, where “the drivers are clowns”, as Vestappen says, marionettes dressed to the nines in a theater much larger than them, conveys a feeling of great helplessness. Las Vegas, the home of kitsch, swallows up F1, the home of beauty and transforms it into a very expensive event designed to attract a hundred more of them.
It's an inebriating and deadly embrace at the same time. Will Formula 1 be able to survive all this, will it be able to interest the entire planet without distorting itself, without losing its soul? We entrust the answer to Las Vegas for the moment.
Vintage Las Vegas showgirls.
And Las Vegas diligently carried out its task, dressed up and welcomed into its belly - a 280 million dollar reception center - the richest men on the planet. Dwarves and dancers from all over the world, how interested and competent in F1 is difficult to say. It's hard to think of when the English manufacturers, pioneers of F1, were moving around the world in dilapidated campers, eating sandwiches and drinking wine but having the love of racing in their blood.
However, Las Vegas, the Sin city, has its own dark charm and has managed, at least in part, to seem really welcoming, really interested. It's not its fault that the world changes, it has nothing to do with it.
The Las Vegas Grand Prix is a Formula One Grand Prix that forms part of the 2023 Formula One World Championship, with the event taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the United States, on a temporary street circuit including the Las Vegas Strip. The first race is scheduled for 18 November 2023 and will mark the 1,100th round of the Formula One World Championship.
Track layout.
The event is due to take place around the Las Vegas Strip on a brand-new street track. It will be the third Grand Prix in the United States to take place on the 2023 calendar after the Miami and the United States Grands Prix and will mark the first time since 1982 that there will be three races held in the United States in a Formula One season.
Las Vegas show girls. Photo by Retro Photography Archive.
Formula One and Las Vegas have signed a 10-year agreement for the race, with the intent being for the race to continue into perpetuity.
The 6.201 km (3.853 mi) street circuit runs counterclockwise and features 17 corners and a 1.9 km (1.2 mi) straight.
The construction site where Formula One was building a four-story, 300,000-square-foot paddock building, as seen on May 30, 2023. Photo by Getty Images.
It starts in a former parking lot which has been bought by Formula One for $240 million and developed into the pits and paddock area and also contains permanent part of the circuit. The first corner is a hairpin and, after that, the course bends slightly left and then into a fast right, transitioning from the permanent circuit to city streets.
The Sphere arena. Photo by Racefans.net.
The cars go 800 m (0.50 mi) down Koval Lane before entering a slow 90-degree right turn and then entering a long, sweeping left turn which encircles the new Sphere arena, before going through a left–right twisty section (a change from the initial design) and then a slightly faster left turn which transitions onto Sands Avenue. The track then goes through two very fast bends on Sands Avenue before entering a slow left turn onto Las Vegas Boulevard, otherwise known as the Las Vegas Strip. The 1.9 km (1.2 mi) flat-out section with two straights and a slight sweeping left curve goes past some of Las Vegas' most famous hotels and casinos. The circuit then goes through a tight series of three slow corners onto Harmon Avenue, down an 800 m (0.50 mi) straight before going through a fast left bend to complete the lap and transition back to the permanent part of the circuit after the pits.
Track layout of the Caesars Palace Grand Prix.
A brand new track. In 1981 and 1982 the Caesars Palace Grand Prix was run on a tortuous track. For Formula 1’s return to Nevada, there is a brand new 6.2 kilometre-long track. Apart from the uniqueness of the city itself, the layout can be a mixture of tracks like Baku, Miami and Jeddah.
A general view of the pit straight prior to the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix on 09 November 2023. Photo by Dan Istitene / Formula 1 / Getty Images.
There are very long straights which are not always straight and not so many corners, which pushes the car in the direction of minimizing drag and therefore running lower. It’s a short run from the start line to the first corner, a tight left-hander, followed by a combination of technical corners which lead onto one of the two long straights and the first of the two DRS zones, before the drivers will brake hard for the right-hand turn 5. The second sector is all about speed, with the drivers accelerating out of turn 9, going into a sharp left which leads onto the 1.9 kilometre straight as the cars fly down the famous strip, including the second DRS zone. After that comes the narrow chicane at turns 14, 15 and 16 which leads back to the main straight.
This will be the first time a Grand Prix will not be held on a Sunday since the 1985 South African GP at Kyalami, which was also run on a Saturday. For European viewers, it will be the same as getting up to watch the races in the Far East, race start time being 7 (CET) in the morning on Sunday.
While deserts tend to be associated with heat, it will actually be very cold in the Nevada night, with a track temperature of around 15 degrees.
F1 US GP: when F1 held a race in a Las Vegas car park... By Ollie Barstow on 22 October 2016.
Renault lead the way at the start of the second and final Caesars Palace Grand Prix in 1982.
With Las Vegas touted for a return to the calendar in the near future, we take a look back at F1's last bizarre foray to 'Sin City'...
With the United States Grand Prix, now firmly established in Austin and arguably more popular now than it has ever been, Formula One has its most entrenched home in the US since the heyday of Watkins Glen.
The history of Formula One in the US is a patchwork tapestry though; a legacy of tentative footholds tainted by circumstance (Watkins Glen, Indianapolis) and half-baked follies around concrete jungles (Detroit, Dallas, Phoenix).
Perhaps Formula One's most bizarre foray in the US came in the early 80s, with a Grand Prix in Las Vegas run around a makeshift circuit in the car park of the Caesars Palace casino. Given recent statements by Bernie Ecclestone linking Formula One with a return to Vegas, the ringmaster would do well to heed the lessons from the sport's last sortie to Sin City.
Nelson Piquet won the 1981 world title at the Las Vegas finale... but few were there to appreciate it.
Formula One's perennially awkward relationship with the United States was in bloom in the late 1970s. Watkins Glen provided an autumnal end of season garden party among the fall foliage of upstate New York and a street race in Long Beach offered a glamorous early-season counter-point as the 'Monaco of the US' in sunny Southern California.
However, by the end of the decade the Glen was tarnished by enduring safety concerns, outdated facilities and rowdy fans and, amid mounting debts, the race was cancelled ahead of the 1981 season. The loss of the Glen after 22 years was an opportunity for Formula One to expand its offering in the States to new frontiers and Vegas, which had been a non-starter in 1980, was confirmed as a second west coast race to close the 1981 season.
The Vegas of the early 1980s was far from the self-styled Entertainment Capital of the World we know it as today though. Stuck somewhere between the 50s glamour of the Rat Pack era and the mega-casino reinvention of the 90s, Las Vegas was a mostly tired collection of faded glories and crumbling facades. Caesars Palace was the largest and most prominent casino hotel on The Strip and had infamously played host to failed motorcycle stunts by Evil Knievel and Gary Wells. In spite of this dubious motorsport heritage the resort happily stumped up the race fee and the vast desert of concrete and sand that made up the Caesars Palace car park was transformed into a Grand Prix circuit.
Vegas, here in 1981, may be known for its glitz and glamour... but a repetitive layout in a car park didn't represent it in the slightest.
Constrained by the tight confines of the Caesars Palace perimeter, the circuit was a bizarre-looking sequence of three repeating 'fingers', a short, flat point and squirt 2.2 mile anti-clockwise sequence of 14 turns winding around a crooked 'M' shape.
Although the track surface was relatively smooth, the circuit's anti-clockwise configuration caused significant problems for the drivers - leading to a common complaint of 'Las Vegas neck'. Combined with the dry desert heat, the Caesars Palace circuit became an ultimate endurance test for a generation of drivers whose notions of diet and fitness were far removed from the standards taken for granted today.
John Watson memorably described the circuit as "a racetrack made up of canyons of concrete" and the high average speed of over 100 mph failed to alleviate the boredom for drivers as the course repeatedly doubled back on itself to make the best use of the available space. The circuit was as uninspiring for spectators and television viewers as it was for the drivers, with the barren backdrop of dust, sand and highways failing to convey any of the associated glamour of Vegas.
Of course, the notion of a 'parking lot' F1 race was striking in its vision if not its execution, but its cause wasn't helped by having a lofty reputation to uphold. Watkins Glen may have deservedly lost its place on the schedule for the aforementioned reasons, but even the criticisms were intertwined with a heritage that has arguably been missing from any American F1 race since.
For renowned F1 journalist Dan Knutson, the inaugural Caesars Palace Grand Prix hadn't established its significance in a city used to seeing high-profile events hosting more popular curios, from boxing bouts to death-defying stunts. Indeed, while Watkins Glen was the American home for motorsport, the Caesars Palace Grand Prix was for many an oddity they had stumbled across.
"There really was not much buzz because it was just another 'event' in a town that has many events", he said. "The 1981 race certainly wasn't a sell-out as I was able to buy a grandstand ticket just by walking up to a ticket booth.”
Indeed, whilst the inaugural event had the fillip of being the final round of the 1981 season - a three-way title showdown between Carlos Reutemann, Nelson Piquet and Jacques Laffite at that - Dan admits it was a 'thrilling' premise lost on many in the stands.
"As with all F1 races in the U.S. there were hardcore, very knowledgeable fans in the grandstands. But there were also people sitting in the stands with me who had no idea what F1 was about and just happened to happen on the event.”
"Those hardcore fans knew about the championship fight between Nelson Piquet and Carlos Reutemann and Jacques Laffite and, therefore, were able to keep track of what was happening with the points because, as I recall, the PA system worked quite well in the grandstand.”
"It was, of course, a very silly track in a parking lot but, as I had only been to a couple F1 races in the previous 10 years, I was happy just to see and hear F1 cars going by."
The race itself was won by Alan Jones, with Brabham's Piquet defying exhaustion in the closing stages to clinch the crown with a run to fifth place, while Reutemann - who had started from pole - saw his hopes fade as he slid down the order to eighth and out of the points.
Despite the lukewarm response to the inaugural race, Las Vegas was again honoured with hosting duties for the 1982 finale, once more a title showdown between Keke Rosberg and John Watson, albeit with the former just needing a points' finish to ensure the title went his way.
Watching from the stands in 1981 to being a fully accredited journalist in 1982, Dan Knutson - today part of the exclusive '500 club' for journalists accredited for a mammoth 500 Grands Prix - returned to Las Vegas to watch from a 'marvellous' viewpoint in what he says was still a 'ridiculous' setting.
"In 1982 I had a full access media credential. In those days the media was allowed in pit lane for all practice and qualifying sessions and you could stand on the inner pit wall during the race. I was absolutely thrilled to be in the pits, right next to the drivers, cars and team bosses like Colin Chapman. So again, while the setting was ridiculous I had a marvellous time.”
"I remember going to a McLaren press conference and seeing Niki Lauda and John Watson joking around. And getting to go into the building where the mechanics worked on the cars and seeing the cars close up as they were taken apart."
Rosberg went on to take the title with ease, with Michele Alboreto doing more than just securing a race win for his Tyrrell team...
"A journalist friend of mine introduced me to some of the Tyrrell mechanics and they told the story of how they and team owner Ken Tyrrell made a bundle on betting their driver Michele Alboreto would win the race. He was a long shot, so the odds were high, but he won."
Rosberg's coronation was to prove the final act at Caesars Palace. The 1982 season had seen three street races in the US, at Long Beach, Detroit and Vegas and many within the sport felt that this was a saturation point - especially given the fact that none of these races had proven as well attended or as popular as Watkins Glen. After hosting two title deciders that were enthralling in spite of the setting rather than because of it, the race was pulled ahead of the 1983 season.
F1 withdrew from Vegas almost as quickly as it had arrived, but the Caesars Palace circuit lived on as an Indycar destination for 1983 and 1984. Tweaking the layout to circumvent the infield loops, the track was reborn as a flat, narrow 1.125 mile angular oval. The Indycar race lasted no longer than the Grand Prix though and, after two years, the Caesars Palace circuit was closed for good to make way for more profitable urban development.
Watching the footage of the Caesars Palace Grand Prix, it's startling how little visual iconography is on show and how little of Las Vegas was utilised to create the circuit.
With Singapore having demonstrated in the past few years what is possible to achieve by setting up a Grand Prix circuit to showcase a spectacular urban backdrop, perhaps the time is ripe for Formula One to again look to Sin City. A circuit based along The Strip, taking in the entire city rather than one casino back lot, could prove both striking and spectacular.
The history of Formula One in Las Vegas is all too short and not particularly sweet - but both entities have come a long way since the early 1980s, especially from a commercial perspective. They say the house always wins in Vegas, but who would bet against Bernie Ecclestone finding a way to turn the odds in his favour...
Penultimate event of the season. By Repubblica. After 41 years the circus returns to Nevada for a weekend in the name of show.
Gambling machines, special liveries with playing cards, vintage paints, kitsch clothes. Finally the show is on.
Final act of the 1982 Formula 1 World Championship hosted, like the previous year, by the circuit created from the parking lot of the Caesar Palace, the famous hotel in Las Vegas. First career victory for Michele Alboreto, here kissing Diana Ross, who exploited the handling of his Tyrrell with a naturally aspirated engine on the winding roads of the US track to enter the fight for the top step of the podium.
Diana Ross sits with Eddie Cheever, John Watson and Michele Alboreto in the Winner's Circle on 25 September 1982. Photo by John Blakemore.
Diana Ross sits with Eddie Cheever, John Watson and Michele Alboreto in the Winner's Circle on 25 September 1982.
The race is (at night) in Las Vegas, for the penultimate event of the season, 41 years after the last time (1982, Alboreto won. The first edition was in 1981). But everything is different from then when the circuit was located in a parking lot of Caesars Palace and F1 was very picturesque for the Americans. Now they have made it their own thanks to the American ownership of Liberty Media (which invested half a billion dollars out of its own pocket in the Nevada GP) and successful series such as Drive to Survive. Third stop in the USA in this increasingly Stars and Stripes World Cup. And which the American team Andretti wants to enter. In these hours the announcement that General Motors, through the Cadillac brand, will supply the engines for F1 from 2028.
Las Vegas vintage show girls.
Therefore, a spectacle of roars on the Strip full of lights and perditions, hotels and casinos, a thousand cities in the desert city immortalized in many films and in the collective imagination. The show is already sumptuous on paper, even if with the trail of controversies due to the inconveniences for the inhabitants and the high prices, which have collapsed in recent weeks given that both titles have already been awarded. But from a technical and sporting point of view the race will be an unknown for everyone. With its 6201 meters it is the second longest track in the world (behind Spa) and was designed by Carsten Tilke, son of Hermann, the designer of most modern F1 circuits. And it is very fast: peaks of over 340 km/h are estimated, a speed temple similar to Monza. 17 curves and three straights, one of which is infinite (1.9 km) almost like in Baku and indeed in Belgium (2 km), where you push with wide open throttle. Low downforce configurations are expected. And many difficulties with the tires (Pirelli brings the softest compounds with higher minimum pressures), especially due to the low temperatures of the Las Vegas night which are between 5 and 10 degrees.
Las Vegas vintage show girls.
The race (50 laps) will be on Saturday evening in Nevada, at 10pm local time, 7am in Italy.
One of the most hyped events on the 2023 sporting calendar, Formula One’s inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix, arrives this weekend promising race cars roaring down the iconic Las Vegas Strip at 200 mph for the first time in the city’s history. In recent years Formula One has seen a huge boost in popularity in the US, thanks to the success of the Netflix docuseries ‘Formula 1: Drive to Survive.’
A Las Vegas show girl.
The Vegas event is expected to attract more than 100,000 spectators each day and one Nevada analyst projects it will pump more than $1 billion into the local economy, calling it “the single largest special event in Las Vegas history.”
“We’re now coming to America and, in terms of fans and passion, it’s amazing to see. It’s almost superseding these European tracks and it’s crazy to see”, driver Alex Albon told CNN affiliate KTNV. “I think it’s going to be truly a one-of-a-kind race.”
A Las Vegas show girl.
The event is the first Formula One race in Las Vegas in more than 40 years. It also marks the first time F1 cars will be racing on the Strip itself.
“Las Vegas will be on TV screens across the world, because people will want to tune in to this Formula One race on the Strip – iconic boulevard that it is – and people will get a better understanding of what Las Vegas is all about”, Velotta, the Review-Journal reporter, said. “So initially, it looked like a pretty big deal and a great deal, in terms of extending our international marketing.”
Ferrari’s special livery for the return to Las Vegas
The traditional red on the SF-23 cars will also feature a hint of white, as will Charles Leclerc’s and Carlos Sainz’ race suits and helmets to celebrate Ferrari’s look from the Seventies, regarded as something of a golden age for Formula 1 in America.
The Ferrari livery for the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix. Photo by Ferrari.
The Ferrari livery for the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix. Photo by Ferrari.
Scuderia Ferrari and its drivers are all set to sport special colours for Formula 1’s long awaited return to Las Vegas in the United States. Back in 1982, the Formula 1 calendar already featured three rounds in the United States, as is the case this year, confirming the recent surge in popularity for the sport, It is a second golden age in the United States which, along with the well established race in Austin, saw Miami added to the calendar in 2022 and this year Las Vegas will stage the very first night race in the United States.
Scuderia Ferrari has participated in every year of the Formula 1 world championship and therefore experienced that first golden age for the category in America. In 1971, at the wheel of the remarkable Ferrari 312 B, the American driver Mario Andretti won the South African Grand Prix, sparking interest in the sport at home. Following in the Italian-American’s footsteps came other racers, the New Yorker Peter Revson and Mark Donohue, who raced in the predominantly European series with the great Roger Penske, who became a Formula 1 constructor to add to his successes in IndyCar. Other great drivers were also racing back then: Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi, Niki Lauda, Jody Scheckter, Clay Regazzoni, James Hunt and Gilles Villeneuve, all true stars who boosted the popularity of the sport, bringing in plenty of sponsors. In the nine years from 1976 to 1984, 19 World Championship races were run in the USA, along with nine Canadian events, which brought the total number of North American Grands Prix to 28. During America’s first golden age of Formula 1, Scuderia Ferrari enjoyed some of the most memorable moments of its history, with Niki Lauda winning two world titles in 1975 and 1977, with a victory at Watkins Glen in 1975. Clay Regazzoni added to the tally winning at Long Beach in 1976 while Carlos Reutemann triumphed at Watkins Glen in 1978. In 1979, Gilles Villeneuve scored an American double with wins in Long Beach and Watkins Glen in the now legendary 312 T4. In those days, there was a lot of white alongside the red in the Ferrari livery and this year, for the return to Las Vegas, the Scuderia decided to reprise it, producing an entirely red and white-only livery for the SF-23. Key to the success of this special design was the cooperation between the Scuderia’s partners who approved changes to their own colours, especially Puma who produced completely new team kit specifically for this race.
Charles Leclerc gets into his Ferrari SF-23 in the garage during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas on 16 November 2023. Photo by Song Haiyuan / MB Media / Getty Images.
Second placed qualifier Carlos Sainz during qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas on 18 November 2023. Photo by Mark Thompson / Getty Images.
Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc at the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix. Photo by Ferrari.
Charles and Carlos are also happy to support the initiative and so, for this event, their helmets follow the theme with predominantly red and white colours, which is also the case with the special race suits.
The drivers expressed conflicting opinions about the circuit.
F1 champion driver Max Verstappen, of the Netherlands and Red Bull Racing, in the Las Vegas Grand Prix paddock on 15 November 2023. Photo by Jared C. Tilton / Getty Images.
Verstappen has been less than enthusiastic about the glitzy Vegas F1 event. “I think it is 99% show, 1% sport”, he told reporters on Wednesday, according to Reuters. “It’s not really my thing. Some people like a show, I don’t like it at all.”
Charles Leclerc after his pole position at the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix on 18 November 2023. Photo by Ferrari.
“I'm excited to be starting on pole tomorrow, I really like the track and I've felt comfortable in the car all weekend. It's a bit more tricky than expected to overtake and I hope we see some good battles tomorrow.” Charles Leclerc
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, driving on track during the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix launch party on 05 November 2023 on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Dan Istitene /Formula 1 via Getty Images.
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, driving on track during the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix launch party on 05 November 2023 on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Dan Istitene /Formula 1 via Getty Images.
Despite the early hiccup, Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton was effusive in his praise of the Grand Prix, saying it was “so good” to race in. “I don’t know how it was as a spectacle for people to watch, but there was so much overtaking”, he told Sky Sports. “It was like Baku, but better. I really wasn’t expecting the track to be so great but the more and more laps you did I just really loved racing it. Lots of great overtaking opportunities and I think for all those who were so negative about the weekend, saying it was all about show blah blah blah, I think Vegas proved them wrong.”
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, second at the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix. Photo by Ferrari.
“It was an exciting race with really good battles and a lot of adrenaline. I’m glad that the weekend came together well and that the inaugural Grand Prix in Las Vegas was exciting for drivers and fans. I look forward to coming back next year!” Charles Leclerc
The Ferrari team at the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix. Photo by Ferrari.
“This first race in Las Vegas delivered the show that everybody was expecting, so well done to Formula 1 as this was one of the best races of the season.” Frédéric Vasseur
Photo gallery
Ready to purvey the spirit of St. Valentine's Day, these three, from the Hotel Last Frontier, rehearse a special heart show outdoors for visitors who will spend Valentine's Day in Las Vegas. From left to right: Renee Molnar, Candyce King and Dolores Frazzini. Undated photo circa 1940s. Photo by Bettman via Getty Images.
In a Chicago airlines ticket office, cowgirls Jane Pike (left) and Karolee Kelly sit on a pile of 100,000 silver dollars, 5,900 pounds in weight, on 20 October 1954 to advertise the two main tourist attractions of Las Vegas: legalized gambling and women. For the next four days the girls would just sit in the TWA office and jingle the coins. Photo by Getty Images.
Two young women enjoying themselves by the pool at a Las Vegas holiday resort, while a man performs a spectacularly high dive in the background, circa 1955. Photo by Keystone / Getty Images.
Tooting her sax in the sun at Las Vegas on 05 December 1955 is 19 year old Jessy De Roza, a member of Phil Spitalny's 20 piece all girl orchestra. Looking on as Jessy gets in some poolside practice are Rose Marie Krous, 19 (left) and Mary Ann Mazzocia, 21. All three musical beauties are from New York City. Photo by Getty Images.
High School Dance Troupe in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 11 August 1960. Photo by Denver Post via Getty Images.
Las Vegas girls in 1960s. Photo by okcjimbo on flickr.
Girls in the limelight. A fairy tale world of beauty and color exists beyond the footlights at Las Vegas' Hotel Tropicana, where nightly girls of the Folies Bergers dazzle patrons with resplendent costumes and exciting motion on 24 February 1962. Photo by Bettmann / Getty Images.
French singer and actress Line Renaud during rehearsals for her show 'Casino de Paris', in Milan on 29 November 1963. 'Casino de Paris' is to be staged at the Dunes hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Photo by Keystone / Hulton Archive / Getty Images.
Black Jack dealers Dianne McMillin (left) and Jaye Boack work in the pit at the Silver Nugget Casino in Las Vegas on 16 April 1966, wearing costumes with see-through tops. The management brought the girls on the 1 to 8 AM shift, contending they were not topless (they had on chiffon transparent tops with pasties underneath) and, therefore, should not cause objections from the gaming commission or the Attorney General, who earlier said he would go to court to get an injunction against them. The women are shown dealing to a table of players. Photo by Bettmann / Getty Images.
The actress Elke Sommer during a rest in the filming of the movie 'Las Vegas 500 millones' in Almeria, Andalusia, Spain, in 1967. Photo by Gianni Ferrari / Cover / Getty Images.
Boxing: WBC/ WBA World Light Heavyweight Title. Aerial view of round card girl before round 4 of Dick Tiger vs Roger Rouse fight at Las Vegas Convention Center on 17 November 1967. Photo by Neil Leifer / Sports Illustrated via Getty Images.
Boxing: WBC/ WBA World Light Heavyweight Title. Aerial view of round card girl before round 4 of Dick Tiger vs Roger Rouse fight at Las Vegas Convention Center on 17 November 1967. Photo by Neil Leifer / Sports Illustrated via Getty Images.
Poolside: the girls, who all dance in the Folies Bergere at the plush Hotel Tropicana, Las Vegas, in 1968 are: Virginia Justus, the blonde; Lydia Torea, the redhead; and the brunet, Sharon Cunningham. The Torea gal was once a partner of Jose Greco. Photo by Bettmann / Getty Images.
Poolside: the girls, who all dance in the Folies Bergere at the plush Hotel Tropicana, Las Vegas, in 1968 are: Virginia Justus, the blonde; Lydia Torea, the redhead; and the brunet, Sharon Cunningham. The Torea gal was once a partner of Jose Greco. Photo by Bettmann / Getty Images.
Poolside: the girls, who all dance in the Folies Bergere at the plush Hotel Tropicana, Las Vegas, in 1968 are: Virginia Justus, the blonde; Lydia Torea, the redhead; and the brunet, Sharon Cunningham. The Torea gal was once a partner of Jose Greco. Photo by Bettmann / Getty Images.
Show girl dancers at Hotel Tropicana, Las Vegas, in 1970s. Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts / Classic Stock / Getty Images.
Gene Kelly’s wonderful world of girls, aired on 14 January 1970. Pictured: Gene Kelly, center, with the Folies Bergere Showgirls. Photo by Herb Ball / NBCU Bank / NBC Universal via Getty Images.
Gene Kelly, center, with the Folies Bergere Showgirls on 14 January 1970. Photo by Herb Ball / NBCU Bank / NBC Universal via Getty Images.
Joan Rivers and Show Girls during Best of Vegas Awards at Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, on 21 March 1980. Photo by Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images.
Alan Jones, Gilles Villeneuve, Alain Prost, Williams-Ford FW07C, Ferrari 126CK, Renault RE30, Grand Prix of Caesars Palace, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, 17 October 1981. Photo by Bernard Cahier / Getty Images.
Alan Jones in the lead at the start of the 1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix in Las Vegas.
Australian racing driver Alan Jones pictured in first place at the first bend as he drives the n. 1 Williams FW07C Ford V8 to finish in first place to win the 1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 17th October 1981. Photo by Bob Thomas Sports Photography via Getty Images.
Carlos Reutemann, Nelson Piquet, Williams-Ford FW07C, Brabham-Ford BT49C, Grand Prix of Caesars Palace, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, 17 October 1981. Photo by Bernard Cahier / Getty Images.
The 1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix in Las Vegas.
French racing driver Didier Pironi drives the n. 28 Ferrari 126CK to finish in 9th place in the 1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 17th October 1981. Photo by Bob Thomas Sports Photography via Getty Images.
Girls' Chorus Line at the Wildcat Saloon, an attempt for a Parisian - or Las Vegas-style revue, in New York on 27 February 1982. Photo by Allan Tannenbaum / Getty Images.
Girls' Chorus Line at the Wildcat Saloon, an attempt for a Parisian - or Las Vegas-style revue, in New York on 27 February 1982. Photo by Allan Tannenbaum / Getty Images.
Ken Tyrrell at the Las Vegas Grand Prix held on 25 September 1982.
Rene Arnoux sitting with unidentified women in the pits on 25 September 1982. Photo by John Blakemore.
The 1982 Las Vegas Grand Prix.
The 1982 Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Keke Rosberg clinches the WDC at the Caesars Palace Grand Prix in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 25 September 1982.
Mireille Mathieu and the girls from the Moulin Rouge on 14 November 1982 in Las Vegas, United States. Photo by Bertrand Laforet / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images.
A British show girl in front of a welcome to Las Vegas sign in 1998. Photo by Evan Hurd / Sygma via Getty Images.
Girls at a night club of our days in Las Vegas.
Girls at the Omnia night club in Las Vegas on 14 October 2018.
Girls at the Omnia night club in Las Vegas.
Formula 1 Las Vegas branding is seen during the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023 launch party on 05 November 2023 on the Las Vegas Strip. Photo by Clive Mason / Formula 1 via Getty Images.
George Russell of Great Britain and Mercedes drives on the demonstration course from The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas during the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023 launch party on November 05, 2023 on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Clive Mason / Formula 1 via Getty Images.
A general view as the car of Sergio Perez of Mexico and Red Bull is moved into position during the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023 launch party on November 05, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Denise Truscello / Formula 1 via Getty Images.
Susie Wolff before practice ahead of the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix at Las Vegas Strip Circuit in Las Vegas, United States, on November 16, 2023. Photo by Jakub Porzycki / Nur Photo via Getty Images.
Romain Grosjean before practice ahead of the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix at Las Vegas Strip Circuit in Las Vegas, United States, on November 16, 2023. Photo by Jakub Porzycki / Nur Photo via Getty Images.
Charles Leclerc of Ferrari and Alexandra Saint Mleux before practice ahead of the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix at Las Vegas Strip Circuit in Las Vegas, United States, on 16 November 2023. Photo by Jakub Porzycki /Nur Photo via Getty Images.
Carlos Sainz of Spain and Ferrari F1 team enters the paddock with girlfriend Rebecca Donaldson during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on 16 November 2023. Photo by Kym Illman / Getty Images.
The Scottish model Rebecca Donaldson, Carlos Sainz’s girlfriend.
Esteban Gutierrez of Mexico and Mercedes with Monica Casan during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas on 16 November 2023. Photo by Song Haiyuan / MB Media / Getty Images.
George Russell and Carmen Montero Mundt arrive at the track during qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas on 17 November 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Song Haiyuan / MB Media / Getty Images.
Valtteri Bottas during the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix on 17 November 2023 in Las Vegas, USA. Photo by Alessio Morgese / Nur Photo via Getty Images.
Danica Patrick during qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at on November 17, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Song Haiyuan / MB Media / Getty Images.
Charles Leclerc of Monaco driving the (16) Ferrari SF-23 on track during final practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas on 17 November 2023. Photo by Chris Graythen / Formula 1 via Getty Images.
Sergio Perez of Mexico driving the (11) Oracle Red Bull Racing RB19 on track during final practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas on 17 November 2023. Photo by Chris Graythen / Formula 1 via Getty Images.
Lance Stroll of Canada driving the (18) Aston Martin AMR23 Mercedes on track during final practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on 17 November 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Chris Graythen /Formula 1 via Getty Images.
Charles Leclerc of Monaco driving the (16) Ferrari SF-23 on track during final practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas on November 17, 2023. Photo by Jared C. Tilton / Getty Images.
Charles Leclerc of Ferrari during second practice ahead of the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix at Las Vegas Strip Circuit in Las Vegas, United States, on November 17, 2023. Photo by Jakub Porzycki / Nur Photo via Getty Images.
Max Verstappen of the Netherlands driving the (1) Oracle Red Bull Racing RB19 on track during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on November 17, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Chris Graythen / Getty Images.
Pierre Gasly of France driving the (10) Alpine F1 A523 Renault on track during final practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on November 17, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Jared C. Tilton / Getty Images.
Charles Leclerc of Monaco and Ferrari and Carlos Sainz of Spain and Ferrari pose for a photo with Ferrari team members in the pitlane prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on November 18, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Mark Thompson / Getty Images.
Carlos Sainz, Ferrari, in action in Las Vegas on 18 November 2023. Photo by Ferrari.
Charles Leclerc of Monaco driving the (16) Ferrari SF-23 on track during qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on November 18, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Jared C. Tilton / Getty Images.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, in action in Las Vegas on 18 November 2023. Photo by Ferrari.
Carlos Sainz, Ferrari, during qualifying prior to the 2023 Las Vegas Formula 1 Grand Prix at the Las Vegas Strip Circuit in Nevada. Photo by ANP via Getty Images.
Charles Leclerc of Monaco driving the (16) Ferrari SF-23 on track during qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on November 18, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Chris Graythen / Getty Images.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, after his pole position in Las Vegas on 18 November 2023. Photo by Ferrari.
Max Verstappen of the Netherlands, driving the (1) Red Bull Racing RB19, leads Charles Leclerc of Monaco, driving the (16) Ferrari SF-23, at turn one during the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on November 18, 2023. Photo by Chris Graythen / Getty Images.
Race winner Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Red Bull Racing, second placed Charles Leclerc of Monaco and Ferrari and third placed Sergio Perez of Mexico and Red Bull Racing celebrate on the podium during the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on November 18, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli / Getty Images.
Second placed Charles Leclerc of Monaco and Ferrari celebrates on the podium during the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on November 18, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Dan Istitene / Formula 1 via Getty Images.
Max and Jos Verstappen celebrate victory in the pitlane at the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen and Lando Norris had a post-race pit stop at the Omnia night club in the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
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