Was just looking at going to the Vegas GP, its only a 16hour drive for me.

2200$ standing tickets for Saturday wow just wow. That’s not travel, lodging, or food costs.

I checked for Sakura GP, we could fly to Tokyo, Hotel, and GP tickets. Plus stay for a week with $2k travel costs. Not including food and other fun expenses.

I’ll take my foreign vacation with a dash of F1 please. Also maybe they have a Yukon grandstand. Go Yuki!

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Gotta love that there are now races in America so us Americans can keep flying to Europe to watch races

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Or Canada, which is what I’m doing lol. ~$450 for a grandstand seat at the hairpin all weekend. But I think Zandvoort might be in the cards next year, I’ve heard that’s a pretty reasonable race to attend as well.

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Zandvoort looks amazing just for the scenery alone. Add in a race!!!

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Right. Even Canadian GP is pretty much pricing me out.

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How do? Ticket prices in Canada are among the most economical: https://f1destinations.com/ranked-how-much-do-f1-tickets-cost-in-2023/.

Are you getting hit on airfare/accomodations compared to the other inexpensive international races?

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Plus why go to Canada when you can go to Europe?

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Hmm always wanted to go to Japan, sounds like a extra reason to go

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I’ve been in 2016 for the GP and got tickets for this year too. Our tickets are fantastic seats, just down Turn 1/2 for the same price as COTA GA this year. Can’t wait. It’s a great country to tourist in, the track is fantastic.

We got pretty annoyed by COTA in 2021, it was better pre-covid (less people, less lines, way less expensive, and the shuttles were an absolute disaster) and went to Mexico last year. Great experience, similar door-to-door cost to sit in Foro Sol (stadium) Norte as GA in COTA (flight was more, tickets were a little more, but hotel and food were way cheaper). Highly recommend.

Vegas… Same sentiments (and I have family there), you can do better for the same cost!

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We have been wanting to go for the last few years. It’s in the cards but timing has been an issue. Glad to hear it was a good time. Watching the fans during the races makes it looks like Sakura would be a fun race to attend

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Vegas and Miami aren’t races for us common folk, they’re for the socialites.

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We have Monaco at home

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Yeah I was excited with the Vegas news since I’m only 4hrs away, but then when I saw the prices I couldn’t believe it. I’m close enough to drive there but not close enough for a turn around. When you factor in hotel/event costs and traffic, I could only imagine the nightmare it would be to try and make a weekend out of it.

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