When the red lights extinguished, it seemed like finally entertainment gave way for racing - but music was still in the air. Paak and an animated performance by J Balvin. On Saturday night, for the first time all week, grandstands appeared to be completely full and fans eager to witness the spectacle they waited to see, after a playful DJ set from Anderson. And the sport just isn’t big enough for people to want to do that.” “It feels like Formula One just misunderstood entirely what the audience was going to be here and thought it was going to be this multi-million-dollar playground for ultra rich people. “It’s way more expensive than Monaco,” Blackstock says of the infamously exclusive and prestigious street race. Elizabeth Blackstock, a motorsports report at Jalopnik, explains that in some ways, the entertainment branding opportunities took precedent over the race fans in Las Vegas. Others are simply excited to be a part of history at this new Las Vegas race. Some are unhappy with the week’s prohibitively expensive events - including the exclusive live music opportunities. Streets flood with fans in their race kits. As the elite motorsport experiments with the new race, A-list events are ubiquitous in Sin City, an unignorable part of the celebration. At the inaugural Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix, music and entertainment have taken a dominant role.
