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I’m trying to be respectful, but I would recommend fans shouting about the “American Entitlement” and the Andretti situation do just a little bit of research before they start complaining. Most fans would agree that they don't approve of the way that Liberty Media has managed Formula 1 since its purchase in 2017. Liberty Media only has the media rights to F1, they should not have any say in the regulatory process. If for some reason they do have authority over the series, they have created a monopoly. They would have control of the series from the foundation of the sport to the event weekend itself. This does not benefit the sport or the fans. It only benefits Liberty Media. Add in that this does have potential negative financial repercussions here in the US, which means that yes the US government is going to become involved. That is part of their function as a governing body. And while overall I’d prefer if Liberty Media (and the others benefiting from this monopoly) were not allowed to continue as they are, there is more going on here than just the Formula 1 issue. I did some research and if you're interested in the absolute shit show that is Liberty Media and why the US government has/can be involved below is a general rundown of the information as I understand it. I do not claim to be an expert, this was written in stops and starts between actual work I should have been doing and has not been proofread. Nor is it likely to be. Also, be warned, the longer that I worked on this the more…unhinged I became. I do not apologize  

Liberty Media is an American Company, that holds stakes in Formula One Group, Sirius XM, and Live Nation Entertainment. Live Nation Entertainment already has an antitrust suit filed by the Department of Justice, in large part because of a merger that happened between Ticketmaster and Live Nation. Live Nation controls the Venues/Promotions/Logistics and Ticketmaster handles the buying/selling of the tickets. Ticketmaster is also one of the only sites in the US to resell your tickets as a fan. It cuts out all other competition. Pretty much all large venues in the US are owned or managed by Live Nation, and if you are a small venue that hasn't been swallowed by Live Nation, you still have to use Ticketmaster to sell your tickets. They currently hold about 80% of primary ticket sales for all major U.S. venues. That’s a pretty big no-no when it comes to antitrust laws. They have been under scrutiny for years, with several investigations due to allegations that venues not already under the Liberty Media Bubble are being forced to use Ticketmaster/Live Nation systems either because of intimidation tactics employed or because there is simply no other reasonable alternative. Therefore Liberty Media is continuing the cycle that they created, which benefits only Liberty Media and their subsidies. 

This situation came to a head in 2022 with Taylor Swift’s Era tour. The site crashed under “demand” with the excuse of bots and high traffic being the cause. But when tickets were selling faster than fans could get a hold of them only to reappear at an exorbitant price on resale sites. Fans of Swift, along with other fans from different sports/media joined together to form a class action lawsuit. Unfortunately, Ticketmaster has an arbitration clause built into the Terms & Conditions legal boilerplate that voids an individual's right to sue, and they instead must resolve all issues through private arbitration. *Always read those Terms and Conditions kids* They’ve maintained to hold off legal reproductions through these same means, but with how large of a cluster fuck the Era Tour situation was, and how much money the US government is missing out on.  This led to a Senate hearing on ticketing practices, with major cause for concern being legal reform to address unfair ticket pricing for both the consumer and the entertainers and if Liberty Media was intentionally manipulating ticket sales to benefit themselves. 

So now that we have a little backstory about why Liberty Media is on the US government’s radar let's break down the letter that was sent to them. The first issue that they addressed was that while the FIA, the sole and independent arbiter for entry into Formula 1, had approved Andretti Global for entry it was Liberty Media that denied Andretti Global. The argument being made is that Liberty Media has made this decision with the express purpose of protecting the current grid lineup, which would break US antitrust laws. They are a US-owned company, practicing in the US therefore they are governed by US laws. The government is looking at Liberty Media and their handling of Formula 1, and seeing too many similarities to their Ticketmaster/Live Nation scheme. Essentially, they are telling Liberty Media, you can’t have your hands on the entirety of Formula 1. If Liberty Media can bar any additional teams from joining the grid (the decision that should have been left up to the FIA) then they have managed to form a monopoly. The US Government does not like monopolies unless they are the ones owning said monopoly. 

The document provided to Liberty Media asked 3 questions, that I’m going to attempt to put into layman's terms as I understand them:

Under the Concorde Agreement, Formula 1's governing document, up to 12 teams can participate. Currently, 10 teams are competing in Formula 1 races. Previously, the FIA launched and led a comprehensive application process with the purpose of allowing one or more prospective teams to join Formula 1 racing series. Andretti Global, with its partner GM, submitted an application, and after receiving four applications, the FIA approved Andretti Global. Under what authority does FOM proceed to reject admission of Andretti Global? What is the rationale for FOM's rejection, especially with respect to Andretti Global and its partner GM, potentially being the first American-owned and America-built race team?

You can have up to 12 teams, you only currently have 10. The FIA approved Andretti Global, what authority does FOM (Liberty Media) have to reject their admission? FOM is not the governing/regulatory body, they should only be facilitating ticket sales and broadcasting. FOM is overstepping. FOM only has commercial rights to the series, meaning that they only have the right to monetize it, either through sales, licensing, reproduction, distribution, public display, or other means that might generate revenue. They do not have the right to bypass the FIA authority and deny an additional team. 

   The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 outlaws unreasonable restraints on market competition to produce the best outcome for the American consumer. How does FOM's denial of Andretti Global and GM, American-owned companies, square with Sherman Act requirements, since the decision will benefit incumbent European racing teams and their foreign automobile manufacturing affiliates?

If you do have the authority to make that decision listed above, to deny an additional team to the grid, how do you plan to get around the Sherman Act? 

Let's break down the purpose of the Sherman Act. It essentially prohibits activities that restrict interstate commerce/competition in the marketplace. It's meant to prohibit trusts, monopolies, and cartels. A notable success case would be the breakup of AT&T in 1984,  The breakup gave consumers access to more choices and lower prices for long-distance service and phones. The idea is that more options lead to competition, which allows consumers to make choices that best benefit them. 

Formula 1 is dominated by European racing teams, along with foreign automobile manufacturers. You weren't able to give a valid reason for denying admittance to the grid. If you aren't able to give a decent answer we’ll be going with the assumption that you have a vested interest in keeping the grid the same. We’ll also be assuming you're receiving some type of monetary benefit to maintain the status quo. They are calling out Liberty Media for allowing the other teams on the grid to block another team from coming in. It interests the US government because it's a US-based company yes. But the basis is still the same. Allowing additional competition only benefits the sport as a whole. 

We understand that GM intends to re-introduce its Cadillac brand into the European market, which would support thousands of good-paying American automotive jobs, especially with Formula 1's worldwide audience and its halo effect on its teams and sponsors. How much did GM's and Andretti's entrance into the racing competition taking a portion of the racing market share and GM's entry into the European market taking market share each play into the decision to deny admission to the Andretti Global team, given the public outcry of incumbent Formula 1 teams against a new American competitor?

You are fucking with our money. GM wants to sell Cadillacs in Europe again. Formula 1 is a good way to market those cars. It would create jobs and revenue here in the US which we would be able to tax. We like to tax. Stop fucking with our money. Again we know that part of the reason that you are blocking Andretti and therefore GM from the grid is because of the complaining of current Formula 1 teams, worried about not just the potential of losing money on the Formula 1 side, but also the road car side. It's the founding principle of Formula 1, win on Sunday to sell cars on Monday. Stop fucking with our money.    

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Interlagos 2022, part 1: Getting to São Paulo... or how I *almost* met Fernando

I know I’m terribly late into writing this and everybody probably wants to leave 2022 behind, whether it’s about that depressing F1 season or life in general. However, after 16 years watching F1, I finally attended a race for the first time and of course it had to be the beloved Interlagos of my dreams!

Most importantly: I fulfilled my dream of seeing Fernando racing! I really never thought this would happen, given that he had previously retired from F1 before I could attend a Grand Prix and I was sure I would end up missing every chance to see Fernando before he retires again.

A lot happened leading up to Sunday, but I’m trying to keep my train of thought as coherent as possible... for now, let’s dive a little bit into what went on until I got to São Paulo, and I what actually mean with “almost meeting Fernando”!

As I’ve already said, I was never able to go see him race in São Paulo, and that’s because of me being a poor child living in the other side of a continental-size country. When Fernando left the sport, I had just turned 17 - still a minor with no money, and Interlagos 2018 was coincidentally held the same day as the national college entrance exam I took that year.

I passed the exam, and as a university student I was able to save some internship money, so I started planning to attend Interlagos since July 2020 - when Fernando announced his return to F1. Eventually, my plans for 2021 crumbled and I was very upset over not being there for Fernando’s first Brazilian GP since coming back to F1. However, I didn’t lose hope for 2022, all thanks to the two besties I met here on tumblr and who attended the race weekend with me: @dwaxi and @lewisleclerx.

Ticketing for Interlagos was and is always a bloodbath, a nightmare. They used to start selling it every April of the same year, but for the 2022 GP that changed to early December 2021. I was not confident in buying a ticket with an entire year in advance, but I’m glad I took the risk. They advertised the selling as a “pre-sale”, exclusive for those who subscribed for their newsletter and would later receive a code to enter the tickets website.

It turns out that the tickets went sold out during the pre-sale, which was reported on the news as a “mistake” as they somehow put ALL tickets on sale instead of a limited number. Obviously, this made a lot of people angry, as some had/chose to wait to buy later, as there were supposed to be additional sales being held throughout the year. A significant amount of people also had their orders cancelled by Eventim even after successfully paying and everything. That’s why I was very lucky to grab my tickets as early as possible!

From 2022, I was full on delusional mode when the season started. Ferrari winning races?! Charles leading the championship?? I thought this was going to be our year, everything seemed too good to be true. I was already dreaming of the WDC battle ending at Interlagos with Charles winning the title, but we all know what happened. Obviously, I was still extremely excited that I would get to see Fernando and all, but this season was so depressing to me that it threw me off a little, to the point I was expecting (or mentally preparing myself in advance) that Fernando would have a DNF there. Thankfully, Interlagos is always a star on its own - it’s the best race of the year, so I was holding onto that hope that I would not get disappointed because Interlagos always delivers. And boy, it did deliver.

Fast-fowarding to November, it was finally time to travel and of course I was freaking out with so much to do, yet still wanting to save my energy for the trip. I had plans for many handmade banners for Fernando, Pato, Drugo... but I had no time to work on that before leaving, as I packed my stuff as late as possible (spoiler: I did end up making the banners, but I’ll talk about that in another post). I printed a huge amount of pics and threw many paper sheets and other stationery into my suitcase and hoped for the best.

I did not want to give up on the ideas I had for a kpop style handmade tiara, but I also knew I would have no time for that in São Paulo. My mom helped and we made these tiaras in a hurry, I am not exaggerating - we finished these just an hour before I had to leave home for the bus station. Because yes, I had to go on a 4-hour bus trip before taking my 3-hour flight in another state.

I knew Fernando was going to host an event at his own circuit in Spain on Tuesday, so he would only have Wednesday or early Thursday to arrive in Brazil. I was definitely not counting on meeting him or the other drivers at the airport, but I was willing to shoot my shot in case there was a coincidence and I happened to arrive at the same time as any of them, in which case I would need to take the shuttle bus to the international terminal. 

In 2021, I heard that Fernando did not stop to talk to anyone, so I presumed he would do the same this year, which made me NOT stress over the small possibility of meeting him at the airport. I thought that was nearly impossible to happen, and even if it would happen he would simply not give a fuck, so I was completely fine and cool about it and had already accepted my fate with zero expectations. Except that he did arrive the same day as me, did talk to everyone there and even signed stuff for them.

Basically, I arrived at the airport at 1:30PM and Fernando arrived a few hours before, at 8AM or something. I’m so glad he was in a good mood and all, but I would be lying if I said I’m not dying of jealousy of everyone who was there. I guess it was really not meant to be. It’s just one of those things I’ll never get over, you know? It’s so unfortunate. If only I had took a different flight and arrived earlier...

So, yeah. You can imagine how I was going through all stages of grief at once, but I had to let that go and board the plane quickly, as I was already in the boarding gate when I found out about Fernando’s arrival. My flight seemed so calm until we got to the last half an hour and I swear those 30 minutes of turbulences scared the shit out of me. To the point that after arrival I spent the next hour still shaking a bit. Gotta love São Paulo and its bizarre weather.

As soon as I arrived at the airport in São Paulo, I was welcomed by this ad from Aston Martin & Drugo’s sponsors, XP, which reads “investing for Brazil to get back on the grid”. Let me tell you, that was such a good marketing that I got chills. It was the reality check I didn’t know I needed - I was there and it was going to happen, FINALLY. It really hit me that I was going to attend a race weekend for the first time. I also immediately thought, “Drugo has a plan!” and I need him in F1 so bad, so my delusional ass was more than happy to see that ad. Also, what a coincidence that that’s Fernando’s new team. IIRC AM now has 2 Brazilian sponsors, hopefully they’ll do some brand promotions with Fernando too.

Before I finish this post, I have a tip for anyone travelling to São Paulo, whether you’re from Brazil or not. If you arrive at GRU and want to save some money on transportation, take the Airport Express (Expresso Aeroporto). Look for the shuttle bus sign (see pic below) when you’re outside and ask the bus driver if they’re going to the train station or to another terminal (since there are 2 types of shuttle buses). Take the bus going to the train station (or CPTM) and you’ll arrive there in ~15 minutes, for free.

You can buy the train tickets at the station or by using this ticket machine (FYI, the machine accepts only debit cards). This special train departs every full hour (2:00PM, 3:00PM and so on), the itinerary and the hours open are very limited, so make sure to know beforehand where and when you’ll be going. You most probably will still need to ask for an Uber ride later, but it might be a lot cheaper as you’ll get closer to your destination (the GRU airport is far from downtown, I mean, it’s not even in São Paulo, it’s located in Guarulhos!)

Anyway, I definitely wrote too much but if you actually read all of it, I hope this “part 1″ was not a waste of time <3 I am also hoping that I’ll still be in the mood for writing, I do want to write about it all and not give up in the middle of it. The race weekend was really amazing and I don’t think I’ll ever shut up about it - it’s something I want to remember and cherish for a long time.

If you’re curious about something specific, feel free to let me know - I always get lost in my thoughts and end up writing or talking too much about irrelevant things, and I feel like this post was full of it, so it’d be great to know what you guys want to hear about.

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Hello my dear ♥️

I'd just like to ask if you had a good time at the BVB friendly ?

Love you <3

hello lise!!!!

thanks a lot for asking me about yesterday's friendly bvb match against my local team <3333

yeah me and my family really had such a great time and enjoyment at that time....even though my hometown team was defeated 4-1 (tbf we had so much chances we could possibly score at least 2 istg)

and honestly speaking both of teams literally give so much intensity of the game it gives me chills tho

anyways, here's some of the pictures that i took yesterday during that match

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it's all the fun and games when my prof decided to have a mid-semester test on next monday's night....which is actually during bvb friendly match against my local team here in malaysia and i had already buy some tickets for me and my fam as well 😭😭😭

@ballondnaur liz if you seeing this i'm so sorry to not able witnessing some footage for that match ))):

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i was tagged by @footballandfiasco to do this tag game!!! thank you so much luna <3333

rules: go to pinterest and type in “[your name] core aesthetic” and create a moodboard using the first nine images. no need to reveal what your name actually is!

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Silverstone offers apology for F1 British Grand Prix online ticket sale chaos

The organisers of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone have apologised and pledged to improve their ticketing system after angering fans with the online process for the 2023 race. Many fans were left frustrated and indignant at both the difficulty in purchasing tickets and the prices rising as they attempted to do so because of the new “dynamic pricing” system. Tickets for the British GP went on general sale on Thursday 15 September. The online system was unable to cope with demand, with customers held in queues for hours on end. Some were then bumped out and had to begin from scratch, while many found the price of the tickets they were attempting to buy had increased by the time they reached the stage of finally purchasing them. Jon Fisher from Calne in Wiltshire, an F1 fan since the 1980s, was trying to buy tickets for £419. After being held in a queue for eight hours he was finally able to purchase them but the price had risen to £489. “It feels like a way for them to make more money, it’s not about fan experience,” he said. “It’s milking the customer, it is profiteering from fans who don’t have any choice to watch F1 anywhere else in this country.�� Phil Morris, a Silverstone regular since 2014, experienced similar. He was knocked out of the queue after six hours and when reapplying his price had increased by more than £50. “We are being priced out of attending and this will be our last year,” he said. “There’s no reward for loyalty and pure marketing towards making as much money as possible.” Likewise James Smith, who has enjoyed F1 since he was nine years old, watched his price rise in a system he described as fundamentally unfair on fans. When presented with their opinions the managing director of Silverstone, Stuart Pringle, expressed his regret at what had happened and his determination not to repeat it. “I am extremely sorry for the frustration, upset, disappointment and anger this has caused,” he said. “We are going to do a root and branch review on all of this. I am not closing the door on doing anything differently next year, we will consider anything and everything. Nothing is off the table. We have learned a lot of lessons and we can’t have a repeat of this year.” Pringle cited a combination of factors behind the queueing problems, with the sales handled by a third party provider, Secutix. Its system proved unable to cope with the extreme demand and suffered a payment gateway issue on the same day. The dynamic pricing, used for the first time at a British sporting event, was, Pringle argued, a different issue, however. Silverstone’s traditional model has been to offer the cheapest prices for early purchases. These then increase over months as available tickets decrease in number. This year a similar process was built into the system but he said they were caught unawares by the scale of demand. For the 2022 race it took approximately five months to shift the same number of tickets that were sold in two days this time. The unprecedented demand caused price increases that were expected to be implemented slowly over a period of weeks to be applied in a matter of hours. “Not long ago the issue was whether we could stay in business. To reach a point where we are suddenly into Adele, Coldplay-scale of demand is just unimaginable,” he said. “In light of what we know now, can we use our historic model given the current popularity of F1? We have to look at that. It’s wonderful we have had such a demand but it is utterly regrettable that our fans have been subject to these challenges. We have to sort it out and we will sort it out.” via Formula One | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/sport/formulaone

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Mercedes magic for Beaulieu’s Simply Mercedes - Sunday 21st August

Mercedes cars will be the stars of the show as Beaulieu’s Simply Mercedes returns for its fourth year on Sunday 21st August, with an impressive line-up in the grounds of the National Motor Museum.

From luxury saloons to glamorous sports cars and even rugged vans and utility vehicles, look out for all manner of high-quality motors wearing the famous three-pointed star badge, as they park up in the show, as part of this motoring themed day out that all the family will enjoy. From impressive classics to their high-performance modern counterparts, last year’s show gave a snapshot of the rich variety of Mercedes on the roads. This year’s display promises to be just as varied, with the chance to admire all manner of Mercedes on show. Make sure to head inside the National Motor Museum to see Beaulieu’s replica 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen, ancestor to the modern-day Mercedes and representing a key moment in the development of the motor car. This fascinating machine is just one of the objects in the brand new exhibition, The Story of Motoring in 50 Objects, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the National Motor Museum. For more Mercedes magic inside the museum, look out for the stylish 1928 Mercedes-Benz Model S 36/220, along with the 1903 Mercedes 60hp and 2006 McLaren Mercedes MP4/21 F1 show car, very different but equally fascinating machines at opposite ends of motoring history. Event-goers can vote for their favourite Mercedes of the show in the People’s Choice Award, with the winner receiving a Beaulieu trophy and an Autoglym prize. Voting is open to all visitors until 1pm that day, with the presentation taking place at 2pm. Participants are encouraged to buy their tickets in advance at beaulieu.co.uk/events/simply-mercedes. Participant tickets, for those driving into the show in a Mercedes to join the display, include entrance to the rest of the Beaulieu attraction. All other visitors should purchase normal visitor admission tickets, which are available to book at beaulieu.co.uk. Simply Mercedes is just one of the exciting Simply rallies taking place at Beaulieu during 2022. Simply BMW will be following in its tyre-tracks on 18th September, along with Simply British Classics on 25th September and Simply Smart on 13th November. For Beaulieu’s full 2022 event calendar, visit beaulieu.co.uk/events. Visitor and participant tickets include entrance to all that Beaulieu has to offer, including Bond in Motion – No Time To Die in the National Motor Museum, Little Beaulieu, World of Top Gear, On Screen Cars, the ancestral Montagu home Palace House, Secret Army Exhibition, 13th century Beaulieu Abbey and the stunning grounds and gardens. Read the full article

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I just signed up for the updates today. But Formula 1 is going to be returning to Las Vegas in November of 2023. From a press release posted on the organization's site yesterday:

The world-famous neon lights of Las Vegas will provide the backdrop to Formula 1’s newest race when the American city hosts a night event from 2023. The Las Vegas Grand Prix will take place on a Saturday next November and be one of three races in the United States, joining Miami and Austin.

They did not give a specific date yet, but it will be late in the 2023 season. And they confirmed COTA (on the schedule for years as the only US-based race) and Miami (on 2022's schedule) will remain.

The track will include the famous Las Vegas strip, which will actually be closed off for a full weekend. F1 drivers will race past some of the most famous casinos in the world. Any race that actually goes by the FOUNTAINS OF BELLAGIO? I'm in.

Tell me when tickets are on sale, and I'm buying.

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15 TO WATCH/5 SPORTS TECH/POWER OF SPORTS 5: RICK HORROW’S TOP SPORTS/BIZ/TECH/PHILANTHROPY ISSUES FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 8

with Jamie Swimmer & Jacob Aere

Baseball’s post season is heating up – but regular season attendance has cooled. According to the league, MLB ended the 2018 regular season with a total attendance of 69.67 million after last week’s division tiebreakers, down 4.1% from last year and the fifth decline at the gate in the last six seasons. The figure is also the lowest since 2003, and the first since that 2003 season to fall below 70 million. The Dodgers again led individual clubs in attendance for the sixth straight year with a franchise record total of 3.86 million including last Monday’s NL West tiebreaker against the Rockies. The Marlins ranked last with a total of 811,104, making them the first club since the 2004 Expos to finish a season below 1 million in home attendance. The defending champion Astros had the largest increase in the league with a 24% spike to 2.98 million, while the Marlins and Blue Jays each shed more than 750,000 in attendance from 2017. MLB’s attendance decrease roughly mirrors a 3.3% decrease this year for Minor League Baseball, with both drops influenced by high numbers of rainouts and cold weather.

National TV advertising revenue for regular-season Major League Baseball games remained stable this year — and looks to stay that way for the playoff season. According to the league and its broadcast partners, pricing for this year’s MLB playoffs is around $100,000 per 30-second unit for early-round games and up to $500,000 for World Series games. Who's buying in? A blue chip who’s who of this year’s top regular-season advertisers for MLB games, including: Softbank Corp. ($10.1 million); General Motors ($8.6 million); Berkshire Hathaway ($7.4 million); Ford Motor ($6.9 million); Verizon Communications ($6.8 million); Anheuser-Busch InBev ($5.6 million); Procter & Gamble ($5.5 million); Wells Fargo & Co. ($5.0 million); and Yum Brands ($4.5 million). The ad market for baseball’s postseason is looking even healthier thanks to the avalanche of popular big market teams that advanced: thank you Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, Astros, and Braves.

As the NHL wraps its first week of regular season play, league-wide revenues are on an upward swing. The league and its 30 teams are projected to increase annual sponsorship revenue by $35 million, boost annual ad revenue by $24 million, and add $6 million from the sale of data each year if legal sports betting spreads as projected to 25 states in the next seven years, according to a study released by the American Gaming Association. The study, based on a Nielsen Sports survey of 1,032 U.S. adults, projects hockey to benefit from an overall revenue increase of $216 million tied to betting, with $132 million of it coming from gains in ticket sales and media rights that it predicts based on an assumed increase in fan engagement. And outside of placing an expansion team in Seattle, the league clearly sees China as the next horizon. The NHL played preseason games in the country last month and recently opened a youth hockey school in Shenzhen. However, should the league decide sit out the 2022 Games like they did this year in PyeongChang, it could alienate the Chinese government and halt the NHL’s progress there.

Ahead of UFC 229, Conor McGregor signed a new one year-deal with Monster Energy that is "worth millions and puts McGregor in the same category as other Monster athletes" like Tiger Woods, Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski, and F1 driver Lewis Hamilton. McGregor has endorsed the energy drink brand since 2015, and SB Nation notes McGregor is also working hard to build his brand, including “releasing his very own whiskey, as well as his upcoming line of custom-made suits." UFC President Dana White told ESPN that UFC 229, headlined by Khabib Nurmagomedov-McGregor, was projected to “smash company records" in both PPV revenue and Nevada gate revenue. Beforehand, White said that the $64.99 PPV buys were tracking close to 3 million. McGregor's boxing match with Floyd Mayweather in 2017 "reportedly sold 4.4 million buys." Saturday’s brief bout, won by Nurmagomedov, was certainly a hit at T-Mobile Arena, with a live gate of $17.2 million and an announced crowd of 20,034, marking the "second-highest box office number for the promotion." The fight, however, will be remembered for the ugly brawl that broke out afterward – not good for the fighters’ brands, nor for UFC.

The Chelsea Football Club Foundation and education technology innovator EverFi, Inc. have launched the Digital Blue – Career Inspiration program, bringing hands-on STEM teaching to 25 schools in Manhattan at no cost to the schools and inspiring the next generation of STEM professionals. The Chelsea FC Foundation and EverFi announced the new project during a visit with students at Frederick Douglass Academy, where they joined students and educators to discuss STEM careers. Digital Blue – Career Inspiration introduces middle and high school students to exciting careers in technical fields and uses gamified lessons to encourage and prepare students for a career in STEM. As part of the course experience, students will virtually hear from Chelsea FC and Chelsea FC Women players, and Chelsea FC Foundation executives who’ll talk about the importance of STEM education and how these topics are part of key careers in the industry. Following classroom time, Chelsea FC coaches hosted a soccer skills lesson, teaching the students how STEM is relevant on the field, as well. The Chelsea FC launch follows on the heels of a similar initiative announced with IndyCar driver Zach Veach last month – clearly, EverFi is adept at harnessing the STEM power of sport.

Momentum is a word that has come to define Mike Whan’s tenure as LPGA Commissioner. Since Whan took the LPGA helm in 2011, the narrative emanating from the preeminent women’s golf tour has been one of progress and expansion. Over the course of the past seven years, the circuit’s schedule has grown from 23 to 33 tournaments, total prize purses have exanded to nearly $70 million, and the LPGA broadcast audience has surged to around 500 million households worldwide. All told, LPGA revenues have soared by a staggering 88% since 2012. Commercially speaking, the LPGA’s deal making has accelerated dramatically in recent months. Since the start of 2017, the Tour has signed no fewer than 16 new corporate partnerships, bringing on board eight new tournament title sponsors, including the Indy Women in Tech Championship Driven by Group 1001. That slate is testament to a sponsorship philosophy that spans the entire organization, from athletes to front office staff. Societal forces are also helping to shape the LPGA’s momentum, with a renewed focus on women’s empowerment and equality.

The Phoenix Suns have teamed up with PayPal to put the company’s logo on its jersey, becoming the 25th team in the NBA to sign a jersey patch sponsorship deal. According to SportsBusiness Journal, the agreement makes PayPal the official payment partner of the Suns, the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, and Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, a second-tier Spanish soccer club that is owned by Suns Owner Robert Sarver. “The primary driver for us and for PayPal is the customer experience and creating an environment that is seamless and convenient as possible,” Suns President and CEO Jason Rowley said. PayPal will now become a viable payment option at Talking Stick Resort Arena and at the team’s store there, with fans able to access the service via the official Suns mobile app. The move by the Suns to sign PayPal goes well beyond boosting the team’s top line, it helps make payments easier and quicker, catering to the demands of millennials and younger fans.

The U.S. sports memorabilia market is estimated to be worth a whopping $5.4 billion annually. According to JohnWallStreet and David Yokun of collectable.com, that figure includes “the total gross merchandise volume from eBay ($4.7 billion), independent auction houses ($290 million), auction house private sales ($62.5 million), online retail venues and other sources ($400 million).” Vintage baseball jerseys have fueled a lot of industry’s boom, as they have drawn record bids lately due to their extreme rarity and demand. A 1964 Mickey Mantle World Series jersey recently sold for three times the previous high ($1.32 million), while a Babe Ruth game-worn away jersey that sold for $4.416 million in 2012 is now estimated to be worth $10 million. Fan apparel, products produced in mass, and modern trading cards were all left out of the industry’s estimated value, though it remains possible that trading cards could be factored into future calculations. This seems reasonable, as “baseball cards” are almost synonymous with “sports memorabilia.”

Major League Triathlon made an unprecedented move last weekend: paying out prizes in bitcoin. According to SportsBusiness Journal, the highly volatile cryptocurrency, which reached a peak value of $19,783 per unit in mid-December, is now worth around $530 for one bitcoin, down 88% for 10 months ago. The deal came as “part of a presenting sponsorship sold to Bitcoin.com, a content website dedicated to the cryptocurrency controlled by bitcoin advocate Roger Ver.” The competitors who placed high enough in the event to receive bitcoin cash prizes won the equivalent dollar amount to what they would have otherwise earned based on the current exchange rate; the athletes are free to convert the bitcoin cash into real cash if they choose to. “Our athletes trust us a lot,” said Major League Triathlon CEO Daniel Cassidy. This groundbreaking twist on awarding athletes has the potential for both good and bad: if the value of bitcoin goes up, athletes could earn a lot more than they initially expected, but if they hold onto the bitcoin for too long and it plunges in value, their achievement may have been for naught.

10.The Tampa Bay Rays are denying that their move to purchase the USL soccer club Tampa Bay Rowdies has anything to do with an attempt to find a new stadium. According to the Tampa Bay Times, the “surprising” purchase gives the ownership group “at least short-term control of downtown waterfront Al Lang Stadium,” the site where the Rays tried to build a new ballpark 10 years ago. This connection is why many speculate the purchase goes beyond a simple entry point into the American soccer market, though Rays President Brian Auld said that it was just an “opportunity to buy the soccer team” from Rowdies Chair and CEO Bill Edwards and "grow their overall business.” The Rays have been trying to move from their current home at Tropicana Field for years now and are seeking an alternative St. Petersburg stadium location “to their proposed new home in Ybor City, where talks have been ongoing to bridge the funding gap in completing that $892 million deal.” The Rowdies deal, complete with soccer stadium, seems to give the Rays a leg up.

The NFL is considering exercising an exit clause in its deal with DirecTV following the 2019 season. According to JohnWallStreet, in doing so, the NFL would strip the satellite provider’s exclusivity rights to broadcast its Sunday Ticket package of all out-of-market games. The current deal, signed back in 2014, sees DirecTV pay the NFL $1.5 million per year and is set to run through 2022. Speculation is that the league would break the contract to then package “satellite rights with global streaming rights and continue to grow the revenue pie.” DirecTV only allows some of its NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers — only college students and those able to prove the inability to place a dish on their home — to stream games online, proving its outdated nature in a 2018 marketplace dominated by OTT platforms. Google previously made a bid for the rights to NFL Sunday Ticket but without satellite capabilities it lost to DirecTV. Expect companies like Google and Amazon to reenter the race for the rights if the NFL opts out of the deal.

.Diamond Resorts has announced the initial group of world-class sports and entertainment celebrities confirmed to play in the inaugural Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions. The tournament will be held January 17-20, 2019, at Tranquilo Golf Club at Four Seasons Resort Orlando in Florida. Hall of Famers Ray Allen, Brian Urlacher, Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez, John Smoltz, and Marcus Allen; six-time Cy Young Award Winner Roger Clemens; Chicago Cubs pitcher Jon Lester; Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander; former NASCAR champion Michael Waltrip; NHL star Jeremy Roenick; and actors Alfonso Ribeiro and Jack Wagner will be among the celebrities playing alongside LPGA winners from the past two seasons at the event. The women will compete for $1.2 million in official prize money over 72 holes of stroke play with no cut, while the celebrities will compete for their own $500,000 purse. All four days will be nationally televised, with Thursday and Friday on Golf Channel, and Saturday and Sunday on NBC. Next month: Tiger vs. Phil. January: the LPGA vs. the OGs.

Roger Federer is looking past his tennis days as he settles into his sponsorship deal with Uniqlo. According to Reuters, Federer’s decision to switch from Nike to Uniqlo as part of a deal speculated to be around $30 million per year stems from the Japanese company’s "commitment to stay with him long after his playing days are over.” Still one of the world’s best on the court, the Swiss superstar has a desire to work through his foundation to contribute more to charity long after he is done playing. As Fed himself put it, “John Jay in New York, where I had an event there, said it very nicely, 'One day I will retire from tennis but I will not retire from life.' Life will go on and Uniqlo and [Uniqlo CEO Tadashi Yanai] believed in me very strongly as being very important to their brand, even though maybe my playing days are going to come to an end at some point.” The deal should come out to more than three times the $10 million that Nike payed Fed on an annual basis, which will go great lengths toward giving the tennis legend more flexibility with his charity work.

14.The Toronto Maple Leafs are the NHL’s first franchise to launch an esports competition, doing so after partnering with online video gaming platform WorldGaming Network. According to SportsPro Media, the Leafs Gaming Network is set to serve as a “one-versus-one online ladder for fans and competitive gamers who play the EA Sports NHL 19 ice hockey title.” The new competition will be launched later this month. "MLSE is taking this first big step to bring structure and significance to Toronto's NHL gaming community," said Shane Talbot, esports manager at Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE), the company that owns Toronto’s NHL team. Gamers will compete head-to-head to climb the virtual ladder to the top, with the Grand Finals being hosted January 3 at the team’s facility, Scotiabank Arena. The NHL’s first dip into the esports world came earlier this June, when Finnish gamer Erik Tammenpaa won $50,000 from winning the NHL Gaming World Championship. Clearly, that’s just the tip of the ice[berg] when considering the NHL’s esports potential.

15.Elite Spanish soccer club FC Barcelona has become the first sports club in the world to surpass $1 billion in revenue in a year. According to the Associated Press, the club recently presented its annual accounts for the 2017-2018 season, which saw it earn $15 million in after-tax profit on $1.054 billion in revenue. The team’s new budget for its 2018-2019 fiscal year calls for an increase in revenue, up to $1.1 billion, but a drop in after-tax profit to $13 million. This now marks the eighth consecutive year that Barca has closed a year with a profit, accumulating $217 million in gains since 2010, and the “fifth consecutive year the club has broken its own record income.” Comparing these finances to arch rival and fellow Spanish and European giant Real Madrid, Real’s operating revenue for the 2017-2018 cycle reached 750.9 million euros. Barcelona’s financial success has largely been buoyed by “the new cycle for distribution of UEFA payments for the Champions League,” the team noted. The World Cup lead up season didn’t hurt, either.

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Major League Baseball Players Association cashes in on esports for its own players. According to Cynopsis Sports, the MLBPA teamed up with UMG Media Corp. to launch the first-ever esports series of competitions designed exclusively for MLB players. The events started on October 3 with the MLBPA Fortnite challenge and will run until its December championship in Las Vegas. Fans can follow the mixture of active and retired players who will compete against each other through the UMG Twitch channel that will stream the contests. For the Live Championship Finals and the Live Final, UMG partnered with Caesars Entertainment and The Wall Gaming Lounge to host 16 teams of Major League players competing for the MLBPA Challenge Series title in addition to cash prizes. Nationals shortstop Trea Turner, Twins relief pitcher Trevor May, and Astros starting pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. have already confirmed their participation in the tournament.

Amazon brings new features to Thursday Night Football for fans using Fire TVs. Coming on the heels of a massive two-year, $130 million rights deal to stream NFL games on the esports platform Twitch and Amazon’s own Prime Video, the media giant has introduced interactive game watching to better the fan experience. In addition to U.S. users’ ability to navigate straight to Amazon’s ecommerce platform for home and away teams’ officially licensed NFL merchandise, fans watching games on Fire TV devices will also be introduced to the “X-Ray” experience. According to TechCrunch, this feature incorporates real-time stats integrated into game coverage to allow viewers to select game leaders and team statistics such as rushing, passing, and receiver yardage. In addition, the “Play History” tab will read details on any plays that could have been missed, while the “Teams” tab will provide information about franchise owners, player facts, and Super Bowl wins. With Amazon’s NFL coverage now underway, the company is paving a pathway for interactive fan experiences away from stadiums in professional sports leagues.

Tennis Channel strikes a deal with the Women’s Tennis Association to become the new over-the-top digital streaming and linear television home of the sport in the U.S. According to Sports Pro, starting in January 2019, Tennis Channel will become the host of more than 2,000 annual women’s tennis matches including premier and international tournaments as well as the end-of-season WTA Finals. For matches not on the linear network, fans will be able to subscribe to the network’s Tennis Channel Plus streaming service. The move to Tennis Channel was largely facilitated by BeIN Sports, which is one of the WTA’s largest rights holders worldwide and will continue to offer some global matches. As part of the agreement, Tennis Channel and BeIN Sport will cross-channel promote and BeIN Sport will provide highlights and match replays on the service. This deal provides a crucial next step in boosting the broadcasts of women in sport.

The NBA is now catering its media offerings to fans who love crunch time. According to JohnWallStreet, as part of NBA streaming options for the 2018-2019 season, the league is set to offer fans the “opportunity to purchase only the final 12 minutes of an out-of-market league broadcast on an a la carte basis” for just $1.99. This new option, the partial-game League Pass, will provide the NBA with a new revenue stream on top of its other League Pass offerings: premium ($250 per season), traditional ($200 per season), individual team ($120 per season), and single game ($6.99) subscription plans. This offering has been years in the making, as NBA Commissioner Adam Silver first discussed partial game packages and “fan interest in paying a set price for five minutes as opposed to what they would pay for two hours” back at CES in January 2016. This is another great example of a league catering directly to cable-cutting millennials who have short attention spans and crave drama.

Heed, a startup designed to bring together sport leagues, clubs, and fans, raises $35 million. According to Consultants Insider, the large sum of money raised by the company was led by SoftBank Group International. The startup sits at the intersection of sports and the Internet of Things and its primary mission is to connect a young audience with sports leagues and clubs. With younger fans consuming less broadcast TV and linear programming, the company aims to close the technology gap by placing sensors around a match, game venue, or even on players’ clothing and equipment. The main idea is that Heed uses AI and its tracked audio and video data to form a narrative to be viewed on the company's smartphone app. With Heed, the goal is to replace a standard in-game commentary with unique details and statistics about how the game or match is unfolding. Heed takes modern technology and modifies not only how sports are viewed, but even understood.

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With the MLB postseason underway, T-Mobile brings back #HR4HR to help hurricane relief efforts. With recovery efforts led by military-veteran Team Rubicon, the “un-carrier” company will donate $5,000 for every postseason home run to help mitigate the damage caused by recent hurricanes in the U.S. According to Business Wire, anyone who posts, tweets, or retweets the hashtag #HR4HR on Instagram or Twitter until the conclusion of the World Series will play their part by donating $1 to Team Rubicon. The organization is a non-profit that offers military veterans a chance to extend their service by directly helping those impacted by natural disasters and allocates its funds to help rebuild homes that have been destroyed. After last year’s massive success in raising $2.78 million during the MLB postseason, T-Mobile reaffirmed its dedication to U.S. military and veterans during MLB All-Star Week and the T-Mobile Home Run Derby with #HatsOff4Heroes and is back at the plate to make an even greater difference this postseason in the wake of Hurricane Florence.

The Pittsburgh Penguins goalie is ready to flash his glovework with the “Saves MATTer” charity program. Matt Murray will donate a combined $30 to youth-based charities in his hometown of Thunder Bay, Ontario and hockey town of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for each goal he saves during the 2018-2019 campaign. According to NHL.com, Murray gets his charitable passions from his father who worked with his hometown charities throughout his life. $15 from each save will go to the Ward Home in Pittsburgh and the other $15 will be split among two charities in Thunder Bay - Children's Aid Services and Dilico. The Ward Home teaches at-risk teens and young adults how to live independently, while the Thunder Bay charities cater to the safety and health of children as well as the well-being of the Anishinabek community. If Murray can put up similar numbers to last year, that means he will have roughly 1,300 saves and would donate nearly $40,000 by the end of the season.

Vincent Kompany of Manchester City FC doing his part to end homelessness. According to Yahoo! Sports, Kompany’s recent accomplishment of 10 consecutive years playing for Man City will be honored with a benefit match to be held at the end of the 2018-2019 season in which all proceeds will be paid to the Homelessness Fund. Kompany, a Belgium native, said that he is “lucky to have witnessed and played a part in Manchester City’s rise as a club, brand… and region.” However, Manchester’s sudden growth has left people without access to the benefits of rapid development, often times forcing them onto the streets. In addition to 15% of Kompany’s salary going towards the Homelessness Fund, “King Kompany” has teamed up with Burnham FC to create ‘Tackle4MCR’ – a further pledge by the icon to end homelessness by 2020 and ensure every rough sleeper a bed for the upcoming winter. Again, the good-hearted Belgian will pledge a donation toward a city where he has found a home and is trying to provide the same for those who are less fortunate.

NBA and NFL players donate their kicks for children in need.  According to Sole Collector, streetwear marketplace Grailed is collaborating with nonprofit organization The Kickback to sell sneakers provided by professional football and basketball players. Athletes who will participate in the effort include Kyle Lowry of the Toronto Raptors, Emmanuel Mudiay of the New York Knicks, Todd Gurley of the Los Angeles Rams, wide receiver Jaelen Strong, and former New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz. Although no shoe list has been released, it is expected that there will be everything from pairs of signed on-field collectibles to extensive personal collections. To date, it has been confirmed that Gurley's "Chicago" Air Jordan 1s and autographed Nike Alpha Menace Elite cleats, and Strong's "Triple Black" Adidas Yeezy Boost 750s will be part of the donation. The items became available to the public on grailed.com retroactive to September 19 with all proceeds from purchases used to help buy other shoes for children in need in each athlete's respective city alongside their charity of choice.

Philadelphia Eagles Chris Long keeps on giving back – this time for children’s literacy. After donating his entire $1 million salary from 2017 toward educational initiatives, the Eagles’ defensive end announced that he’s now donating an additional quarter of his post-tax 2018 salary – about $625,000. According to NBC Sports, Long is partnering with the United Way and Philadelphia’s “Read by Fourth” to ensure that every child in the city is reading at their grade level when entering fourth grade. Long is calling his portion of the charity “First Quarter for Literacy” which tackles Philadelphia’s lack of adequate elementary reading ability – almost  two-thirds of children in the city entering fourth grade were unable to read at grade level. Chris and his wife, Megan, also have a goal of donating 75,000 books for children to have personal libraries at home. In addition, three Chris Long Book Nooks will be funded for neighborhood based give-and-go reading spots. The Long’s relentless dedication to philanthropy is spilling over to other players in the NFL as the couple are matching donations from fellow NFL players, up to $25,000, to help literacy in other communities around the country.

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kinda stopped daydreaming about interlagos 2021 since the new year is almost knocking at the door and this pandemic seems to be far from over. but let me talk about the effort and time (and obviously the money) needed for me to go there and then come back home...

I will need to take 4 flights total or 2 flights + 2 bus trips. going to the capital takes 7 hours by bus, which is long but I’ve grown used to it after doing this route many, many times back in 2017. you just need to take the midnight bus then fall asleep and you’ll wake up there. 

there are flights departing from here but uhhhh, do you know those small planes that are the most prominent to have crashes? yeah I’m not doing that, especially after being used to the long bus trips. also the price of 2 bus tickets combined is cheaper than one flight ticket.

arriving at the capital is awesome but I would still be 2700km (!!!) away from são paulo. a bus trip to there takes like 3 days. I experienced that once when I was a little child and trust me that’s definitely NOT the best idea. plus I would end up missing a lot of classes, I really can’t do that.

the flight lasts only 3 hours, which is great, but the tickets keep getting more expensive, especially with all the burocracy regarding luggage and stuff like that. I feel like that’s the biggest issue to me, since I’ll need to, you know, actually go back home and not stay there forever, so everything is a price you have to pay twice.

the f1 tickets are usually the biggest issues to most f1 fans here, because they’re expensive as fuck. I read somewhere that they’re converted from dollar, so jeez I don’t even wanna know how it’ll be in the future since the dollar price has skyrocketed here. you have to buy it months before the race, and there are many different sectors, the cheapest ones last year costed R$610 (roughly U$120). the most expensive sector is the paddock club that costed R$16600 last year (~U$3280), lmao.

in this case, I’m very lucky to be a student. I don’t think this is a thing outside brazil, and wikipedia tells me it’s not, but we have a right protected by law called “half-entry”. if you’re a student, you can issue a student card and with that you’re able to pay only half the price of certain concert/movie tickets and so on.

I haven’t even talked about stuff like hotel, food, taxi, etc. you might be asking, is all this money and effort put into a mere race weekend even worth it? well, everything is a case is of its own. I’ve been a f1 fan for 14 years, I’ve spent my entire life thinking if I would ever be able to experience a race weekend instead of watch it at home. I saw my current & former favourite drivers retire and that put this dream into a halt before I even turned 18. now that fernando is back, I need to actually do something and manage to go in 2021 or 2022.

I remember watching brazil 2016 (massa’s fake retirement home race, such a shame that I couldn’t go because it was a really iconic, chaotic wet race) with my parents and telling my mom how I was sad that I couldn’t be there. she told me I would be able to attend one day when I start working and have my own money, but I was so damn upset because I knew it would take forever (I was 15) and fernando wouldn’t be there anymore, so why would I go? I love this sport, but with the amount of money being spent I need a special reason.

(I talked about this - brazil 2016 - to a friend and ended up finding the messages years later, which is why it’s in detail 💀 but now I do remember it)

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Tickets go on sale for first official Formula 1 Exhibition

Tickets are now on sale for the highly anticipated first ever official Formula 1 exhibition, which is set to open in the Spanish city of Madrid on March 24, 2023, and run until July 16, 2023. Delivered across six purpose-built rooms, each specially designed in collaboration with award-winning curators, artists and film-makers, the exhibition will take visitors on a stunning adventure through the extraordinary world of Formula 1. Tap here to buy your tickets now Beginning in The Human Race, attendees are welcomed by a cinematic prelude that uncovers the essence of Formula 1 and the experience that lies ahead. The next room is the Design Lab, where fans are transported into an F1 factory, as the room explores the design, testing and manufacturing process of a modern-day Formula 1 car. Progressing onto Once Upon A Time In Formula 1, exhibition goers will take a trip through the history of the sport via iconic photographs that document the sport’s most defining moments. Drivers and Duels offers a race circuit inspired design and celebrates the most iconic drivers and legendary races since Formula 1 began. Revolution By Design portrays Formula 1’s dazzling breakthrough innovations and the new technologies that lie ahead before the exhibition reaches its climax in The Pit Wall - a cinematic and immersive experience that allows fans to relive the greatest moments in Formula 1 history like never before. The exhibition will be hosted at the renowned IFEMA MADRID and is officially developed in association with Formula 1 and with unprecedented support from the motorsport community. The show will boast a wide range of artefacts and contributions from the sport’s most legendary teams to lift the lid on Formula 1’s past, present and future. Several years in the making, the exhibition will combine spectacular audio-visual design, rare film and imagery, engineering and educational displays, sculptural pieces, and iconic Grand Prix cars to deliver an immersive experience for everyone – from avid followers to younger fans and families. READ MORE: Ross Brawn on a stellar 2022 season, pride at seeing F1 ‘as strong as it’s ever been’ and his next chapter “Following another record-breaking season that saw more people than ever attend, watch and enjoy our sport around the world, it is fantastic to see our first ever exhibition coming together so spectacularly,” said Formula 1’s President and CEO Stefano Domenicali. “This exhibition will be a true celebration of the amazing history of Formula 1 and will bring our fans closer than ever to the greatest sporting spectacle in the world. We can’t wait to welcome visitors to the exhibition in Madrid, and then around the globe as we take the show on tour. Thank you to all those who have contributed to this project so far and helped to capture the heart and soul of the sport we love.” Timothy Harvey, the lead curator and producer of the exhibition added: “To curate and produce the world’s first official Formula 1 Exhibition has been a huge honour. This show takes fans behind the curtain of Formula 1, providing a new range of fascinating perspectives and unexpected stories about the sport. “We have been overwhelmed by the support of so many of the F1 Teams and luminaries. I believe the show celebrates Formula 1’s rich history and heritage in a dramatic and fun way that will engage everyone from avid fans to young kids and families. It’s been many years in the making and now I can’t wait to open the doors in Madrid.” To purchase your tickets for Formula 1’s first ever official exhibition and for more information, head to the official F1 Exhibition website. via Formula 1 News https://www.formula1.com

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Las Vegas Grand Prix ticket sales dates announced ahead of eagerly-anticipated 2023 race

Ticket sales information for the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix has today been announced by the event organisers, with just under a year to go until F1 cars take to the streets of the famous city for a spectacular Saturday night race. It was confirmed back in March that Las Vegas will become one of three races in the United States from next season, joining the established Circuit of The Americas in Austin and the new-for-2022 Miami International Autodrome. A pre-registration ticketing portal was recently launched and highlighted an extraordinary demand for the November 16-18 event, with fans who signed up also asked to donate a lucky $7.77 to the Las Vegas Grand Prix Foundation – greatly benefitting the local community. READ MORE: Las Vegas to host Formula 1 night race from 2023 In the next phase, pre-sale will be available to American Express Card Members from Tuesday, November 1 at 10am PT (Pacific Time) through to Thursday, November 3 at 9.59am PT, before moving to the priority interest list on Thursday, November 3 at 10am PT and public sales on November 5 at 10pm PT. Ticket prices will start at $500, with all options sold as three-day passes including food and drink packages ranging from the Paddock Club, skyboxes and suites through to grandstands and general admission. A limited number of tickets will be available at this time, with more chances to buy coming in the next few months. Stefano Domenicali, President and CEO of Formula 1, said: “Following our donation campaign, it was made abundantly clear that the Las Vegas Grand Prix is a must-attend event for 2023 and that demand for tickets is extremely high. LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX: Everything you need to know about F1’s newest race “Formula 1 fans won’t want to miss this race, so we are offering multiple ticketing options and various price points. "Fans from around the globe can visit the sports and entertainment capital of the world for an epic race weekend that will be elevated to the next level.” For more information, visit the official race website here. via Formula 1 News https://www.formula1.com