The Caesars Palace Grand Prix took place in the Las Vegas hotel’s parking lot in 1981 and 1982 (Getty) Las Vegas has always been a playground for grown-ups.” John Watson recalls the stateside ...

F1 Caesars Palace Grand Prix. In 1981 and 1982, the F1 season finale took place at a temporary street circuit in the parking lot of Caesars Palace. Yes, you read that right! Drivers weaved their way ...

We figured they'd probably like to come gamble at Caesars Palace. They didn't. "The attendance at the Grand Prix for its two Formula 1 years was never more than about 35,000.

The Caesars Palace Grand Prix ran for the final time as an IndyCar race in 1984. “As a casino event, the grand prix was a complete failure,” Bill Weinberger, ...

When Alan Jones and Michele Alboreto won the two Caesars Palace Grands Prix in the early 1980s, the temperatures posed a challenge for drivers in terms of heat. Drivers suffered from heat exhaustion - ...

However, things didn't turn out as expected, and the Caesars Palace Grand Prix ended up being a huge financial loss for them. As a result, Las Vegas was dropped from the F1 calendar. READ MORE: F1 in ...

Ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, racing legend Mario Andretti talked to FOX5 about what it was like to compete in F1's Caesars Palace Grand Prix. “The whole event was put on to get 12 new high ...

It's not actually the sport's first event in Las Vegas, that came back in 1981 and 1982 at what was known as the Caesars Palace Grand Prix. However, ...

The Caesars Palace Grand Prix was confined to a parking lot, while Dallas was wedged into a park. Those kinds of circuits may be adjacent to the city, ...