Las Vegas GP Cleared for Potential 2037 F1 Stay

Clark County has opened the door for the Las Vegas Grand Prix to remain on the Formula 1 calendar through 2037 after commissioners unanimously approved an amendment on Tuesday recognizing the race as an annual event.

The move is a significant step toward a long-term extension for F1 in Las Vegas, shifting the race from a short-term arrangement toward the possibility of becoming a fixture on the schedule for another decade. The amendment updates the original February 7, 2023 document that authorized the event, formally identifying the grand prix as an annual Thanksgiving weekend race on the 6.2-kilometer, 3.8-mile street circuit and making a 2037 end date possible.

Las Vegas joined the calendar in 2023, with the current deal understood to run through 2027 and an option reported by RacingNews365 to extend it to 2032. The county vote now creates the mechanism for five further years beyond that.

The main obstacle to any longer stay remains the burden the event places on local roads and businesses while the circuit is built and removed. That issue became a major point of criticism during the first race in 2023, when road closures, traffic disruption and business impacts were amplified by extensive construction work on the Strip.

Michael Naft, chair of the Clark County Commission, made clear that local backing for a longer F1 presence depends on further progress in reducing that disruption. “I support this, but it’s got to come with very clear parameters that the purpose of more time is to condense the timeline,” Naft said. He added that “it’s going to be really important that the county make sure that we continue to stay on that point.”

Organizers, Formula 1 and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitor Authority are already working on changes aimed at making the event less intrusive. The first edition was reported to have caused roughly nine months of disruption in some areas because of construction and full road resurfacing to FIA standards. Since then, the total build, race and dismantling window has been reduced to about four months, less than half the original timeline.

That push to make the race easier to stage is now central to whether Las Vegas turns this administrative approval into a full extension, with the future of the event tied not just to F1’s desire to stay on the Strip but to how much faster it can clear out once the racing is over.