What appeared to be a man-made pond is actually a 25,000-square-foot dry dock designed to look like water.
Miami Grand Prix organizers spent 10 months sourcing, transporting and placing the 10 yachts, the longest of which is 67 feet. The last boat was craned into place inside of turns 6, 7 and 8 in April, before the “water” was installed around them.
Organizers originally hoped the race would run through downtown Miami, along a route that offers a scenic view of the yachts and sailboats floating in Biscayne Bay . Instead it will run in Miami Gardens, around the home of the Miami Dolphins, where tickets for the “Yacht Club” ranged from $38,000 for a four-person pass to $9,500 for a single.
Miami Grand Prix presale tickets sold out last year in 40 minutes. As Sunday’s race approaches, typically expensive South Beach accommodations have soared with demand. Miami’s top hotels are offering suites for more than $100,0000 this weekend, according to . Dinner reservations costing $3,000 per person have sold out and tables at some night clubs are going for $100,000 a night.Such extravagance is on brand for a sport whose former chief executive, Bernie Ecclestone, once dismissed efforts to expand Formula One’s fan demographic, saying, “I don’t know why people want to get to the so-called ‘young generation.’
“Why do they want to do that? Is it to sell them something? Most of these kids haven’t got any money. I’d rather get to the 70-year-old guy who’s got plenty of cash,”
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