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Originally Posted by Richard Casto

So with FOM having spent a lot of money on the Las Vegas race, they have to squeeze as much profit as they can out if the race. Basically any business (restaurant, club, whatever) that has a view of the track is being charged a fee. In the Jalopnik article it calls out that they are looking at the occupancy rating for the businesses and then charging $1,500 per potential occupant. With some places effectively having a $1.5M fee. If you don't pay up, they will block the view and that includes placing lights that shine directly at the location that didn't pay up.

https://jalopnik.com/f1-allegedly-ch...iew-1850675433

https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports...views-2877157/

Does anyone know if this is common in other street circuits?

Richard

Sounds like the extortionate behavoir i'd associate with F1 management.