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LAS VEGAS, NV (FOX5) – People around the world can now pre-register for tickets to next year’s Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix race. Meanwhile, nonprofit leaders and event his workers are just a few in Southern Nevada struggling to cash a hefty check from this massive event.

Brooke Neubauer, founder of The Just One Project, said:

F1 says fans will be asked to donate $7.77 to the Las Vegas Grand Prix Foundation when signing up for pre-registration. Las Vegas community.

The Neubauer nonprofit is just one of the charities that has benefited.

“They are doing a listening tour and they have chosen Just One Project as one of the charities they will be supporting this year. We are very grateful,” said Neubauer.

She said the impact of these donations will be felt by those in need.

“We can now serve more clients and really help them reach a self-reliant place where they don’t have to shop at a free community market. You can shop at the grocery store,” says Neubauer.

Three Square will also receive a portion of donations from this F1 pre-registration event.

Kate Hibbard Gaines, Director of Development at Three Square, said: “One of her four of her children will return to a food-insecure household, so all donations sent to the Foundation go to Three Squares or one of our partners, which is a very large donation. will make an impact.

But non-profits aren’t the only ones looking to rev up their engines and turn a profit. The weekend of the event is expected to generate $1 billion in indirect economic impact.

Local stagehands and event workers will have many job opportunities to choose from at this event.

Phil Jaynes, president of the backroom union IATSE 720 in Las Vegas, said:

He said he would get a call to do the race itself. There is a broadcasting area and a stage. Many of them are jobs that our members do on a regular basis. ”

However, he also said he would be called in to do a party surrounding the event.

“All of these sponsors are coming here and various hotels are having parties for their sponsors and contributors, so there will be a lot of work to come from that as well,” says Jaynes.

He added: “F1’s fan base is people who can afford to travel to these events…so the amount of money involved in this event, I think, will be the biggest event we’ve ever had. It’s been in Las Vegas. “

The recently purchased construction site by F1 at Koval and Harmon will serve as a race pit, with the track continuing north through Koval, around the MSG Sphere and onto the Strip via Sands Avenue where drivers head south again. going now.

According to F1, the track for the Vegas event will be 3.8 miles long from start to finish, with top speeds estimated at over 212 miles per hour.

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