Downtown resort-casinos and partnering businesses are pushing a free festival for all ages during Las Vegas’ second Formula One Grand Prix race as a way to divert some of the week’s tourists to other parts of the destination.
Derek Stevens, owner of The D, Golden Gate and Circa casinos, said the festival came together as a solution to the question of how to attract visitors downtown during the Formula One event week. Hundreds of vendor inquiries for the festival have come in since the website’s launch last week, he said in a Monday interview.
“That’s pretty important because this festival is coming together pretty quickly,” Stevens said.
