As year two of the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix speeds onto the Strip this November, a new Downtown music and culinary festival seeks to absorb the overflow of locals and tourists.

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The Neon City Festival, created by casino mogul Derek Stevens and sponsored by Fremont Street Experience partners and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, will kick off on November 22-24, as a free, non-ticketed alternative to F1.

“I think everybody was kind of taken aback by the disruptive nature of F1, particularly with having to rebuild the roads and the road construction, and the impact it had on both our tourists throughout those six months leading up to it, as well as our locals just going to work,” Stevens says.