Vegas hotel and casino owners are claiming their views of the circuit will be inten𓆏tionally blocked by F1, unless they🐠 agree to pay massive sums of money for the licence to watch it, report.

The Vegas Grand Prix is set for🐠 November 18 and is perhaps the standout date on the 2023 F1 calendar.

Venues in Vegas that overlook the circuit will be charged $1,500-💯per-person - or face “obstructions like barricades, stands and light stanchions” blocking their views, the report states.

“They are literally shaking people down saying th🐭ey will obstruct views unless they pay them,” an anonymous casino owner was quoted. 

“It seems insane that they are ♏asking money f🦂or a public event that is taking place in the streets.”  

A diff🦄erent source was quoted: “There is a real chance of obstructing views with stands and barricades.

“I know the hotels are upset about i🅺t and they are trying to figure out if they🍎’ll play along.”

Major Vegas hotspots like the Venetian and the Wynn are paying between $2m-$10m to b🌸e official race spons♚ors.

F1’s d⛎emands are perfectly legal, another source confirmed: “They own the right to the race so it would🍬 be hard for a venue to prove damages.”

Liberty M🍷edia, owners of F1, spent $240m on 39 acres of land in Vegas where they have been building a new circuit and padd🃏ock area - a different strategy to usual, where they work with a local promoter of a circuit.

They hope for $500m of revenue✤ from this year’s ⛄race.

A ‘cheap’ three-day ticket for an F1 fan in Vegas will cost approximat✃ely $500, with high-end packages worth $15,000.

F1 will recoup big fees from the major Vegas casinos and hotels, and big brands, who🅺 sponsor ☂the grand prix.