Local Formula One track promoters for their inaugural F1 race and other events: $1,000 to $5,000 for a spot on their 鈥淪elect Seat Wait List.鈥� That鈥檚 right: Upwards of $5,000, just for the right to purchase tickets for future events.
Granted, the 鈥減ersonal seat licenses鈥� the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) racetrack is selling are for the best ones in the house: a perch in the 9,000 seat, 26 row main grandstand. Licenses are also available for seats along three of the course鈥檚 main turns, including Turn 1, which 鈥渟its atop a dramatic 133 ft. elevation and features the clearest sightlines for the track鈥檚 signature turn,鈥� . Along with being eligible to purchase tickets for every F1 event at the track, license holders will also receive a 鈥減riority position鈥� for purchasing tickets for other race and entertainment events there.
Formula One fans can join the select seat waitlist right now with a $100 deposit. Announcements on individual ticket sales will be made this summer, closer to the F1 race in November 鈥� a tight timetable, considering at the site. Work at the racetrack last year in the wake of a dispute between COTA, race organizers Full Throttle Productions and the Formula One parent company.
Discussing the arrangement this morning, The New York Times鈥� notes 鈥淏ut recent photographs showing where the actual construction work stands, may make a viewer 鈥� or potential seat buyer 鈥� feel a little less optimistic.鈥� It seems as if the banner on , reading 鈥淣ovember will be here faster than you think,鈥� applies to the track itself along with prospective ticketholders.
