LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Components 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix handed out huge checks to 5 Las Vegas-area nonprofits Thursday.
The Nevada SPCA, Share Village, Three Sq., The House and Communities in Colleges every obtained $20,000.
Lori Nelson-Kraft, senior vice chairman for company affairs, mentioned the race’s presence within the valley is greater than three nights in November.
“We’re here year-round,” Nelson-Kraft mentioned. “We have a team of 140 full-time employees that were born and raised here, and care deeply about the community. And we’re invested in the long term in Las Vegas, and that’s why we show up in the community in big ways like this.”
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Nonprofit leaders like Tami Hance-Lehr with Communities in Colleges say actions like these present F1 cares.
“F1 has continued to listen, they’ve continued to show up and we’re just super excited that they are also investing in our kids, specifically,” she mentioned.
The Las Vegas Grand Prix has additionally continued to pay attention and present up in courtroom, settling a lawsuit from three companies that say the race value them hundreds of thousands in income. “We’re really pleased that we resolved our differences,” Lori Nelson-Kraft said. “We want this race to be good for everyone, and we want to be good community partners, and I think that demonstrates it.”
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The Grand Prix Plaza is open to the group, with free entry to their race simulators by way of August in addition to reduced-price tickets to the F1 X expertise.
As a shock, the Las Vegas Grand Prix additionally gave the nonprofits tickets to the race to public sale for fundraising or to reward distinctive employees.
