Ticket sales for Singapore’s upcoming Formula One night race may not yet be in overdrive, but plans for the party circuit are in full throttle.
Race-chasers can look forward to just as many related parties, acts and food and drink offerings at the SingTel Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix as last year, when the event made a global splash for being the first nice race.
There are more than 30 fun events ranging from shows by rockers such as the Black Eyed Peas, to beer bars with fast-flow taps, to a huge party at the yet-to-be opened Wave House pool complex at Sentosa.
Party organisers are pouring millions of dollars into the various attractions to cash in on the huge crowd that Formula 1 – with its fast cars, hunky drivers and their hot-babe girlfriends – usually attracts.
Local race promoter Singapore GP has beefed up its entertainment budget from $1.2 million to $4 million this year, for example. And the owners of St James Power Station will hold a four-day F1-themed festival that will cost about $200,000. Continue reading
