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2008 UAW - Dodge 400 NEXTEL Cup & Busch Series Race Information

Las Vegas Nascar is one of the biggest events in Las Vegas every year. There are over 250,000 seats available and these seats are sold out every year at least 3 months prior to the race!

Since it opened with the Las Vegas 500 Indy Racing League event in 1996, Las Vegas Motor Speedway has blossomed. And on March 2-4 of 2001, another Nevada attendance record was established when more than 275,000 fans attended World of Outlaws, NAPA 300 NASCAR Winston West, Sam's Town 300 and UAW-Dodge 400 NASCAR Winston Cup race events. In 2005 and 2006, more than 140,000 fans attended the UAW-Dodge 400. In 2006, more than 159,000 attended the Las Vegas NASCAR Nextel Cup Event and more than 300,000 attended over the four-day period.

In a city of marquee superstars, this was strongest group of headliners ever assembled under one marquee. NASCAR stars Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Kurt Busch, Rusty Wallace, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and the rest now invade Las Vegas every year to bring a new meaning to the word "entertainment".

Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS) has been lauded by every driver and fan who have been to the facility. The tri-oval features 12-degree banking in all turns, three-degree banking on the backstretch and nine-degree banking on the front stretch.

The speedway recently constructed the Dale Earnhardt Terrace, a new 22,000-seat grandstand overlooking the front straightaway, which opened for the 2004 UAW-Dodge 400. In 2005, the speedway announced the construction of the 14,000-seat Richard Petty Terrace, which was opened for the 2006 Las Vegas NASCAR race.

Both the fans and the drivers rave about LVMS. Las Vegas is a fun city, and LVMS is a fun facility. The combination couldn't be any better, and the hospitality in the city that never sleeps is virtually unchallenged anywhere else in the nation. CLI Sports can book any hotel in Las Vegas at the best price!

Construction on LVMS began in 1995, and required crews to move a total of four million cubic yards of dirt, equaling 35,000 yards per day. A custom-designed lighting system features 2,600 lighting fixtures on 200 light poles.

In addition, LVMS has 8,000 mirrors, 175 miles of wire, 600 tons of steel and 1,975 tons of concrete. A total of 42,000 tons of asphalt was added just on the racing surface, equal to 17 miles of residential roadways.

As the perfect icing on the cake, the air-conditioned infield garages of the superspeedway have room for 106 teams.

A $200 million state-of-the-art facility, Las Vegas Motor Speedway is the crown jewel of auto racing. The 1,600-acre complex has complete accommodations for virtually every form of motorsports activity, along with any type of function.

To give you a better idea, during the Nascar Weekend, the room rates at the low-end properties will go for anywhere between $199 to $250 per night. The high-end properties, anywhere between $800 to $900 per night if not sold out already.