😬 F1 floats second Vegas race

🏎️ F1 Threatens to Overstay Welcome

Formula 1 thought about it 🤔 … then decided against pushing for a second race in Las Vegas. That’s not as bad as it sounds. It appears the competition wouldn't take place during another part of the year, but on the weekend after the current one, which happens to be Thanksgiving. [New York Times]

• What do you think? Can Vegas handle more F1? Let us know 📬
• Single-day tickets for this year’s Las Vegas Grand Prix go on sale Aug. 13. Formula 1 also announced a free 100 Days to Race Day celebration at Grand Prix Plaza on Aug. 15, featuring a car show, giveaways, and other fun for race fans. [Formula 1]

⌛ Your Free Ride Is Over

After a test period of free rides on and around the Las Vegas Strip, Zoox will begin charging for its driverless shuttle services next month. The move comes after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued it a temporary exemption, allowing the Amazon-owned company to operate up to 2,500 autonomous vehicles over the next two years. [CNBC]

☎️ 911 Now Uses Artificial Intelligence

As it turns out, artificial intelligence can actually be used for the forces of good. The City of Las Vegas is now using RapidSOS in its 911 call system to more effectively detect the location of emergency callers via smartphone data. The city is also considering the service for non-emergency call routing and language translation. [KVVU]

• Meanwhile, a lawyer was fined $500 after admitting to the use of AI when filing a brief related to last year's pipe bomb explosion outside Piero’s restaurant. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]

🎰 Casinos Go Cashless with Apple Play

Station Casinos is testing out a new system that allows Apple Pay to instantly fund video poker and slot machines by tapping a phone or scanning a QR code. For now, the service is limited to bartop machines at Durango, Seventy Six taverns, and Wildfire Anthem. [96.3 KKLZ]

• We’ve discussed why this could be a bad idea 💸 [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]

🗳️ Will Data Centers Drive Election Turnout?

It seems like every corner of Southern Nevada has its own battle over data centers, from Vegas and Henderson to Boulder City and Pahrump. City Cast Las Vegas has the latest details — and thoughts on what it means in an election year during today’s news roundup. The episode also looks ahead to potential record-breaking heat and offers some good news to start the weekend off on a positive note 🙂 [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]

🤓 Hey, news junkies! The City Cast Las Vegas news quiz is back. As always, the questions are based on stories featured in the newsletter over the past week. Have you been paying attention?

Here’s the first question to get you started:

Where did former congressional firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene get married in Las Vegas?

A. Golden Nugget

B. Bellagio

C. Little Church of the West

D. Taco Bell Cantina