\u00a0inaugural NTT INDYCAR SERIES street race in Arlington<\/a>.<\/p>\nOrganizers say the 2.73-mile course will feature 14 turns and roughly 70 laps, weaving through one of the most recognizable sports corridors in the country. The track will pass around AT&T Stadium, Globe Life Field and near Choctaw Stadium, with a 0.9-mile straightaway along Randol Mill Road where cars are expected to reach speeds of up to 180 mph.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just such a great footprint,\u201d said Bill Miller, President of the Java House Grand Prix of Arlington. \u201cThis is the first road race on a temporary circuit here in North Texas, so it\u2019s going to bring a different element with the IndyCar series.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miller said organizers hope to make the event an annual tradition. After more than 20 months of planning on the ground, construction of the temporary street circuit is now underway as race weekend approaches.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you have the cars going down Randol Mill at 180 miles an hour on a street people typically drive 35 or 40 miles an hour, it\u2019s going to be a pretty neat experience,\u201d Miller said. \u201cI can\u2019t wait for that first car to take a lap down these streets after all the anticipation and hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n
City tourism leaders expect the event to provide an economic boost. Brent DeRaad, president of the Arlington Convention and Visitors Bureau, estimates more than $2 million in economic impact and between 75,000 and 80,000 attendees over the three-day weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think people will be right in the heart of the action,\u201d DeRaad said, calling the race a \u201cspectacular opportunity\u201d for the city.<\/p>\n
Nearby businesses and attractions are already embracing the event. The Arlington Museum of Art has launched an IndyCar-themed exhibit, and downtown businesses are planning race-inspired celebrations like a simulated pit stop.<\/p>\n
General admission tickets start at $35, and children under 12 will be admitted free. Organizers say fans from 45 states and 10 countries are already planning to attend.<\/p>\n
With one month to go, Arlington is preparing to buckle up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arlington will host its first IndyCar street race March 13\u201315, with a 2.73-mile course weaving through the Entertainment…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":{"0":"post-163743","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arlington","8":"tag-arlington","9":"tag-arlington-headlines","10":"tag-arlington-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}