over the weekend<\/a>, wrapping up three days of racing that transformed city streets into a temporary course for the IndyCar race.<\/p>\nNow crews are beginning the process of dismantling the street circuit \u2014 removing grandstands, fencing and barriers that turned the district into a racetrack.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was definitely breathtaking,\u201d said Jonathan Bailey, vice president of operations for Penske Entertainment. \u201cWe were blown away when that green flag goes and you see those grandstands completely full.\u201d<\/p>\n
Organizers say the race weekend was years in the making. Planning on the ground began about two years ago, and it took roughly two months to build the temporary infrastructure needed for the course.<\/p>\n
Taking it all down will take time as well.<\/p>\n
Bailey said crews expect the teardown process to last about two weeks, gradually reopening roads throughout the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can traverse through the area, and as days go by \u2014 about a week-and-a-half from now, two weeks from now \u2014 the areas will be opened more and more every evening,\u201d Bailey said.<\/p>\n
As crews work to restore the streets, Arlington leaders say the event left a lasting impact beyond the race itself.<\/p>\n
Mayor Jim Ross said the Java House Grand Prix of Arlington generated business across North Texas.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis event here didn\u2019t just let Arlington make some money,\u201d Ross said. \u201cIt helped all of our surrounding communities make money.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hotels filled with visitors and restaurants had busy crowds as thousands of race fans traveled to the region.<\/p>\n
Ross said the weekend also put the city on a global stage.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre we proud of the world stage we\u2019re on? You better believe we are,\u201d he said. \u201cBut we also understand that all of North Texas gets better when one of us does better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mayor Ross plans to bring the race back for years to come. And Bailey is planning for it too. Bailey said, “There’s definitely things that we are looking at to continue to make the fan experience better.”<\/p>\n
The weekend also offered a preview of what\u2019s ahead for the city. Arlington is set to host several matches during the 2026 FIFA World Cup at AT&T Stadium, bringing massive international crowds to the region.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was blown away. What a wonderful, wonderful time,\u201d Ross said. \u201cThis is what Arlington was born to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crews are tearing down Arlington\u2019s IndyCar street circuit after the inaugural Java House Grand Prix of Arlington, as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-207436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207436","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=207436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}