Arriving at any Strip destination at a particular time will be a mission fraught with myriad unknown difficulties, as no vehicles will be allowed on Las Vegas Boulevard, Koval Lane, Harmon Avenue or Sands Avenue from 5 p.m. through 6 a.m. the following day Thursday through Saturday.

While vehicular and pedestrian traffic around the shuttered streets will be permitted, it will be significantly detoured and delayed.

However, the real reason for the canceled shows may be less altruistic. Reportedly, ticket sales for race weekend were atrocious, since most tourists who were planning standard Las Vegas vacations knew enough to steer clear of next weekend.

Speaking of planning vacations, it’s also possible that one or more of the headliners listed below had vacations planned for next weekend that had absolutely nothing to do with F1, though, let’s be honest, the odds of that coincidence are long.

Following is the full list of shows going dark on race weekend — for whatever reason — as of Nov. 12.

All Cirque du Soleil shows not listed have canceled their nightly performances Nov. 16-18 but will perform matinees.

Rod Stewart has moved his Nov. 16-17 shows at Caesars Palace an hour earlier to 6:30 p.m. Likewise, Keith Urban has moved his Nov. 16-17 shows at Planet Hollywood have two hours earlier to 6:30 p.m.

The outliers here are Spiegelworld’s Absinthe at Caesars Palace and magician David Copperfield at the MGM Grand, both of which are running their full regular schedules throughout race weekend. For Copperfield, that means seven entire shows between Thursday and Saturday.

F1 Cuts U2 Off, Too

U2 was available to perform its U2:UV Achtung Baby residency at the Sphere this weekend. It’s the Sphere that wasn’t.

F1 owner Liberty Media is using both the inside and outside of the domed MSG venue behind the Venetian this weekend. F1 had to lease the land already, since its track runs right through it. So it decided to also lease the world’s largest LED screen as well. F1 will manage all advertising on the Sphere’s external display this weekend, and also hold a brunch inside the venue on Sunday — for invited employees and VIPs only.

U2’s last performance was on Nov. 4. They’ll return Dec. 1.

“We’re taking a little break after tonight,” singer Bono told the crowd on Nov 4. “We’re giving Las Vegas back to F1. If you don’t know what F1 is, it’s a sport where very tidy, lean, mean men and some extraordinary women climb onto rockets 토토사이트 and try to stay on earth and not achieve orbit, something like that.