(AP Photo/John Locher)įor now, many familiar Strip sights are blocked by track barriers, fencing, pedestrian walkway screens, scaffolding and advertising erected around the nighttime race on streets usually choked with taxis, buses and rental cars and lined by pedestrians posing for selfies. A construction worker helps build a grandstand in front of the fountains at Bellagio hotel-casino along the Las Vegas Strip ahead of the Las Vegas Formula One Grand Prix auto race Tuesday, Sept.