Sergio “Checo” Pérez’s return to Formula 1 is fueling a surge in demand for the Las Vegas Grand Prix, driving hotel occupancy, boosting ticket sales, and attracting a powerful wave of Latino fans—reshaping the race into a cultural and economic phenomenon.
This is the version that requires knowing someone, or knowing how to ask the right question of the right person three months in advance. It is a city within a city, and its entrance has no sign.
But in 2026, for the first time since 2009, the Michelin Guide’s famously secretive emissaries are back in the desert, making rounds on a dining scene that has spent seventeen years becoming world-class without anyone’s permission.
Step off the Strip and past the casino floor, take an elevator to the second or third floor of any great hotel, and you will find a city that has been reinventing itself in the most unexpected way: as one of the world’s most sophisticated wellness destinations.
Wellness retreats, the Sphere, Formula 1, the World Cup, and a new private club at Wynn: discover why Las Vegas in 2026 is a destination transformed.