I was fortunate to be given an opportunity to explore the Paddock club at Miami’s recent F-1 race and it was far more than I expected.

An Invitation I Couldn’t Refuse

A vendor offered me, my wife, and some associates an opportunity to attend F-1 Miami from the Paddock Club. I understood the importance of the event but hadn’t grasped the scale, the grandeur, nor the cost of the tickets. The estimated crowd for the weekend was 275,000 people, a staggering figure, though spread over the course of three days. For context, that’s three Super Bowls back-to-back. The Paddock Club was a massive area within the inner most section of the track including Hard Rock Stadium. And like the Super Bowl, tickets were staggering. For our day, passes sold for $15,000 each, a sum I’ve not come close to spending on a single event.

F-1 Paddock Club Passes

Much like club seats or press box tickets at a stadium event, the Paddock Club was a three-story structure facing the track with a hosted rooftop.…