Vegas Dispensary Sets Up 'Relief Fund' for Locals Stressed by F1 Race

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Residents of Las Vegas don’t mean to sound ungrateful, but some of their lives have been mightily disrupted in the run-up to the Heineken Silver Formula 1 Grand Prix, the brandstravaganza that’s expected to shower as much as $1.3 billion onto the local economy.

Perhaps no group has suffered more than workers in and around The Strip, who have been dealing for months with traffic snarls, road closures and other headaches caused by the massive construction projects for the global-scale event. 

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