`Our streets aren`t really designed for it`
Las Vegas media source has played down the possibility that the United States Grand Prix could be raced on the famous city`s streets.

As Bernie Ecclestone negotiates with Indianapolis` disgruntled officials about a new contract, he recently told an Italian magazine that an `ideal` US alternative would be a street course along Vegas` fabled Casino `Strip`.

But the Las Vegas Business Press wrote this week that the chance of a US GP in the city is `a long shot`.

The publication said its investigations have found that `City Hall only received a single inquiring phone call last September`, while the Visitors Authority and `Las Vegas Event` have not been contacted at all.

However, it was reported last June that Ecclestone, the F1 Supremo, entertained guests from Las Vegas at the Canadian Grand Prix.

But Pat Christenson, president of Las Vegas Events, reckons organising a F1 race in the city race would be `difficult`.

Christenson added: ``Our streets aren`t really designed for it.

``There would be major infrastructure costs to get the streets ready.``


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