Felt like Vegas was a pretty entertaining race to watch. Drivers complained about the conditions but it's racing at the highest level. They drive these machines on the razors edge of control and out of control. It's not supposed to be easy. The slick conditions lent to some tricky driving and some yellow flags to keep the field together, which is what makes it enjoyable to watch. Passing in corners, not just from pressing a button on a long straight.
Could see this being a very intense late season race when the champion hasn't been decided 2 months prior.
My only gripe, this needs to be a daytime race. I know the thought process was the lights from the strip would be an amazing backdrop. But the even brighter lights it takes to light the track, drown out the neon. The added steel it takes to equip lights around the track take away from what you can see if it was simply fenced in. The cameras at track level, other than one spot where "The Mirage" is in the background, you wouldn't even really tell it was Vegas. Crowd is in the dark. You don't get the sense of a ton of screaming fans.
The backdrop would be much nicer in the daytime. Like you wouldn't do Monaco at night.