America's only purpose-built Formula 1 circuit rose from Texas ranchland and gave the sport its permanent US home. Circuit of The Americas at 9201 Circuit of the Americas Boulevard, southeast of Austin near the airport, officially opened on 21 October 2012 with Mario Andretti lapping the track in the Lotus 79 he drove to the 1978 world championship; four weeks later, on 18 November 2012, a capacity crowd of 117,429 watched Lewis Hamilton win the inaugural United States Grand Prix at the new faci.....

A Formula 1 track coils around this amphitheatre on three sides, and a canopy of red steel tubes sweeps from above its stage up the 251-foot observation tower next door. The Germania Insurance Amphitheater, at the Circuit of the Americas complex southeast of Austin, is Central Texas's largest outdoor concert venue - a 14,000-capacity bowl carved into the racetrack's Grand Plaza. Built for about 62 million dollars and designed by Austin's Miro Rivera Architects - the steelwork meant to evoke the.....