The second Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix is two weeks away and operators of the Strip’s largest resorts are attempting to tamp down expectations of a financial windfall from the event.

“I would say flat-to-down a couple of million dollars versus last year,” was how Caesars Entertainment CEO Tom Reeg predicted his company’s eight casinos — all of which sit along the Strip’s 2-mile stretch of the 3.8-mile F1 circuit – would see from customers coming to Las Vegas for the Nov. 21-23 event.