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Mint 400
Las Vegas, NV · Sports
- When
- March 10–14, 2027
- Where
- Golden Nugget Las Vegas, 129 E Fremont St · Las Vegas · NV
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet
Billed as the Great American Off-Road Race, the Mint 400 is the oldest off-road race in the country, running through the desert outside Las Vegas since 1968. Race week includes a vehicle parade down the Strip and a fan festival on Fremont Street before two days of desert racing. It has run each March in recent years, most recently March 4 to 8, 2026.
The history within reach
- Mint 400same spot
Billed as the Great American Off-Road Race, the Mint 400 is the oldest off-road race in the country, running through the desert outside Las Vegas since 1968.
Chinese New Year in the Desert has grown into one of Forbes' picks for the best places to celebrate Lunar New Year, filling Fremont East with a lion and dragon dance parade, a spring festival stage and a celebration at Chinatown Plaza.
The oldest hotel in the city, on lot one of the original railroad auction, and the address of the first telephone in Las Vegas.
- The leap over the bench0.3 mi
Deobra Redden was being sentenced on an attempted battery charge on the morning of 3 January 2024 when he launched himself over the four foot bench at District Judge Mary Kay Holthus.
The San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad auctioned 1,200 lots on a single day in May 1905, creating the town.