Planning a meeting in Las Vegas or attending a convention in Las Vegas and having to organize satellite events?
| Build Your Team With the Extreme |
Team building is meant to bring people together, foster camaraderie and create a new flow of energy and ideas. The activities also help develop leadership, planning, time-management, decision-making and problem-solving skills as well as a competitive team spirit, all of which are critical for a company’s success and sustained growth.
When engaged in effective team building, employees experience the feeling of unity and ultimately a sense of accomplishment. Sharing an unforgettable experience brings people together on common ground and also can unite their perspectives or understanding. It also promotes personal and professional growth as well as mutual trust among participants, which strengthens relationships among employees, boosts morale and confidence and creates a healthy working culture and productive environment.
Team building often is about involving everyone together in a unique setting or set of circumstances in which they have to adapt, communicate and collaborate to reach a common goal. Some companies are taking this idea to the extreme in Las Vegas by driving, jumping, flying or shooting to create the ultimate in team-building experiences that promote the team-building goal of “fostering courageous leadership.”
Of course, with any team-building event, you have to know your audience and make sure that the activity is appropriate for the team members and the situation. Although these activities are not always for the faint of heart, with the right group and the right mentality, these once-in-a-lifetime adventures can change for the better how employees engage in their everyday business activities and engage with the world around them.
The drive to succedd
Since team building is really all about the journey, why not make that journey a high-speed race or exotic driving experience? Several companies in Las Vegas are ready to let groups burn rubber in some of the most amazing driving machines around. More adventurous team members can take full control in the driver’s seat; others can just sit back and go along for the ride. Whatever team-building road your group chooses to travel, the adrenalin-pumping, high-speed experience of racing cars of all kinds quickly can bring a company or group together.
For hesitant newcomers to the racetrack circuit, try the Pole Position Raceway, the nation’s No. 1 chain of indoor kart tracks. Perfect for team-building functions, your group races around a quarter-mile European-style track in high-performance electric karts that go up to 45 mph in Pole Position’s climate-controlled 60,000-square-foot facility, which also includes three meeting and party rooms with state-of-the-art electronics. The type of racing is customized to meet your team-building goals, and up to 13 people can race on the track at any given time in 10-minute races, which allows for up to 72 racers per hour.
The Richard Petty Driving Experience puts participants behind the wheel of a NASCAR racecar for an adrenaline-pumping thrill of a lifetime that gets drivers as close to being in the race as they can get. Choose a Driving Experience where your hands are on the wheel, your foot is on the gas and 600 horses are ready to take you up to 50 laps around the Las Vegas Speedway. Alternatively, participants can let a professional instructor do the driving while they ride shotgun for three laps around the track at speeds up to 165 mph.
The five-star Ferrari racing experience, Dream Racing™, offers tailor-made driving events for groups up to 500 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Dream Racing™ provides the professional racing suits and gives instruction on techniques taught by professional drivers then straps them behind the wheel of one of the finest, perfectly tuned, non-street-legal racecars: the Ferrari F430 GT. Combining camaraderie, adrenaline and elegance, this exclusive and memorable team-building activity will inspire, educate and entertain employees in a unique setting from which team members will walk away with memories for a lifetime and greater investment in the company.
Exotics Racing lets participants get behind the wheel of the latest supercar models from Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Audi, Nissan, Porsche, Mercedes and Corvette. Exotics Racing’s team-building activities in the sporty Mini Cooper S bring groups together in a healthy yet competitive fashion as they engage in timed slalom relays, blind driving or simulated drifting. Real-time coaching from professional racers lets any participant push the limits of performance on the 11-turn road-course track at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in a fun and safe environment. A drifting ride-along program is also available with a professional racecar driver at the controls. Group events start at 10 drivers and can accommodate up to 400 drivers in a day.
World Class Driving provides ultimate experiences in some of the world’s best “supercars” from brands like Ferrari, Lamborghini and Bentley. Create a dream event with a track day (for 15–200 participants), an open-road tour (for 16–100 participants per day), team-building experiences and more. Corporate driving events put brand power and excitement in your hands. World Class Driving offers three arrive-and-drive packages. The full-day 360 Track Experience is a racing school with track time in Ferrari 360 Challenge racecars on the Las Vegas Speedway. On the Rock Supercar Tour, participants rotate driving three high-performance supercars on the open road from the Las Vegas Strip through the historic and beautiful Red Rock Canyon. The Hoover Dam Supercar Tour lets participants drive four exotic cars on a thrilling guided road tour between the Las Vegas Strip and the Hoover Dam.
When engaged in effective team building, employees experience the feeling of unity and ultimately a sense of accomplishment. Sharing an unforgettable experience brings people together on common ground and also can unite their perspectives or understanding. It also promotes personal and professional growth as well as mutual trust among participants, which strengthens relationships among employees, boosts morale and confidence and creates a healthy working culture and productive environment.
Team building often is about involving everyone together in a unique setting or set of circumstances in which they have to adapt, communicate and collaborate to reach a common goal. Some companies are taking this idea to the extreme in Las Vegas by driving, jumping, flying or shooting to create the ultimate in team-building experiences that promote the team-building goal of “fostering courageous leadership.”
Of course, with any team-building event, you have to know your audience and make sure that the activity is appropriate for the team members and the situation. Although these activities are not always for the faint of heart, with the right group and the right mentality, these once-in-a-lifetime adventures can change for the better how employees engage in their everyday business activities and engage with the world around them.
The drive to succedd
Since team building is really all about the journey, why not make that journey a high-speed race or exotic driving experience? Several companies in Las Vegas are ready to let groups burn rubber in some of the most amazing driving machines around. More adventurous team members can take full control in the driver’s seat; others can just sit back and go along for the ride. Whatever team-building road your group chooses to travel, the adrenalin-pumping, high-speed experience of racing cars of all kinds quickly can bring a company or group together.
For hesitant newcomers to the racetrack circuit, try the Pole Position Raceway, the nation’s No. 1 chain of indoor kart tracks. Perfect for team-building functions, your group races around a quarter-mile European-style track in high-performance electric karts that go up to 45 mph in Pole Position’s climate-controlled 60,000-square-foot facility, which also includes three meeting and party rooms with state-of-the-art electronics. The type of racing is customized to meet your team-building goals, and up to 13 people can race on the track at any given time in 10-minute races, which allows for up to 72 racers per hour.
The Richard Petty Driving Experience puts participants behind the wheel of a NASCAR racecar for an adrenaline-pumping thrill of a lifetime that gets drivers as close to being in the race as they can get. Choose a Driving Experience where your hands are on the wheel, your foot is on the gas and 600 horses are ready to take you up to 50 laps around the Las Vegas Speedway. Alternatively, participants can let a professional instructor do the driving while they ride shotgun for three laps around the track at speeds up to 165 mph.
The five-star Ferrari racing experience, Dream Racing™, offers tailor-made driving events for groups up to 500 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Dream Racing™ provides the professional racing suits and gives instruction on techniques taught by professional drivers then straps them behind the wheel of one of the finest, perfectly tuned, non-street-legal racecars: the Ferrari F430 GT. Combining camaraderie, adrenaline and elegance, this exclusive and memorable team-building activity will inspire, educate and entertain employees in a unique setting from which team members will walk away with memories for a lifetime and greater investment in the company.
Exotics Racing lets participants get behind the wheel of the latest supercar models from Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Audi, Nissan, Porsche, Mercedes and Corvette. Exotics Racing’s team-building activities in the sporty Mini Cooper S bring groups together in a healthy yet competitive fashion as they engage in timed slalom relays, blind driving or simulated drifting. Real-time coaching from professional racers lets any participant push the limits of performance on the 11-turn road-course track at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in a fun and safe environment. A drifting ride-along program is also available with a professional racecar driver at the controls. Group events start at 10 drivers and can accommodate up to 400 drivers in a day.
World Class Driving provides ultimate experiences in some of the world’s best “supercars” from brands like Ferrari, Lamborghini and Bentley. Create a dream event with a track day (for 15–200 participants), an open-road tour (for 16–100 participants per day), team-building experiences and more. Corporate driving events put brand power and excitement in your hands. World Class Driving offers three arrive-and-drive packages. The full-day 360 Track Experience is a racing school with track time in Ferrari 360 Challenge racecars on the Las Vegas Speedway. On the Rock Supercar Tour, participants rotate driving three high-performance supercars on the open road from the Las Vegas Strip through the historic and beautiful Red Rock Canyon. The Hoover Dam Supercar Tour lets participants drive four exotic cars on a thrilling guided road tour between the Las Vegas Strip and the Hoover Dam.
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