At Austin's Circuit of the Americas, the suites (that's plural) are huge, as they should be when they're built for Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone. Walking through those suites it's a bit hard to imagine five thousand well-heeled folks flitting about inside them. The rooms are just 12 empty boxes right now — 160,000 square feet of boxes with a view (and carpet), but still a box.

Even so, Bobby Epstein, the founder of Circuit of the Americas, and my host on this day, doesn't want any photos taken inside. He would prefer Ecclestone see his suites when they are finished not during construction. Ecclestone and the Formula 1 teams will be outfitting the suites in the next few weeks, and by outfitting I mean everything from furniture and lamps to the art on the walls. It's how Formula 1 rolls. After the race, they'll pack it all up and move on to the next one. If you have the connections, a cool $5,000 will get you a seat.

This is the view from Bernie Ecclestone's seats outside the Formula 1 suites. The Formula 1 suites are located above the pits inside the track.