Formula 1 inks 10-year deal to keep Grand Prix in Montreal

The Formula 1 Grand Prix annual auto race will remain in Montreal for another 10 years after an agreement worth $157 million was reached.

Over the next 10 years, the Grand Prix will run with the help of $62.4 million from the federal government, $50 million from the province and $12 million from the City of Montreal. The city will also spend $32.6 million to renovate the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve racetrack.

Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre was on hand to make the announcement Saturday morning.

Currently, the Grand Prix is estimated to have $90 million in economic spinoffs a year. 

Downtown business owners who profit from Montreal's Grand Prix weekend are licking their chops at the news.

"We wait all year long for this," said Otman Amer, owner of Newtown on Crescent St.

During Grand Prix weekend, Peel and Crescent streets are closed down for all the off-track celebrations and events.

Amer said it's tax money well spent.

Greenpeace Canada spokesman Patrick Bonin said in a time of austerity and mounting evidence of global warming, this sends a bad message.

"The government's supposed to fight climate change, but it's subsidizing the symbol of over-consumption," he said.

Montreal's board of trade sees the deal differently, looking at it as a symbol of optimism.

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