Circus Circus Las Vegas
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| Address | 2880 Las Vegas Blvd South Las Vegas, NV 89109 |
| Opening date | October 18, 1968 |
| Casino type | Land-Based |
| Theme | Circus |
| Owner | MGM Mirage |
| No. of rooms | 3,774 |
| Total gaming space | 101,100 ft² (9,392.19 m²) |
| Signature attractions | Circus Circus Adventuredome |
| Notable restaurants | The Steakhouse Blue Iguana |
| Years renovated | 1997, 2003, 2006 |
| Website | Circus Circus Las Vegas |
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- This article is about the Circus Circus hotel and casino in Las Vegas. There is also a Circus Circus in Reno, Nevada.
Circus Circus Las Vegas is a circus-themed 3,774 room hotel and 101,000 sq ft (9,383 m²) casino located on the famed Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. It is owned and operated by MGM Mirage. Circus Circus features free circus acts on a regular basis throughout the day. Circus Circus has the only RV park on the Strip providing additional accommodations in the 399 space park operated by Kampgrounds of America (KOA).
Circus Circus Las Vegas is the largest permanent big top in the world. The clown marquee at the entrance was provided by Young Electric Sign Company.
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[edit] History
Circus Circus opened on October 18, 1968 by Jay Sarno, becoming the flagship casino for Circus Circus Enterprises.
Major renovations in 1997 changed the hotel's theme from the standard American circus to a French-Canadian Cirque du Soleil-style circus, and added a new 35-story tower.
The hotel may be demolished and rebuilt. According to an MGM Mirage report, the Circus Circus site "does not make economic use of the 44 acres that it sits on, therefore, we feel that demolishing the current property and rebuilding it in a different fashion (while still keeping the Circus Circus name) will be in our best interest."
[edit] Film history
The hotel's famous midway was featured in the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever.
In his journalistic novel of the early '70s, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson wrote, "The Circus-Circus is what the whole hep world would be doing Saturday night if the Nazis had won the war. This is the sixth Reich. The ground floor is full of gambling tables, like all the other casinos . . . but the place is about four stories high, in the style of a circus tent, and all manner of strange County-Fair/Polish Carnival madness is going on up in this space." When the Thompson work was adapted to film in 1998, the fictional "Bazooko Circus" was a thinly-veiled stand-in for the world-famed resort, which had refused permission for the filmmakers to shoot on their property.
The Adventuredome (see below) and the Canyon Blaster roller coaster were featured in the 1999 movie Baby Geniuses. The theme park was known as Joyworld in the movie.
Circus Circus was re-modeled in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on the third island, Las Venturas. It is here called "The Clown's Pocket". Although it was the same design, the game suggested an extension was under way, as there was construction behind the main hotel. The hotel was only included in the story in the mission "Robbing the bank at Caligula's", in which Carl Johnson makes a fake escape to the roof of The Clown's Pocket to steal a police helicopter and lead the cops away.
In Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Austin and Vanessa sneak into the Circus Circus.
[edit] Adventuredome Theme Park
[edit] Amenities and entertainment
In addition to the casino and the Adventuredome Theme Park, Circus Circus also offers:
- Convention rooms — space for up to 800 people
- Race and Sports Book - 80 seats, with 18 big screens
- Three swimming pools
- "Chapel of the Fountain" (wedding chapel)
- "The Midway" - an arcade and games to win prizes such as stuffed animals
[edit] Heliport
Circus Circus Heliport - (FAA LID: NV48)
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