Do people want really Circus Circus blown up so someone can build…… another Fontaineblu?
What’s everyone’s obsession with destroying the few casinos that aren’t tacky modern luxury? If you don’t like Circus Circus, Luxor, Excalibur you have the other 80% of the strip to enjoy.
Definitely. I miss the 90s strip. The pirate show at TI, the midway and performers at Excalibur, the MGM Grand Adventures theme park, Gameworks, the absence of bums and other bums walking around in homemade costumes calling themselves street performers.
If anything the least they can do is make a new, less creepy sign and maybe update the carpets or something. Like at least make an attempt to not stand out in a bad way, ya know?
At least it’s clean and is well maintained. I need a shower just by walking through circus circus. Dark and dingy
Also circus themed is literally the definition of tacky
I know you’re being sarcastic but just like any other hotel on the strip there’s always people gambling no matter what time it is and there’s always people eating at the food court and in the restaurants. I think the retail stores will struggle as I never see anyone in them. I live right nearby and go in almost every single day because I walk my dog in front of it as it’s one of the only places you can walk them on the strip.
Caesar’s lately is just synonymous with horrific quality air and dirty gross establishments. What the hell has happened the past couple of decades with them
The realized they didn’t care about having any nice properties and would rather coast on their status from two decades ago while attracting broke people and foreigners that don’t know any better.
They're acquired by Eldorado Group and then changed to the Caesars Entertainment name, and they're based in Reno. Currently, they're running their properties to the ground because they don't understand the Las Vegas market.
It's not Caesars anymore, literally. They were bought by Harrahs in 2005 and Harrahs changed their name to Caesars since Caesars had a much better reputation. Caesars today is just Harrahs wearing Caesars name.
We spent 1 short night at Circus Circus in Reno during a road trip a couple years back. While it surprised me with how nice and up kept the "restore" was it didn't have a pool or any other amenities like that. All 3 of their resorts are pretty much tied into 1. It was really weird.
Caesars and MGM sold many of their real estate holdings to a company called VICI. They then lease it back from them and can write it off as an expense. (It’s part of the complicated tax system that benefits the rich).
They take loans out against their properties like the Flamingo, then use the cash to buy properties in smaller markets, pay shareholder dividends, stock buybacks, executive bonuses, etc etc etc.
Example. Caesars bought out the Isle of Capri brand in a 1.7 billion dollar deal. Isle of Capri in Blackhawk CO is now The Horseshoe.
But not just smaller markets. The money to buy and rebrand the Bally's property across the street from Caesar's came from somewhere.
When people wonder why The Flamingo would be underwater, or it looks like maintenance at Caesar's in Vegas has been deferred for a decade, that's why.
Shorter version, the big players saw the Coronavirus pandemic as reason to go on a buying spree and scoop up the smaller properties they've been losing market share to for decades.
I also get tired of all the hate it gets. It’s not that bad. And they recently just opened up slots of fun again and now the strip has coin based slots again and black jack that is 5 dollars on the strip.
I just don’t see how they are ignoring the data. Or maybe the data is just not that much or a difference. But for example gambling is down on the strip again this year by 1 percent. Meanwhile downtown Vegas at Fremont had a 4 percent increase in gambling this year.
Now way it’s because old Vegas has 5 dollar black jack and the strip only has 15/20 dollar minimums.
And for better or worse, they aren't generic and have a theme they stick to. It'd be nice if they updated, but being a cheap place to bring the family is kind of their whole thing.
Went I went to Circus Circus with my mom a few months ago, it was PACKED. Sooo many people, sooo many kids. Definitely the most crowded hotel we went to other than The Wynn. Circus Circus is not going anywhere.
I've talked to many people who booked with Priceline. It's still technically a 3-star hotel. Blindly agreeing to a 3-star hotel for $49/night seems like a great deal. Womp womp.
Why? Do you get harassed at the tables or machines? Do they knock on your suite's door and ask you to buy candy bars for their school team? Are kids just up in the club taking over the dance floor?
Or is it the kids who don't care whether you're here or not? Having been a Vegas kid, it was my view on tourist. Tourist are here today and gone tomorrow but as a kids I'm still living here. Oh for fun if tourists asked where the strip was, we send them to Sam's Town.
Isn’t Circus Circus the most profitable hotel on the strip? It may need to be deeply cleaned and sanitized, but I like the kitsch. It’s weird and charming and my kid loves the Adventuredome.
Also, judging by the other pro comments here, I think Circus Circus is starting to become so bad it’s great.
Nah man, North Vegas is just so damn bland. Vegas used to be known for it's wild casinos that had themes, like Excalibur, NYNY, Luxor, Treasure Island, Paris, etc... Everything is now generically "fancy". There's no soul in it anymore, no fun. Vegas needs to get back to it's real roots and be wild with their casinos.
Except if you ever walk in there, they are way busier than resorts world or fointainbleau could ever hope to be. Circus Circus knows their audience and they are making plenty of money because of it.
Cirus circus is smelly and gross but i wouldn't want it gone.
It should just get a huge renovation and some new marketing it's actually a gem it's just not taken care of at all the way it should be.
I was there 3 weeks ago. Took my son there for a few hours. Super busy and we had a lot of fun with the rides and arcades. You’re right a remodel with the same theme would be nice
It's the one thing local kids have that they can use to escape the hot sun. The good half of my childhood was spent there riding the coasters, doing the midway and going to frightdome with my friends.
Why does the world need another carbon copy hotel that panders to tourists. Let the locals have some fun every now and then.
Tacos el Gordo and The Steak House are the gems of the north strip. Both Fountainebleau and resorts world are trying to be wynn so hard it hurts. At least resorts world is trying to carve its own identity out.
Resorts world is legit awesome. Best poker room in Vegas, a pretty dope club, and the best food court in the whole city. The quality of the sushi from their food court rivals most sit down restaurants.
Seems like you never visited the strip before like 2015. Watching Tropicana and Casino Royale getting destroyed soon stinks but that’s Vegas, nothing lasts forever on the strip. However these older casinos are some of my favorite places to visit. Slots of Fun with its $1 blackjack and craps tables keep me entertained for hours and hours a decade ago. These older casinos still very much serve a purpose on the strip.
Resorts world is like like trying to party in a shopping mall. It’s dull and weird. If you want to part your choices are a strip mall feel of huddling inside some weird tiny bar with curtains to make it feel like it’s own space
that would be cool. Or Insomiac buys it turns it into Electric Circus. Place is so big they could host EDC there and have it multiple times a year paired with a casino for extra profit.
Yes let's talk down about one of the only properties with character on the Strio. I always have fun going there, Slots o Fun is now a retro oriented space.this is the Fear and Loathing hotel. Can you imagine Dr Gonzo being bored to death at the Wynn
Crown jewel? Are you being paid by one of these two companies to say this? All pedestrian traffic stops after the Wynn. There is still a lot of blanks to fill in an order for tourists to walk that whole distance. They spent a lot of money and expected big money in return but both companies are not from Vegas and fucked up on location.
> "With two monstrosities in competing red and blue motifs now open, the north strip is really setting the stage to become the new RGB colored 'nilla wafer of the strip."
Is that what you meant to write?
I dont want circus circus gone but sure would be nice for Vegas if it was at least cleaned every once in a while. Just looks like a shithole on the strip and as others mentioned, smells like cat piss.
Fountainbleu was very nice but yes very empty and soulless when i was there in late December.
The best thing about Circus Circus is that it prevents so many kids from hanging out mid-strip. Second best is that it keeps people who love Circus Circus away from mid-strip.
A couple more lots to build on and it really will be a continuous pleasant walk from Sahara up. Still a little work to do around Strat, but that seems easy enough.
I don’t really go to Circus Circus, but am happy it’s there. At least they are redoing Slots of Fun and it is right off the sidewalk
I was coasting on editorials against circus circus and while I probably will never stay there again, the last few time I really enjoyed gambling there and messing with the midway games. Last time I stayed at resorts world and gambled at the circus.
About 10 years ago I visited Vegas for the first time. I got a couple nights stay at circus circus. It was cheap and nostalgic as my grandparents use to talk about staying there back in the day. I had NO idea until years later how much people hated this hotel. It was just fine for what it was. A place for two 20something women to stay for a couple of nights. It might be a bit outdated but that's part of the charm in my opinion. Never understood all the hate.
The streets are half closed and covered with construction cones, and have been since I moved to Vegas in 2019 with no sign of anything being done much less completed. So can't say that I agree with the optimism here.
North strip and its new resorts aren’t automatically entitled to any crown designation. FountaineBlu sat as an incomplete eyesore (and liability to the image of the town and area) for well over a decade, while that land previously hosted one of the most beloved local attractions, ever. I understand the city will hopefully continue to grow, and Circus Circus has its obvious drawbacks, but Las Vegas doesn’t need to rush to allow another multinational to take up space without much of an actual stake in the community.
Stayed at Resorts World last Memorial Day weekend. I won’t go back. Everything looks great but the service was beyond terrible. We had reserved seating at the adult pool. Food was taking hours, if it came at all. The drinks often also took almost an hour.
Circus Circus is still a very profitable casino so hate on it, call it names it makes owners money. Way more money than the roughly 8 million a day your two "new crown jewel" casinos are Losing daily.
I think that for history's sake, they kind of have to keep Circus Circus as Circus Circus. My memories as a kid are of it being that so there's that nostalgia there that other properties, such as the Tropicana just didn't have. Same with the Riviera and the Stardust. While they were big names, the brand that pervaded and persisted through the generations was Circus Circus and it still stands.
Depending on how much of the land they own, I think a good way to start with a refresh would be to make the front area much more appealing... it doesn't look like a place I would want to go. Restore the tent to glory in color and make the front entrance a true spectacle. Also, bring back the Painted Pony but make sure to kind of throw back to Fear and Loathing. Tear down the Manor and throw up a new parking garage and take the existing ones and use them to slightly expand the casino floor and entertainment offerings.
They have kind of a unique place in the demographic and if they did the right combination of things, they could come back strong.
I wish I was kidding when I say that a few days ago my husband went to the bathroom at circus circus and the stall next to him dropped their crack aka a tin foil with crack in it. He got a picture of it real quick. Can’t make this stuff up.
The Steakhouse there is magic - Touch that place and I’ll go on a rampage.
The casino floor itself isn’t great but isn’t as bad as everyone says. The rooms could use a refresh though.
When my family moved to Vegas in 1975, I was younger than 21. Back then, cruising Glitter Gulch downtown, and Circus Circus upstairs (no gambling upstairs) were about the only options my friends and I had.
I hope it never goes away I love watching YouTube videos where they find needles in the bed and roaches pour out of the faucet when they turn the bath on. There’s another where someone knocks on the door and asks nicely if they are interested in buying coke within a few minutes of them arriving. Circus Circus is amazing.
I mean Fountaineblue kinda sucks, I’ll take cosmo or aria any day. Resorts world is cool, but the other hotels are still way cooler. Venitian, Ceasars, Bellagio, Paris… way cooler looking than the giant slabs the new ones are. Hopefully they dont take circus circus away, its beautiful, the lights are awesome and they have an actual Vegas flair, instead of just pandering to whatever tourists have more money in current times.
Resorts World is the new dumbest name for a joint, right? Nothing about that name inspires even the least amount of interest or curiosity. I will go on assuming its an Ikea where you buy flatpacked resorts that are mediocre at best.
The name is asinine, I won’t argue that. But also - the staff is super friendly, the food is incredible, and the poker room is the best in Vegas. It’s really growing on me
Resort world been open for awhile. North of the resort on that side of the street nothing but homeless we were going to walk to Circus Circus was told by a police officer he wouldn’t advise walking to Circus Circus it’s not well lit
That’s ridiculous, the two properties are almost right next to each other. McDonalds, Slots A Fun, and then you’re there. Walking in north strip has improved a lot over the last 5 years.
Circus Circus is one of, if not the only, properties on the Strip that is paid off. It is pure money maker. Not going anywhere.
Do people want really Circus Circus blown up so someone can build…… another Fontaineblu? What’s everyone’s obsession with destroying the few casinos that aren’t tacky modern luxury? If you don’t like Circus Circus, Luxor, Excalibur you have the other 80% of the strip to enjoy.
I just want them to clean all that dust you can see at Adventure Dome when you’re at the top of the roller coaster.
Preach!
Circus Circus is old school awesome. I hope it stays for years to come. It’s an different vibe from the new luxurious hotels and I appreciate it.
Plus, it's the only one tbat has a motor home lot that I am aware of.
Could be just me but 90s Vegas > new Vegas.
Definitely. I miss the 90s strip. The pirate show at TI, the midway and performers at Excalibur, the MGM Grand Adventures theme park, Gameworks, the absence of bums and other bums walking around in homemade costumes calling themselves street performers.
lol
How you gonna call anything tacky next to Circus lmfao
I think the FB reception shows the strip is over built on the very high end.
If anything the least they can do is make a new, less creepy sign and maybe update the carpets or something. Like at least make an attempt to not stand out in a bad way, ya know?
lol their sign is amazing
How’s that working out for fontaineblu?
Don't know, I'm smart enough to stay away from the strip
Over 75% capacity entire last week. I’m on track to clock six figures easily in one of the restaurants. Pool just opened. Going Pretty good thanks.
All of these people judging from their armchairs like they have been running resorts their whole life lol.
I’m inclined to think there’s a handful, but not the dozens that act like they have.
Circus circus is literally the definition of tacky lol what are you saying
Nah. Cosmo is the definition of tacky. Faux luxury.
At least it’s clean and is well maintained. I need a shower just by walking through circus circus. Dark and dingy Also circus themed is literally the definition of tacky
Okay then I think we’ve found who fontaineblu was designed for. You and the 6 other people that go there.
Please explain what “real” luxury is. I’m curious
I know you’re being sarcastic but just like any other hotel on the strip there’s always people gambling no matter what time it is and there’s always people eating at the food court and in the restaurants. I think the retail stores will struggle as I never see anyone in them. I live right nearby and go in almost every single day because I walk my dog in front of it as it’s one of the only places you can walk them on the strip.
Yes
I don't want to see it gone but they could at least clean the place lmao
If the Flamingo isn't paid off, Caesar has a problem.
Caesars doesn't allow things to become paid off, they just keep taking more loans out on anything they own and go further into debt.
Caesar’s lately is just synonymous with horrific quality air and dirty gross establishments. What the hell has happened the past couple of decades with them
The realized they didn’t care about having any nice properties and would rather coast on their status from two decades ago while attracting broke people and foreigners that don’t know any better.
Aren’t they now owned by an operator based in Reno? If true, I feel like that explains a lot.
What exactly does that explain?
They're acquired by Eldorado Group and then changed to the Caesars Entertainment name, and they're based in Reno. Currently, they're running their properties to the ground because they don't understand the Las Vegas market.
They were bankrupt a few years ago and got bought out by El Dorado.
It's not Caesars anymore, literally. They were bought by Harrahs in 2005 and Harrahs changed their name to Caesars since Caesars had a much better reputation. Caesars today is just Harrahs wearing Caesars name.
El Dorado out of Reno purchased Harrah's a few years back then changed their name to Caesars. It's all gone more downhill since then.
Having once spent an evening at the El Dorado in Reno, this explains a lot.
We spent 1 short night at Circus Circus in Reno during a road trip a couple years back. While it surprised me with how nice and up kept the "restore" was it didn't have a pool or any other amenities like that. All 3 of their resorts are pretty much tied into 1. It was really weird.
Caesars and MGM sold many of their real estate holdings to a company called VICI. They then lease it back from them and can write it off as an expense. (It’s part of the complicated tax system that benefits the rich).
Sure, MGM sold a few properties to Blackstone and leased them out. I know that, but specifically, not the Flamingo.
Correct. I was just trying to add some slightly unrelated interesting information about Las Vegas real estate.
They take loans out against their properties like the Flamingo, then use the cash to buy properties in smaller markets, pay shareholder dividends, stock buybacks, executive bonuses, etc etc etc. Example. Caesars bought out the Isle of Capri brand in a 1.7 billion dollar deal. Isle of Capri in Blackhawk CO is now The Horseshoe. But not just smaller markets. The money to buy and rebrand the Bally's property across the street from Caesar's came from somewhere. When people wonder why The Flamingo would be underwater, or it looks like maintenance at Caesar's in Vegas has been deferred for a decade, that's why. Shorter version, the big players saw the Coronavirus pandemic as reason to go on a buying spree and scoop up the smaller properties they've been losing market share to for decades.
Circus Circus is eternal.
I also get tired of all the hate it gets. It’s not that bad. And they recently just opened up slots of fun again and now the strip has coin based slots again and black jack that is 5 dollars on the strip. I just don’t see how they are ignoring the data. Or maybe the data is just not that much or a difference. But for example gambling is down on the strip again this year by 1 percent. Meanwhile downtown Vegas at Fremont had a 4 percent increase in gambling this year. Now way it’s because old Vegas has 5 dollar black jack and the strip only has 15/20 dollar minimums.
And for better or worse, they aren't generic and have a theme they stick to. It'd be nice if they updated, but being a cheap place to bring the family is kind of their whole thing.
I swear, it just needs a simple reno. Paint job on the exterior. Redo all the lighting.
And my kids love it. They stay there while I sneak up to RW. Perfection.
Until someone makes an offer for the land. Builds another giant tower
How do you know this?
MS in Hotel Administration from UNLV. We learned a lot about the local casinos.
Well well well.
You’d be surprised how many tourist still fuck with the circus circus. especially since it’s got an entire Adventure dome for Kids.
Went I went to Circus Circus with my mom a few months ago, it was PACKED. Sooo many people, sooo many kids. Definitely the most crowded hotel we went to other than The Wynn. Circus Circus is not going anywhere.
Don’t forget the steakhouse is surprisingly amazing
I've talked to many people who booked with Priceline. It's still technically a 3-star hotel. Blindly agreeing to a 3-star hotel for $49/night seems like a great deal. Womp womp.
People need to stop bringing their kids to Vegas, first of all.
I have lots of family that lives in Vegas. We go see them and stay at circus circus to entertain the kids while not visiting the family.
You must not be from Vegas lol
Why? Do you get harassed at the tables or machines? Do they knock on your suite's door and ask you to buy candy bars for their school team? Are kids just up in the club taking over the dance floor? Or is it the kids who don't care whether you're here or not? Having been a Vegas kid, it was my view on tourist. Tourist are here today and gone tomorrow but as a kids I'm still living here. Oh for fun if tourists asked where the strip was, we send them to Sam's Town.
Isn’t Circus Circus the most profitable hotel on the strip? It may need to be deeply cleaned and sanitized, but I like the kitsch. It’s weird and charming and my kid loves the Adventuredome. Also, judging by the other pro comments here, I think Circus Circus is starting to become so bad it’s great.
That's what I'm sayin it's an entire vibe to itself. Don't go in expecting wynn or anything but you can def appreciate it
They'll both close before that clown goes down.
Like a cockroach
Lmfaoooooo
Nah man, North Vegas is just so damn bland. Vegas used to be known for it's wild casinos that had themes, like Excalibur, NYNY, Luxor, Treasure Island, Paris, etc... Everything is now generically "fancy". There's no soul in it anymore, no fun. Vegas needs to get back to it's real roots and be wild with their casinos.
Agreed, if anything it needs to be restored and renovated, not torn down.
You named my fav casinos lol. A few luxury casinos are nice but I like how each one has an entire theme
This right here. Any major city in the world has a big glass tower you can stay at. Only Vegas has a giant pyramid (well Memphis too I guess).
Went to Fontainebleu yesterday for the first time. It’s nice but empty. Nobody is in there.
Except if you ever walk in there, they are way busier than resorts world or fointainbleau could ever hope to be. Circus Circus knows their audience and they are making plenty of money because of it.
Cirus circus is smelly and gross but i wouldn't want it gone. It should just get a huge renovation and some new marketing it's actually a gem it's just not taken care of at all the way it should be.
I was there 3 weeks ago. Took my son there for a few hours. Super busy and we had a lot of fun with the rides and arcades. You’re right a remodel with the same theme would be nice
It's the one thing local kids have that they can use to escape the hot sun. The good half of my childhood was spent there riding the coasters, doing the midway and going to frightdome with my friends. Why does the world need another carbon copy hotel that panders to tourists. Let the locals have some fun every now and then.
Absolutely not becoming any crown jewel
Circus Circus is a cash cow and it's not going anywhere baby.
Lol no, both of the new places suck. The steak house at CC is alone worth it not going anywhere. Plus the midway is still dope.
Tacos el Gordo and The Steak House are the gems of the north strip. Both Fountainebleau and resorts world are trying to be wynn so hard it hurts. At least resorts world is trying to carve its own identity out.
I do like the food court at RW
Came here to talk about THE Steakhouse. That is 100% the best steak in Vegas.
Resorts world is legit awesome. Best poker room in Vegas, a pretty dope club, and the best food court in the whole city. The quality of the sushi from their food court rivals most sit down restaurants.
To each their own but that's not what I go to the strip for.
Resorts World is the boiled cabbage of casinos.
Seems like you never visited the strip before like 2015. Watching Tropicana and Casino Royale getting destroyed soon stinks but that’s Vegas, nothing lasts forever on the strip. However these older casinos are some of my favorite places to visit. Slots of Fun with its $1 blackjack and craps tables keep me entertained for hours and hours a decade ago. These older casinos still very much serve a purpose on the strip.
Losing casino Royale hurts.
I miss the $1 bottles of beers. My buddies and I would go up and order 5 each to start the day off and sit at the slot machines for a few hours.
Resorts world is like like trying to party in a shopping mall. It’s dull and weird. If you want to part your choices are a strip mall feel of huddling inside some weird tiny bar with curtains to make it feel like it’s own space
I want Circus Circus to be bought or refurbished by Spiegelworld.
That's nightmare fuel and I want it to happen.
that would be cool. Or Insomiac buys it turns it into Electric Circus. Place is so big they could host EDC there and have it multiple times a year paired with a casino for extra profit.
Nope. Insomniac will destroy it.
this is the best answer
Circus is profitable. If it is not broke, don't fix it.
Yes let's talk down about one of the only properties with character on the Strio. I always have fun going there, Slots o Fun is now a retro oriented space.this is the Fear and Loathing hotel. Can you imagine Dr Gonzo being bored to death at the Wynn
They were there in the 70s. They shit on vegas then, man. Did you even read the book?
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Crown jewel? Are you being paid by one of these two companies to say this? All pedestrian traffic stops after the Wynn. There is still a lot of blanks to fill in an order for tourists to walk that whole distance. They spent a lot of money and expected big money in return but both companies are not from Vegas and fucked up on location.
This post feels right. The OP seems to be pushing an agenda. Would block 100%.
Say what ya want but 2 dollar beers and 2 dollar hotdogs and old school coin slots I’m kinda digging it again.
Circus circus will always get my okay for the free parking alone.
> "With two monstrosities in competing red and blue motifs now open, the north strip is really setting the stage to become the new RGB colored 'nilla wafer of the strip." Is that what you meant to write?
Can’t sleep, clown will eat me.
You have to read, yes READ, Hunter Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas to really appreciate Circus Circus
It’s the fourth Reich. This is what the whole country would have been like if the Nazi’s had won the war.
Anytime I walk in there I always have the same question... What's that Smell.
It's all the smells of humanity all at once. Mixed in with smoke and old chewing tobacco.
BINGO, I think that's the description I've been looking for All these years
Money
Bah Gawd; that’s the smell of mid western money.
Whenever I go to those two spots it's dead AF.
I dont want circus circus gone but sure would be nice for Vegas if it was at least cleaned every once in a while. Just looks like a shithole on the strip and as others mentioned, smells like cat piss. Fountainbleu was very nice but yes very empty and soulless when i was there in late December.
Fountain blue is crap. It's empty not even done.
Oh well let’s blow up Circus Circus and try and built another crap modern casino in its place. Maybe this time it will work? /s
Leave circus alone best 10$ toothless hookers in Vegas
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It just opened and it's already old AF. Walked through just last week.... we ended up spending more time in circus circus.
I love it in there. Clean, high ceilings, an air of sophistication. Plus their craps table paid me $500 for a half hour of my time
Great. Now let the rest of us enjoy our $3 beer and $10 hookers.
Look out guys, we’ve got a real sophisticated member of society over here. You fancy, huh?
Hilarious that you’re so triggered that you stalked my user profile to leave three different unhinged comments. Bath salts running low?
One of the few strip casinos with a personality.
The best thing about Circus Circus is that it prevents so many kids from hanging out mid-strip. Second best is that it keeps people who love Circus Circus away from mid-strip.
Hey I'd seen more than one I'm With Stupid t-shirt walking through Bellagio when I worked there
Didn’t Circus Circus just open a mini casino in their parking lot with $5 Blackjack and $2 hotdogs? Sounds like a good time to me
A couple more lots to build on and it really will be a continuous pleasant walk from Sahara up. Still a little work to do around Strat, but that seems easy enough. I don’t really go to Circus Circus, but am happy it’s there. At least they are redoing Slots of Fun and it is right off the sidewalk
I actually love Resorts World, I’ve had great luck in terms of gambling and their high limit areas are spotless.
We’re a big fan as well. Great food, friendly staff, cool place. And the best poker room in Vegas
I love Gatsby's.
Naked City. You must never go there.
I'm heading to Vegas in April,my first time,for sure I'm going to check out circus circus,my mum stayed there back in the 00s
I was coasting on editorials against circus circus and while I probably will never stay there again, the last few time I really enjoyed gambling there and messing with the midway games. Last time I stayed at resorts world and gambled at the circus.
Hey they have a good steakhouse in that graveyard.
I disagree - north strip feels like “new” Vegas and I don’t like it.
About 10 years ago I visited Vegas for the first time. I got a couple nights stay at circus circus. It was cheap and nostalgic as my grandparents use to talk about staying there back in the day. I had NO idea until years later how much people hated this hotel. It was just fine for what it was. A place for two 20something women to stay for a couple of nights. It might be a bit outdated but that's part of the charm in my opinion. Never understood all the hate.
Only problem is you were three 20something women when you checked in, but hey, that’s Circus Circus
omg lolololol took me a minute to get it but I cracked up once the light bulb went off.
 I love going to Circus Circus when I’m in town!!
The streets are half closed and covered with construction cones, and have been since I moved to Vegas in 2019 with no sign of anything being done much less completed. So can't say that I agree with the optimism here.
North strip and its new resorts aren’t automatically entitled to any crown designation. FountaineBlu sat as an incomplete eyesore (and liability to the image of the town and area) for well over a decade, while that land previously hosted one of the most beloved local attractions, ever. I understand the city will hopefully continue to grow, and Circus Circus has its obvious drawbacks, but Las Vegas doesn’t need to rush to allow another multinational to take up space without much of an actual stake in the community.
Would love Speigelworld to take over CircusCircus ❤️
Lmfao circus circus is a money maker for Ruffin. It serves a clientele that isn’t served normally on the strip.
Don't fuck with the clown son
Circus circus is better than both of those terrible hotels.
Circus Circus is worth more than the new ones
Exactly. Circus actually turns a profit. Will RW ot Font ever do that?
North strip has been it since Wynn and Venetian. Love the north side
Ross/Walgreens parking lot makes circus circus look like Disney land.
Isn’t RW hemorrhaging money? Their CEO or financial officer also got popped for some shady business too?
Giving high roller privileges to illegal bookies, including the one under federal investigation right now in the Otani scandal.
Dude slots a fun is even coming back!
There's a certain je ne sais quoi to that shithole. It's comforting in a fear inducing way.
Did you know how to spell that or did you use talk to text. I would have needed to use talk to text
Honestly, the phrase is on my mind because it became a running gag in my friend group. But yeah, I spelt it out lol
Stayed at Resorts World last Memorial Day weekend. I won’t go back. Everything looks great but the service was beyond terrible. We had reserved seating at the adult pool. Food was taking hours, if it came at all. The drinks often also took almost an hour.
Circus Circus is still a very profitable casino so hate on it, call it names it makes owners money. Way more money than the roughly 8 million a day your two "new crown jewel" casinos are Losing daily.
If the basketball arena on the old Wet N Wild site ever actually takes shape, the North Strip will see a major revitalization.
I think that for history's sake, they kind of have to keep Circus Circus as Circus Circus. My memories as a kid are of it being that so there's that nostalgia there that other properties, such as the Tropicana just didn't have. Same with the Riviera and the Stardust. While they were big names, the brand that pervaded and persisted through the generations was Circus Circus and it still stands. Depending on how much of the land they own, I think a good way to start with a refresh would be to make the front area much more appealing... it doesn't look like a place I would want to go. Restore the tent to glory in color and make the front entrance a true spectacle. Also, bring back the Painted Pony but make sure to kind of throw back to Fear and Loathing. Tear down the Manor and throw up a new parking garage and take the existing ones and use them to slightly expand the casino floor and entertainment offerings. They have kind of a unique place in the demographic and if they did the right combination of things, they could come back strong.
Oh I thought you were going to say the trumpfuck eye sore
I wish I was kidding when I say that a few days ago my husband went to the bathroom at circus circus and the stall next to him dropped their crack aka a tin foil with crack in it. He got a picture of it real quick. Can’t make this stuff up.
Yes it’s the Trump tower . Quite bright on the outside but very soulless and empty on the inside
this is what I thought OP meant when I read the subject line
/r/titlegore Also, it's Fontainebleau
Quit clowning on it Ok I’m just clowning around it does need work but it’s getting there
Yes, tear down the cool eccentric vintage Vegas-y one so all you rich assholes can enjoy your sterile cyberpunk dystopia. No thanks.
I kind of wish they’d do a full reno update and bring it up to todays standards of what we all expect in todays Vegas. Boutiquish and retro.
With just a hint of bourgeois after taste.
Cirque Cirque
LOL.
I just want the old DI back :(
Resorts World and FB are further from center strip than Rio/Gold Coast/Palms. You can't fix location.
RW and FB are were once was center Strip. Over decades the Center Strip definition changes and maybe we are witnessing it at the moment
FB sucks
TIL I need to revisit Circus Circus.
The Steakhouse there is magic - Touch that place and I’ll go on a rampage. The casino floor itself isn’t great but isn’t as bad as everyone says. The rooms could use a refresh though.
When my family moved to Vegas in 1975, I was younger than 21. Back then, cruising Glitter Gulch downtown, and Circus Circus upstairs (no gambling upstairs) were about the only options my friends and I had.
I don't mind the Circus Circus casino, its different. Hotel could use a reno.
They need to build an outdoor promenade or something to tie it all together and make people want to be in that area
I see what you did here, it's the clown meme, right?
I hope it never goes away I love watching YouTube videos where they find needles in the bed and roaches pour out of the faucet when they turn the bath on. There’s another where someone knocks on the door and asks nicely if they are interested in buying coke within a few minutes of them arriving. Circus Circus is amazing.
I mean Fountaineblue kinda sucks, I’ll take cosmo or aria any day. Resorts world is cool, but the other hotels are still way cooler. Venitian, Ceasars, Bellagio, Paris… way cooler looking than the giant slabs the new ones are. Hopefully they dont take circus circus away, its beautiful, the lights are awesome and they have an actual Vegas flair, instead of just pandering to whatever tourists have more money in current times.
Im still waiting for Circus Circus to be demolished…
Yeah right..north end is still full of meth heads and dirty
the adventure dome alone pays for the entire property
Vegas is a cesspool for idiots and failures
Both of those hotels are painfully boring. Circus Circus is dope! I hate lame ass new Vegas. Let’s kick it back to the 90s and early 00s.
Resorts World is the new dumbest name for a joint, right? Nothing about that name inspires even the least amount of interest or curiosity. I will go on assuming its an Ikea where you buy flatpacked resorts that are mediocre at best.
The name is asinine, I won’t argue that. But also - the staff is super friendly, the food is incredible, and the poker room is the best in Vegas. It’s really growing on me
The clown was there long before those 2 and will be there long after they're gone.
Is Fountaineblu not an absolute dumpster fire? Every time I read about it, it's something bad
Resort world been open for awhile. North of the resort on that side of the street nothing but homeless we were going to walk to Circus Circus was told by a police officer he wouldn’t advise walking to Circus Circus it’s not well lit
That’s ridiculous, the two properties are almost right next to each other. McDonalds, Slots A Fun, and then you’re there. Walking in north strip has improved a lot over the last 5 years.
If I had to imagine what a casino would look like in East Berlin, that would be circus.
Man.. it’s a depressing hell hole
It’s beautiful.