Now the first impression we have is that it is dingy and worn out looking catering exclusively to tourists from the far east.
Imploding Circus-Circus is long overdue.
“...Now the first impression we have is that it is dingy and worn out looking...”
Take a black light to the room. Every bacillus known to man is in there. Probably get clap just taking a shower.
Vegas was once a place for gambling and comps. Shows were first rate and the food was to die for.
Now there’s a casino at every nook and cranny while Macau is the new magnet for the high rollers.
Vegas? Resort fees, paid parking, 6-5 blackjack, lower slot payouts, crappy buffets, BAD customer service and crap for comps. It’s as though they don’t want you anymore.
Last I heard MGM owned Circus Circus free and clear (unlike the huge mortgages they have on many of their newer properties) - and it was good for $100 million a year in free cash flow. It may be ugly, but it is a money-maker. :)
The Circus Dome was outstanding. It was also the basis of several sci-fi flicks
We stayed at Wynn Encore. Steve Wynn was on a video loop on the TV describing all the restaurants on the property with painfully staged shots of the restaurants in operation - people pretending to eat, to order, to converse all in a hammy pantomime. But the eye candy was top drawer.
Ironically, it was just weeks before the public accusations by former female staff against Wynn were made.
Anyway, I walked over to Circus Circus since I was rarely at the north end of the Strip and wanted to see the old place out of curiosity born mostly of seeing it in Diamonds Are Forever. Of course, that film was released in 1971 but still....
Like most ‘grind joints’ it operated on a shoestring. Worn carpet, worn walls, a skeleton crew. The trapeze was still place, however.
One of my friends visited a Fremont St grind joint out of similar curiosity. While seated at one of the tables he remarked that he wasn’t fond of a particular song on the speakers. The dealer shocked him by pulling an iPod out of a pocket and changing the song. Why pay big bucks for a music subscription?
I can only conclude that the Circus property (as in acreage) is the real item of value. With the other properties being redeveloped at the North end it would stand to reason.
I love going to Vegas and it’s not even on the top 20.
You’re right.
IMO Circus-Circus is well past it’s prime....
Stayed there in 2000. Things were pretty threadbare then. It’s the Motel 6 of LV Casino Hotels.
Circus Circus is a great place to dump your grandmother.