Circus Circus Hotel Registration Sign on Las Vegas Boulevard

Circus Circus hotel registration directional sign on the Las Vegas Strip.
Circus Circus hotel registration directional sign on the Las Vegas Strip.

Circus Circus opened in 1968 under developer Jay Sarno, who also built Caesars Palace and originally envisioned the property as a circus-themed casino without hotel rooms. The resort's pivot toward family tourism helped shape how the Las Vegas Strip developed through the following decades. Free circus acts still perform above the casino floor, a holdover from the property's opening year. The Adventuredome, an indoor theme park built onto the resort, opened in 1993. Hunter S. Thompson used Circus Circus as a setting in his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Photo taken in September 2023.

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