Circa lost $1.17 million in a con job that saw somebody posing as an owner of the hotel, according to a police report.
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After the Circa casino opened its doors Oct. 28, the property received special permission from regulators to open the hotel separately and that began Saturday.
The marketing genius behind Circa seemed to pull all the right levers at the right time and now Las Vegas has a new downtown resort to pick through historic Easter eggs.