Downtown Las Vegas celebrates the opening of its first built-from-the-ground-up casino since 1980.
Circa Las Vegas
Work will begin soon on the 35,000-square-foot meetings and convention space for the downtown resort, with the first customers expected in September.
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.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board on Wednesday recommended approval for a series of licenses for Circa, downtown Las Vegas’ first from-the-ground-up resort in 40 years.
The sign, manufactured by YESCO, weighs about 6 tons and spans 68 vertical feet.
Circa owner Derek Stevens joked that because his new downtown resort was expensive to build, he couldn’t afford to put in an arcade.
Circa CEO Derek Stevens surprised the public with his announcement Wednesday that his downtown resort would open in October. The icing on the cake: the topping out.
The approximately 1,000 laborers working multiple shifts are on time and on budget for the resort that will be downtown’s tallest at 458 feet and with 777 rooms.
Derek Stevens still has a few surprises up his sleeve for next year, but for now, progress on the 44-story, 777-room resort is on time for its December 2020 opening.
Work crews are now on the job 24/7, pressing to complete the 1.25 million-square-foot hotel-casino project and open the doors by December 2020.
D Las Vegas co-owner Derek Stevens said the Circa resort in on schedule for a late 2020 opening.
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anybody that the sportsbook for Circa — the newly named integrated resort coming to downtown Las Vegas — will be a prime spot.