The casino is hoping to lure gamblers from other properties on the Las Vegas Strip with its revamped area for coin-operated slot machines.
According to a letter, the company is reducing its staff because of the COVID-19 health crisis and unforeseen business circumstances.
MGM announces the sale of Circus Circus for $825 million to TI owner Phil Ruffin on Tuesday, October 15. The 3,767-room property sits on a plot of about 60 acres near Sahara Avenue on the north side of the Strip.
Fourteen years after acquiring the family-friendly property, MGM Resorts International is in talks to sell Circus Circus. (Cassie Soto/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
It only takes a short walk through Circus Circus to realize it attracts a demographic like no other casino on the Strip: families with young children. (Todd Prince/Las Vegas Review-Journal)