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( October 2013 ) Circus Circus Las Vegas Location Winchester, Nevada, U.S. Address 2880 South Las Vegas Boulevard Opening date October 18, 1968 ; 49 years ago ( 1968 - 10 - 18 ) Theme Circus No. of rooms 3,773 Total gaming space 123,928 sq ft ( 11,513.3 m ) Permanent shows Circus acts Signature attractions Adventuredome Carnival midway RV Park Slots - A-Fun Casino Notable restaurants Bars Blue Iguana Mexican Express Circus Buffet Horse - A-Round Snack Bar Pizzeria Starbucks The Garden Grill The Steakhouse Vince Neil 's Eat - Drink - Party Westside Deli Owner MGM Resorts International Architect Rissman and Rissman Associates Worth Group Renovated in 1971, 1972, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1996 Coordinates 36 ° 08 ′ 13 '' N 115 ° 09 ′ 48 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 36.13694 ° N 115.16333 ° W ﻿ / 36.13694 ; - 115.16333 Coordinates : 36 ° 08 ′ 13 '' N 115 ° 09 ′ 48 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 36.13694 ° N 115.16333 ° W ﻿ / 36.13694 ; - 115.16333 Website circuscircus.com Circus Circus Las Vegas is a hotel, 123,928 sq ft ( 11,513.3 m ) casino, and RV park located on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. It is owned and operated by MGM Resorts International. Circus Circus features circus acts and carnival type games daily on the Midway. Circus Circus is the largest permanent big top in the world. The Lucky The Clown marquee at the entrance was provided by Young Electric Sign Company and was constructed in 1976. Previous owners of Circus Circus Las Vegas were Jay Sarno and Stanley Mallin ( 1968 -- 1974 ) and Mandalay Resort Group, formerly known as Circus Circus Enterprises ( 1974 -- 2005 ) Contents 1 History 1.1 Merger with Slots - A-Fun 2 Design and features 2.1 Hotel 2.2 Amenities and entertainment 3 In popular culture 3.1 Film history 4 References 5 External links History Circus Circus Las Vegas in 2006 Circus Circus Las Vegas at night in 2008 Circus Circus was opened on October 18, 1968 by Jay Sarno and Stanley Mallin, becoming the flagship casino for Circus Circus Enterprises. Architects Rissman and Rissman Associates designed a giant circus tent shaped main structure, which was built by R.C. Johnson Construction of Las Vegas. At its opening, the $15 million facility only included a casino. The lack of a hotel resulted in financial problems, as the casino was not able to attract high rollers. Sarno obtained a $23 million loan from the Teamsters Pension Fund to construct a hotel. As part of the arrangement, the Chicago Outfit 's enforcer, Anthony Spilotro ( under the name of Tony Stuart ) was granted a gift shop concession in the hotel. In addition to a government investigation into the organized - crime connections, Sarno and Mallin were also being investigated for tax code violations. The casino 's financial problems also continued and Sarno, along with his partner Stanley Mallin, decided to sell out. In 1974, ownership changed with the sale of the casino to William Bennett and William Pennington for $25 million. The facility was expanded with hotel tower additions in 1972, 1980, 1985, 1986 and 1996. Merger with Slots - A-Fun A blog reported that on July 1, 2009, Slots - A-Fun would begin the re-branding process in order to be incorporated into Circus Circus. Design and features Hotel The hotel rooms are located in several buildings including : The West Tower The Casino Tower The Skyrise Tower Circus Circus Manor Motor Lodge RV Park Amenities and entertainment Circus acts performers in 2005 Circus Circus offers : Ballrooms -- space for up to 600 people Race and Sports Book -- 80 seats, with 18 big screens Three swimming pools `` Chapel of the Fountain '' ( wedding chapel ) The Adventuredome is a 5 - acre ( 2.0 ha ) indoor amusement park located within the resort. The park is connected to the hotel inside a large glass dome, and currently offers 25 rides and attractions including the Canyon Blaster roller coaster, rock climbing wall, 18 - hole miniature golf course, an arcade, clown shows, Xtreme Zone, Pikes Pass, Virtual Reality Zone, Midway Games, and carnival - type games. In popular culture Film History Lucky The Clown sign in 2007 Lucky The Clown sign at night in 2008 The hotel 's famous midway was featured in the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. In his journalistic novel of the early 1970s, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson wrote, `` The Circus - Circus is what the whole hep world would be doing Saturday night if the Nazis had won the war. This is the sixth Reich. The ground floor is full of gambling tables, like all the other casinos... but the place is about four stories high, in the style of a circus tent, and all manner of strange County - Fair / Polish Carnival madness is going on up in this space. '' When the Thompson work was adapted to film in 1998, the fictional `` Bazooko Circus '' was a thinly veiled stand - in for the world - famed resort, which had refused permission for the filmmakers to shoot on their property. The Adventuredome Theme Park and the Canyon Blaster roller coaster were featured in the 1999 movie Baby Geniuses. The theme park was known as Joyworld in the movie. Characters in 1977 's post-apocalyptic Damnation Alley seek out at the abandoned Circus Circus to play. In Austin Powers : International Man of Mystery, Austin and Vanessa sneak into the Circus Circus. In the 1992 movie Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, the oversized child Adam is shown laughing and smiling at the Lucky the Clown pylon. The Midway was featured in the 1978 film Corvette Summer, when Mark Hamill was being lured into a scam by a `` salesman ''. In the game Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas, Circus Circus is featured as The Clown 's Pocket. In the TV series Vega $, private detective Dan Tanna ( Robert Urich ) lived in a converted warehouse next to Circus Circus, and was often shown driving past the resort in his classic Ford Thunderbird. References Jump up ^ `` Listing of Financial Statements Square Footage ''. Nevada Gaming Control Board. Retrieved March 16, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Neon Survey : Circus Circus ''. Gaming.unlv.edu. 2010 - 04 - 05. Retrieved 2012 - 04 - 08. Jump up ^ Super Casino by Pete Earley ; Bantam Books 2000 ISBN 0 - 553 - 09502 - 1 Jump up ^ `` Las Vegas History - Circus Circus ''. Lasvegasmikey.com. Retrieved 2012 - 04 - 08. Jump up ^ http://plusminuses.blogspot.com/2009/07/slots-fun-casino.html Jump up ^ http://www.circuscircus.com/las_vegas_hotel/room-types.aspx External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Circus Circus Las Vegas. 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Question: when was circus circus built in las vegas
Answer: 1968