page_title: Jay Sarno
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Jay Sarno / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Circus Circus, hotel and casino located on Las Vegas (Nevada, United States) Español: Circus Circus, hotel y casino de Las Vegas (Nevada, Estados Unidos)
context_page_description: Jay Sarno was an American developer, hotelier and casino owner. He developed and owned the Atlanta Cabana Motel in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as several motels in California and Texas. He was the founder of the Caesars Palace hotel and the Circus Circus in Las Vegas, Nevada.
context_section_description: With Stanley Mallin, Sarno became a tile contractor in Miami, Florida. They subsequently built subsidized housing in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1958, after they had met Jimmy Hoffa and Allen Dorfman, they built the Atlanta Cabana Motel in Atlanta with a loan from the Central States Pension Fund. They went on to build Cabanas in Palo Alto, California and another motel in Dallas, Texas.
  Sarno developed the Caesars Palace Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was inaugurated on August 5, 1966.
  Sarno later developed the Circus Circus. The attraction featured a circus tent with daily acts, and Sarno would dress up as a ringmaster and attend to families and children personally. Sarno subsequently leased it to Bill Pennington and Bill Bennett, a Del Webb executive, and they purchased it in 1983.
  Sarno planned to develop the "Grandissimo", a new hotel and casino with 6,000 rooms. However, the project was shelved when Sarno died.
caption: The Circus Circus in Las Vegas, Nevada, developed by Jay Sarno.
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