Circus Circus Reno
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| Location | Reno, Nevada, U.S. |
| Address | 500 North Sierra Street |
| Opening date | July 1, 1978 |
| Theme | Circus |
| No. of rooms | 1,620 |
| Total gaming space | 66,515 sq ft (6,179.4 m2) |
| Permanent shows | Casino cabaret Circus acts |
| Signature attractions | Carnival midway |
| Owner | Eldorado Resorts |
| Architect | David Jacobson Associates Worth Group |
| Renovated in | 1981: North Tower 1985: Sky Tower 1995: Silver Legacy Sky Bridge access 1997: North Parking Garage and Art Gecko's Southwest Grill 1998: Main Street Deli 1999: Courtyard Buffet, Kokopelli's Sushi and Three Ring Coffee Shop 2000: Amici's Pasta & Pizza 2001: Amici's Pasta & Steaks 2002: The Steakhouse at Circus 2004: Americana Café and Bonici Brothers 2008: Smokin' Gecko's BBQ 2012: Dos Geckos Cantina 2016: Carnival midway, Sips Coffee & Tea and El Jefe's Cantina 2017: Kanpai Sushi |
| Website | Official website |
Circus Circus Reno is a hotel and casino located in Reno, Nevada. It anchors a network of connected hotel-casinos in the downtown Reno core that included Silver Legacy Reno and Eldorado Reno and are owned and operated by Eldorado Resorts. It includes a 1,572 room hotel and a 66,515 sq ft (6,179.4 m2) casino which features free circus acts on a regular basis throughout the day over the midway which also offers 33 carnival games.
It is the second-largest hotel in downtown Reno (and third-largest in the Reno area overall) by number of rooms.
Previous owners of Circus Circus Reno were Mandalay Resort Group, formerly known as Circus Circus Enterprises (1978–2005) and MGM Resorts International, formerly known as MGM Mirage (2005–2015).
The main structure was originally built as a Gray, Reid & Wright department store which, at the time, was the only department store in the state of Nevada. Originally opened on November 7, 1957, the structure replaced a prior store location which was destroyed by a gas explosion on February 5, 1957, and is now the site of the Palladio condominiums. The new store contained 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2) of retail space and 6,000 feet (1,800 m) of storage space in a basement and 2 retail floors accessible by escalators, and had 45 departments including an electronics shop selling televisions and radios, a bookstore, record store, and wine shop, as well as a restaurant, beauty salon, and cobbler.
1977 brought about plans to enlarge the store, adding 2 additional floors, 102 hotel rooms, and a casino. The casino would have been known as Camp 14, and would have had a logging theme. The south portion of the first floor would have remained under the name Grey Reid's, but would sell only woman's clothing, and would contain an expanded beauty salon. The plan never materialized, and Grey Reid's moved to a new location in the Old Town Mall (now known as the Reno Town Mall) in July of that year. Instead, the owners were approached by Circus Circus Enterprises, the operating company of Circus Circus Las Vegas. After about a year of renovations, the casino opened on July 1, 1978, about a decade after its Las Vegas counterpart, and on the same day as the opening of the Sahara Reno and the expanded Money Tree Casino. Circus Circus Reno was inspired by the gaming boom spurred by the new MGM Grand Reno, casino companies wanted to gain some of that momentum. The Reno Circus opened with a small hotel and very similar attractions to its Las Vegas counterpart.
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